Introduction: Capacitor Motorcycle
I've been desoldering a lot of boards recently, and now I have more components than I know what to do with. I got creative one moment and decided to make this tiny model motorcycle.
Step 1: Materials
To build the main body, I used a capacitor and two toroid coils. For details, use whatever bits and components you have on hand. I used some diodes, a screw, resistors, and an ir sensor/emitter. Use a soldering iron, (with solder) and superglue to attach things.
Step 2: Assembling the Frame
The toroid coil will have two leads, one coming from each side of the hole of the donut-like part. Solder each lead to a lead on the capacitor. Superglue another toroid coil to the flat end of the capacitor.
Step 3: Details
Use whatever electronic bits you have on hand to add handlebars, a headlight, a seat, engine parts, and any other details you wish to include.

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3 Comments
8 years ago
Nice
9 years ago on Introduction
Very nice model!
If you add a headlight and tail-light, you HAVE to figure out how to convert the above design into a working Joule-Thief circuit to run the LEDs. You have the inductor (2 in fact), a capacitor, add a small transistor (or two for symmetry)... a little extra winding on one wheel is all it needs :)
In fact, with some creative sanding of the inductors to BARE the wire at the bottom of the wheels, you could pick up +ve and ground through the wheels, using the back wheel as "just ground" -- forget it's an inductor, and the front wheel as the part of the Joule-Thief tranformer (heavy current side) that goes toward +ve.
Then you'd need a little plinth to stand it on, hiding a 1.5v battery, with two copper
patches ... mmmm.
Reply 8 years ago on Introduction
Thanks for the brilliant idea! I'll do a little bit of reading on joule-thief circuits and see if I can try this out in a future model. I have lots of scrap parts to experiment with.