unpowered

sailplane

Engineless soaring aircraft

• gliderUnpowered flying craft
• hang-gliderUnpowered airborne craft
• paragliderFoot-launched aircraft with fabric wing

soaring · thermals · updraft · coasting · freewheeling · drifting · floating · buoyancy · airfoil · wingspan

sailboat

Wind-propelled watercraft

• canoeSlender paddled vessel
• kayakEnclosed single-person watercraft
• rowboatOar-propelled small vessel

punt · paddleboard · dinghy · raft · catamaran · outrigger · gondola · coracle · sailing · rowing

dormant

Inactive but capable

• idleWithout activity or purpose
• inertInactive, physically or chemically
• staticWithout motion or change

off · dead · disconnected · unplugged · uncharged · drained · depleted · flat · deactivated · disabled

hand-operated

Requiring direct human manipulation

• hand-crankedTurned by rotating lever
• wind-drivenMoved by air currents
• treadleFoot-operated lever

kick-start · rowing · pumping

basic

Fundamental in nature

• elementaryOf first principles
• primitiveIn earliest form
• rudimentaryIn simplest possible form

low-tech · no-frills · unassisted · standalone · self-contained · off-grid · independent · autonomous · non-motorized · non-electric

gears

Toothed rotating machine parts

• pulleysGrooved wheels for rope
• leversForce-multiplying pivot bars
• cranksObsessive eccentrics or rotating handles

springs · sprockets · flywheels · linkages · cams · ratchets · axles · wheels · bearings · spindles

• Device Stateson, off, standby, sleep, hibernate
• mechanical stateson, off, running, idle, stopped
• system statesactive, idle, online, offline, disabled
• preindustrialpreindustrial, pre-industrial, guild, agrarian, pastoral
• electrical stateson, off, live, dead, energized
• conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions