Re: AC vs. DC

[Nathaniel Martin <nat@lumiere.net>]

On sunday I got to take a ride in their car. It was very fun, and I definately
got pushed in my seat when they accelerated. However, if they had other gears,
I feel that they could have accelerated much faster. It sure is fun to have to
climbin the window of a car, since it doesn't have doors!


Nathaniel Martin
nat@lumiere.net
'76 VW Rabbit "ZapRabbit" conversion to electric in progress

Royce Chow wrote:
> 
> > Royce,
> > I saw your car pull in, and a fine looking Mazda it is. Did you get a chance
> > to run it? If so, what kind of times were reported by the sophisticated, state
> > of the art timing  device? ;-) Seriously, what kind of performance are you
> > guys seeing? Regards David Chapman.
> >
> 
> hehe, well I was only there on saturday, so I missed the real competition..
> there is a videotape of it that I haven't seen yet, but apparently we beat
> the red porsche by a very small amount in the acelleration contest, dunno
> if it was 1/4 or 1/8 mile. The porsche is 144v and so is our RX7, and
> they have comparable motors, so obviously DC motors don't HAVE to have
> transmissions :)
> 
> Royce Chow  KF6PEO
> rufus@infosite.com