Re: Clutch + transmission, or not?

[XURQ03A@prodigy.com ( LEE A HART)]

> have two motors and switch them series/parallel... Consensus seems
> to be that this would work, but no one I know of has tried it.

It certainly works, and has been used in innumerable EVs. Usually
scratch-built though, since most conversions have no room for two motors.

> Check out a guy named Don Lancaster and his site http://www.tinaja.com.
> He has a lot of wisdom about patents; namely that they are a waste of
> energy and money

I liken patents to carrying an unloaded gun. It works great for threatening
people as long as you don't have to actually use it. If you *do* need to use
it, you'll find the ammunition is VERY expensive, and the consequences severe!

Patents are useless if you spend a fortune getting them, and then just throw
them in a drawer and forget them. But they are desirable, even necessary in
certain situations. They'll scare off a corporate jackel looking for a fast
easy meal, but won't stop a well funded hungry lion.

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