Re: Contactors vs Controllers on the drag strip.

["Joe Smalley" <joes@worldfront.com>]

In 1998 I drag raced the car using the shunt field at the start to increase
the starting torque and to cut down on the current surge when the light
turned green.

In 1999 I drag raced the car without the shunt field being activated at all.
It was operated with only the series field.

Rich was apparently not aware of the change.

Joe Smalley
Rural Kitsap County WA
Fiesta 48 volts
NEDRA 48 volt street conversion record holder
joes@worldfront.com
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Rich Rudman wrote:
>
>about Joes 2cm77.
>It has one of the most conveluted field winding lashups I have ever
>seen. Obviously a military device.
>If Joe could figure it out... well it's not real obvious what things are
>doing what. I don't think we have ever run them as a full series motor,
>you always had to have some current in the field windings. Some way you
>can run it as straight series, and get massive torque. It ain't shabby
>as a shunt wound right now.
>
>Rich Rudman
>