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So you are building an electric car and know nothing about electric motors
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ow! oh! ouch!
to be fair, i think it would be more accurate to say i know "next to nothing" about electric motors. this is an immersion learning experience.
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if you knew what I know you wouldn't even think of getting started.
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don't forget our low expectations: 48v; 40 mph (30 would be ok); 10 mile range (hell, 7 would be ok); acceleration best measured with an egg timer; hills to be avoided; shoestring budget (threadbare). basically we will deem this to a grand success when it moves under its own power at above a jogging pace.
thanks for the amp test lesson. i'll get to that once we move to the electric portion of the program.
so far this week i've been playing with the blue car: swapped the bad control arm/ball joint with a good one from the red car; swapped the rusty blue hatchback for the less rusty red one (sorry, the remaining pair of struts are weak and not worth sending); swapped rims; misc minor repairs; and... i've waxed a panel each day. as you can see from this pic, it was extremely weathered.
now it actually reflects stuff (well, some panels do).
my neighbour has christened the cars "superman cars" since they're now a mix of just the right shades of red & blue.
also, i've been pulling parts from the red car that people say they want to buy. i think i might make my money back!
