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Old 08-17-2012, 08:37 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
...another example are the pancake-motors in harddisk drives.
Suppose you wanted to use the wheel-is-the-motor idea on, say, a bicycle wheel: How hard and expensive would it be to add magnets to the bike spokes, and windings to the frame or fork? How hard to manage the throttle?
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