Hey Russ,
It makes me smile :) to see someone of your caliber picking up on Joseph Newman's work.
I have been aware of this since waaay back. Saw a video where Joseph had a very early model in the bed of a pickup, driving it around a parking lot. At about 2 MPH. That was before he figured out how to get torque, so he couldn't gear it up for speed. But it was running on a handful of 9VDC batteries connected in series. More evidence he was using voltage instead of amperage.
1000 pounds of wire? Seriously?
Have you considered the magnetic mass you're going to need in the rotor?
This thing is going to be a beast.
I am going to keep an eye on this discussion, so don't be surprised.
:itwashim: >:D
It makes me smile :) to see someone of your caliber picking up on Joseph Newman's work.
I have been aware of this since waaay back. Saw a video where Joseph had a very early model in the bed of a pickup, driving it around a parking lot. At about 2 MPH. That was before he figured out how to get torque, so he couldn't gear it up for speed. But it was running on a handful of 9VDC batteries connected in series. More evidence he was using voltage instead of amperage.
1000 pounds of wire? Seriously?
Have you considered the magnetic mass you're going to need in the rotor?
This thing is going to be a beast.
I am going to keep an eye on this discussion, so don't be surprised.
:itwashim: >:D