[EVDL] Maiden voyage of the Electric Lemon

wrote:

> Today was a big day for the electric lemon. I tested
> the motor and
> transmission in the car for the first time. I used a
> single EV-95 NiMH
> module to power the motor. Power was controlled
> using the arcy-sparky
> method of touching two pieces of metal together. The
> wheels spun quite
> happily in first gear as can be seen in this video.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtLL2mUkeg0
>
> I tried all other gears as well and things seemed
> fine. The gearbox
> is still far louder than I'd like but this is under
> no load. Hopefully
> it will be quieter once I get certain things like
> the hood,
> upholstering etc into the car.
>
> Having come this far I couldn't resist the
> temptation of taking the
> lemon for a totally uncontrolled test drive. I
> hooked up some longer
> cables so that I could control the power from the
> driver's seat. On a
> single, mostly discharged, battery module I was
> expecting it to just
> lethargically inch forward at a leisurely pace. The
> result was quite
> surprising.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9-ZiCxpP1o
>
> The car lurched forward nearly knocking me into the
> back seat. The
> acceleration was brief but sudden and the top speed
> wasn't exactly
> spectacular but it was far more than I had
> anticipated.
>
> I spent the next half hour driving the car back and
> forth with a mad
> grin on my face. I wonder what my neighbors might
> think...
>
> The good news is that second and third gears are far
> quieter than
> first. The motor was even able to get the car moving
> in fourth gear
> without too much effort, I never tried fifth. More
> importantly I now
> know that the transmission actually stays in gear
> under load;
> something I was a bit worried about.
>
>
> --
> www.electric-lemon.com
>




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--- Jeff Major <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Congratulations Peter,
>
> You're a brave guy with those Flintstone brakes.
>
> The lemon should be a screamer with a few more
> batteries.
>
> Jeff M
>
>
> --- Peter Gabrielsson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Today was a big day for the electric lemon. I
> tested
> > the motor and
> > transmission in the car for the first time. I used
> a
> > single EV-95 NiMH
> > module to power the motor. Power was controlled
> > using the arcy-sparky
> > method of touching two pieces of metal together.
> The
> > wheels spun quite
> > happily in first gear as can be seen in this
> video.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtLL2mUkeg0
> >
> > I tried all other gears as well and things seemed
> > fine. The gearbox
> > is still far louder than I'd like but this is
> under
> > no load. Hopefully
> > it will be quieter once I get certain things like
> > the hood,
> > upholstering etc into the car.
> >
> > Having come this far I couldn't resist the
> > temptation of taking the
> > lemon for a totally uncontrolled test drive. I
> > hooked up some longer
> > cables so that I could control the power from the
> > driver's seat. On a
> > single, mostly discharged, battery module I was
> > expecting it to just
> > lethargically inch forward at a leisurely pace.
> The
> > result was quite
> > surprising.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9-ZiCxpP1o
> >
> > The car lurched forward nearly knocking me into
> the
> > back seat. The
> > acceleration was brief but sudden and the top
> speed
> > wasn't exactly
> > spectacular but it was far more than I had
> > anticipated.
> >
> > I spent the next half hour driving the car back
> and
> > forth with a mad
> > grin on my face. I wonder what my neighbors might
> > think...
> >
> > The good news is that second and third gears are
> far
> > quieter than
> > first. The motor was even able to get the car
> moving
> > in fourth gear
> > without too much effort, I never tried fifth. More
> > importantly I now
> > know that the transmission actually stays in gear
> > under load;
> > something I was a bit worried about.
> >
> >
> > --
> > www.electric-lemon.com
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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> and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo!
> Games.
>
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>
>
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