[cricketo]

I'm no expert, but I think there are some technical challenges there. Since impulse9 is a series wound motor, there needs to be a way to excite a magnetic field into the rotor probably. Some alternators use residual magnetism and then build it up via feedback, but basically you may need to figure out some funky electricals around it. Otherwise it should work

 

[cricketo]

The series winding is the big issue. If you arranged a controlled power supply for the field winding, then you could use it as a separately excited generator (or motor).

Is there a reason you'd excite the field and not the armature ? Seems like most generators use a permanent field in the rotor. Since this is a commutated setup, I imagine it will naturally produce a pulsed DC output that will require a smoothing capacitor but no rectification ?