On 11/12/2010 12:10 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > > All this three phase stuff makes me wonder if a car alternator (with diodes > removed) would make a fair AC servo motor (you would have to supply the field) > I guess one disadvantage is that they would have fairly high inertia > > It has been tried before, with varying results. These units have very low number of poles, and were not designed for low torque and velocity ripple. I think you'd be disappointed.
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