Seth Murray wrote: > I would be happy to scan all of the manuals if and when I get my hands > on them and a scanner. A scanner finds its way into my hands and I > will scan the docs and I can burn as many CDs as needed.
I would be happy to contribute to this effort any way that I can! I think it is a golden opportunity to document the greatest electric car built to date, before GM makes it disappear like it never existed! > A WPI grad from a few years back who has been lurking on the list > suggested a study something along the lines of "Evaluate the > suitability of Nickle Zinc Batteries in on-road freeway-capable EVs" > which could certainly work. Right now the car is sort of reserved for > the upper classmen, but we'll see how things go. No matter what the upper-class students want to do with it, any kind of research project obviously needs a "control". If you're going to evaluate (say) a different battery, you need to get it working with plain old lead-acid batteries first, so you can compare the results before and after. Likewise if they wanted to rip out all the electrics and make a gasoline car out of it -- they should FIRST get it working as-is to have a basis for comparison. So... the first project should be to get it working as-is, right? :-) Next point. An excellent case could be made for taking it apart first, to learn all you can about how it's built. You can't modify a thing if you haven't documented how it is already built, right? -- Lee A. Hart Ring the bells that still can ring 814 8th Ave. N. Forget your perfect offering Sartell, MN 56377 USA There is a crack in everything leeahart_at_earthlink.net That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
