just did a test run with small car radiator fan attached to side of truck 40mphs 1/3 of a amp plenty to charge meter battery (which is dead right now) . Dog in back of truck giving me the thumbs up . But it doesn't have the look . I was thinking of a small statue of liberty holding the prop. Jay lenneo were are you! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Davidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 7:37 AM Subject: Re: OT/ethics/hood ornament/update
> I'd like to see your hood ornament look like one from a 49 or 50 Buick > (which the Vulcan ship on Enterprize strongly resembles) but with a > propellor on the front... > > I'll put one on my TEVan > > Dave > > > >From: "1sclunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: OT/ethics/hood ornament/update > >Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 07:43:17 -0700 > >Lee if somebody starts reading from the middle of this string they'll think > >we're nuts . I feel like I'm waking up out of a strange dream . Do you > >think maybe Mr. little field was testing his device this weekend ? Would > >you > >feel comfortable driving your EV with a black box socking energy from > >another demenstration. (looking for monkeys with crow feathers coming out > >now ) that's a question I'll be asking people commenting on my hood > >ornament. > > Ideas for the ornament > >1 something that looks like the device for mursuring wind speed sitting on > >top of a pyramid. > >2 a megaphone looking funnel with wind tribune at the small end . could > >write on the side "tell the good news" > >I called Jon Halquest the guy driving clunn car 5 and web master of my web > >page and told him about what's going on .At first he was upset (though I > >had > >lost it) but he agreed to post pictures of the Hood ornaments there. Might > >be a good place to start . > > Now we need a flyer to go with it . Something telling about the > >"movement" > >Think how good you'll feel when driving down the road and you see another > >(gas or electric)car showing support with one of these Hood ornaments (we > >must find a name for them)or just a plug hanging out of the hood/gas tank > >I going to down load the pictures of my Mazda truck right after breakfast > >after that Mr. Littlefield can either join us and have his car next to mine > >on the top ten list or be left out (sour grapes) . Haven't heard from Ford > >yet . It will be interesting to see how long before the first commercial > >"Interest generator " hits the market . Having it charge the little 9v > >batteries might help.Makes more since that a flag on a SUV \ I wonder if we > >could set up a program that would sponsor EV builders with some of the > >profits like that Paul Newman Popcorn . Now were did I leave those > >pictures > >Steve Clunn --- Original Message ----- > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 2:16 AM > >Subject: Re: OT/ethics/hood ornament/name > > > > > > > Lee Hart wrote: > > > > > > > I also tried putting a 4" cooling fan on a small 12vdc > > > > permanent magnet motor. This was the most successful; it > > > > easily lit an LED (1.6v at 10ma) with a 10 mph breeze. > > > > > > Hi Lee, how about a "motor pod" for model aeroplanes - there > > > used to be several balsa kits for which you could buy a clip-on > > > motor/battery/propellor module, made of aerodynamic red > > > plastic. > > > > > > If you want to generate useful amounts of power, I would suggest > > > a bicycle dynamo with a high-pitch multi-blade fan. > > > > > > Evan. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > >
