----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Tikhonov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 1:29 PM Subject: Re: AC drive trains (was Re: [EVDL]Re: Volume build proposed for high performing EVs)
> Jon \"Sheer\" Pullen wrote: > > > > > We go through this about once a year, haven't come up with any successful > > explanation yet. Can you get 4-corner weights for ACRX, by the way? (i.e. > > what the weight at each tire is) > > YEs, I've done it, the numbers are on his page: > http://www.metricmind.com/ac_honda/simulations.htm > > I weigh front, rear, and each side separately, but not each wheel. > > The weight on each wheel was calculated. > > My right side is heavier than left one. Id indeed bearings > are over stressed to the point that non-linear friction is > too much, time to consider NiZn or LiIon... Suggest for budget and sanity reasons you consider NiNaClAl and NiMh before LiON. Bear in mind that charging failures on a LION pack can be catastrophic and cause complete pack failure. And the Zebra is almost as cheap these days. S.
