Hi Lee and All, I don't think Myer's got the rights to the name or patents for the rear drive, just the pile of parts left over from the bankruptcy. I was hoping better but they seem to be making the same mistakes Corbin, Myers did. These have to be driven carefully just so you don't roll over. Yet they seem to have not made it wider or move the CG more forward to make it viable. This kind of 3wh vehicle if done right is hard to beat but if not done with the right CG of 66% of the vehicle's and drivers weight on the 2wheel axle and low, it's not good. And more narrow also not good. It needs to be 48'' wide in front as a minimum. It needs to lose the chassis weight in the rear CG wise too. Next they seem to be building it the same way which took way too many hrs and was needlessly heavy. For instance the FreedomEV, a 2 seat side by side, body/chassis only weighs 235lbs and only 550 lbs done except batteries. Or 880lbs with the assumed 215kwhrs the Sparrow has for that 100 mile range. And the Freedom is 2x's as large with decent cargo room yet only 18'' wider and longer, mostly for crash protection. I actually designed it to be the Sparrow replacement. They need to go composite body/chassis as they would cut their labor by 50% or more and lose 300 lbs and stronger, safer. Otherwise the 100hr+ Corbin took will kill them again.. Once they have the body mold though making a composite structural body/chassis is easy. Just bolt everything onto it and ship it. And now is the time to change it in the early prototype stage as it could be a great EV with much less labor. We need more lightweight EV's but the are harder and different to design, it pays to get a good design first. Anyone who has driven a Sparrow knows it needs to be better. So far it doesn't look good especially when much better costs less, safer and is more profitable. KIS, Jerry Dycus
________________________________ From: Lee Hart <[email protected]> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: $80k crowdfunding for Sparrow II R&D brucedp5 wrote: > % ? Doesn't myersmotors.com already have this market-share ? % Maybe this is Dana Myers' current project? Or he sold out to Anthony Luzi? > http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/anthony-luzi-seeks-funding-assistance-for-the-development-of-electric-car-by-sparrow-motors-282730.htm > Anthony Luzi Seeks Funding Assistance for the Development of Electric Car by > Sparrow Motors > July 15, 2013 CrowdFund Buzz -- Never doubt that the work of a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has! -- Margaret Mead -- Lee A. Hart, http://www.sunrise-ev.com/LeesEVs.htm _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130720/9e5b5c41/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
