Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Halbach near-monopole e-motor> Focused Magnetics

2018-02-11 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
dl.org> Cc: "EVDL Administrator" <evp...@drmm.net> Sent: 11-Feb-18 12:06:25 AM Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Halbach near-monopole e-motor> Focused Magnetics We're not talking about academic research here. This is a for-profit enterprise. They want investors. Obviously

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Halbach near-monopole e-motor> Focused Magnetics

2018-02-11 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
We're not talking about academic research here. This is a for-profit enterprise. They want investors. Obviously I'm not a company insider or "stakeholder," just a skeptic; nor am I an engineer or physicist, so I can't speak to the Halbach related claims. However, let's envision one

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Halbach near-monopole e-motor> Focused Magnetics

2018-02-10 Thread Jorg Brown via EV
On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 7:51 PM, Alan Arrison via EV wrote: > What a bunch of baloney. If a motor is already 95% efficient, how do you > double its efficiency? > Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Just remember: it's unlikely Catalan himself made this claim; he probably

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Halbach near-monopole e-motor> Focused Magnetics

2018-02-10 Thread Alan Arrison via EV
What a bunch of baloney. If a motor is already 95% efficient, how do you double its efficiency? I'm sure the motor gurus on the list can shoot holes in this nonsense. There are reasons motors haven't changed much in 100 years. One, there isn't much room left for improvement, two, the laws of