http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/ Feet Forward Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:53:27 GMT Arthur Middleton http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45969 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45969 ... It's application specific whether brushed or brushless is superior. I forget the details. Arthur. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:40:24 GMT ianpegram@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45968 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45968 Very true Julian. Thats why I was offering up those couple of funding possibilities recently. I am aware of the contradictions in the application and the fact Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:43:55 GMT Royce Creasey http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45967 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45967 That'd be right too. Not enough. we designed for 150Kgs of battery, with 30% less drag. Royce Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:42:39 GMT Royce Creasey http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45966 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45966 ... That'd be right. All you have to do is work out who gains (AKA Profits) big time by an FF winning a race.... Lotta people working on that. At least Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:00:12 GMT philip wakeham http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45965 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45965 yes i gatherd that from the 'chatastrophic brush faliure' but im very surprised ,brushless are so so superior to brushed maybee no ones makeing them in the Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:50:28 GMT Arthur Middleton http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45964 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45964 ... ISTM it was always a money problem. Just that it's dropped by a couple of orders of magnitude so you don't have to be a member of a big industry lobby. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:50:28 GMT Arthur Middleton http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45963 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45963 ... As a matter of interest, ISTR Cedric saying that the Agni motors are brush type, not brushless. Arthur. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:21:15 GMT Terry Harding http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45962 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45962 Hi Paul Just to let you know I have completed the END to END Challenge on an all electric motorcycle.If your interested tell 02392 387569 the E-mail is not Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:57 GMT philip wakeham http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45961 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45961 lol isnt it always ive been steadily selling everything i own (my entire cd and book collection)that isnt a tool (and some of them to) to finace my FF build Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:58:47 GMT Julian Bond http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45960 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45960 ISTM that getting an FF on the grid is no longer a rule problem. Or a technology problem. Or a rider problem. Or even a build problem. It's a money problem. -- Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:50:33 GMT jannelder http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45959 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45959 One team I talked to, I think the winning Agni, said they had slightly over 100 kg of batteries, plus contol gear, plus two motors at about 10 kg each. Jan Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:24:40 GMT malakiblunt http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45958 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45958 http://www.flickr.com/photos/54307735@N00/3395436657/ philip Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:49:19 GMT Guy http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45957 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45957 http://www.armchaircruisers.com/index.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:56:32 GMT Grahamrobb@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45956 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45956 In a message dated 02/07/2009 22:50:10 GMT Daylight Time, david@... writes: Might be a bit lonely on the 9th but the 10th, 11th and 12th should be Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:12:30 GMT philip wakeham http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45955 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/feet_forward/message/45955 this isnt realivant to FFs in as much as the amount of time hfs are loseing every lap because the cant slow down, compared to the amount of time they gain by