[Noisebridge-discuss] Anyone interested in more of those lithium batteries?

[skye estes]

i don't know him. that sounds like an excellent resource! do you have some
sort of contact information for him? thanks!
.skye.

http://skye.heli.cx


On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Michael Shiloh
<michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>wrote:

> i'm happy to contribute my batteries to this project.
>
> do you know peef over at xian and the shipyard? you might want to talk to
> him. quite an expert on motors and all things electronic. he was telling me
> of some new type of motor - variable reluctance or something?
>
> skye estes wrote:
>
>> i don't plan on using these for the actual bike. that will take a custom
>> pack with a couple thousand cells. i'm currently going to do experiments
>> with different types of motors to find out which is the most suitable (ac vs
>> dc, stepper vs induction, etc.) using small motors of each type. optimal
>> would be a dc motor (no inverter=less parts=less complications) with high
>> initial torque that could sustain high rpms for an extended period of time,
>> eliminating the need for a transmission.
>>
>> .skye.
>>
>> http://skye.heli.cx
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Michael Shiloh <
>> michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    you might find these batteries a little small for a motorcycle, even
>>    if you use the whole box of them.
>>
>>    skye estes wrote:
>>
>>        certainly! i'm not even sure how many i'll need. i need to start
>>        looking for motors as well. something with a lot of torque.
>>        these experiments are being conducted with an eye towards
>>        building an electric motorcycle powered by a li-ion pack.
>>
>>        .skye.
>>
>>        http://skye.heli.cx
>>
>>
>>        On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Michael Shiloh
>>        <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
>>        <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>
>>        <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
>>        <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>
>>           Great! If anyone else needs some, perhaps you can share one
>>        or two
>>           with them.
>>
>>           I'll bring them to noisebridge and put them somewhere
>>        obvious. I'll
>>           put your name on the box.
>>
>>           skye estes wrote:
>>
>>               i can use them. i'm doing some transportation design
>>        experiments.
>>
>>               .skye.
>>
>>               http://skye.heli.cx
>>
>>
>>               On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Michael Shiloh
>>               <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
>>        <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>
>>               <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
>>        <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>>
>>               <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
>>        <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>
>>
>>               <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
>>        <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>>>> wrote:
>>
>>                  I have another box of those batteries, even bigger
>>        than the
>>               previous
>>                  box. I can't think of what to do with them, and I'd be
>>        very
>>               happy if
>>                  they were put to good use.
>>
>>                  Michael
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