David,

I always viewed the VR design as another way of getting AC induction motor
performance but with half the waveform but I could be wrong.

I also saw the ebay item. Are you going to post pics of it anytime soon?

Lyle


--- On Sun, 7/13/08, David Herron wrote:
> Building a duplicate of the Lectra? Well, who has the
> construction
> plans and can recreate the controller etc? I don't
> understand the
> value of the VR drive system (my Lectra is not stock and
> instead uses
> a brushed series DC motor) but e.g. an AC or brushless DC
> drive would
> be cool and capture most of the benefits of the VR (as I
> read them on
> electricmotorbike.org last night).


> e.g. I found on ebay a couple months ago a manual labeled
> "The
> Electric Motorcycle Builders Manual" which was written
> in the mid 60's
> by a guy in Davis CA and goes through precise detailed
> construction
> plans on building an electric motorcycle from frame
> construction on
> up. Oh, uh, the electronics part is pretty horrid
> (60's) but it's
> the frame that's the important part of it.
>
> - David
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