Busy week. I did not get a blog entry up for the show of the week of the 15th and now I already have the March 22 show up online. I had a bit of a conversation with an old friend of Boardwatch days, computer columnist John C. Dvorak. I had followed John from the […]
Vulcan Wallet Meld and Lithium Blood Stains on the Bedroom Floor Read More »
We struggled to get a show out this week. Part of the problem was that I spent entirely too much time playing with RechargeCar’s AutoBlock AMP. For some reason, I keep having a brain freeze and calling it the AMPBLOCKER. I have no idea where that came from. The REchargeGuys chose PROCESSING to develop the
With Brain’s return on Friday, we were able to shoot a quick video and get it up. But despite the lack of preparation, it wound up being somewhat lengthy for a couple of reasons. We had received a request for a shop visit from a couple of guys in Tokyo Japan. Actually one of them
SPEEDSTER DUH FAREWELL DANCE – FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME Read More »
In this week’s episode, we take the Speedster Redux, with it’s 57 CALB 180AH cells, brand new Netgain Warp9 improved motor, and Soliton1 controller to task. We do this by putting it on a dynomometer and actually measuring both power IN to the system from the batteries and power OUT of the system on the
Speedster Redux and the Dynomometer Puzzle Read More »
Yes, I’m a little late with the Blog Post this week. We journeyed to Bremen Indiana this past week using “The Legend” a DC-3 we fly all too rarely these days. Pete Malone joined us on this trip to keep me from killing us all as I fly so little these days. The weather was
This week we celebrate departure of the Speedster Part Duh Thursday afternoon to Bremen Indiana for evaluation and examination by the pros at Special Edition Inc. It will be interesting to learn their reaction to this vehicle. A number of their customers have done electric drive installations on their rollers, and they have been very
Dynomometer Data Magnus Maximus Read More »
This week we start to wrap up the Speedster Part Duh and send it off to Special Editions Inc. in Bremen so they can have a look at what we’ve wrought. We did something a little unusual in the video. We have found a way to do “pretty good” audio in a windy convertible. And
We completed some initial performance testing yesterday on Speedster Part Duh. We had rather carefully spec’s a very different transaxle for this version in an attempt to get all four gears in the game in an attempt to duplicate the driving characteristics of the original Speedster, and perhaps of course improve upon them where able.
Speedster Part Duh Performance Testing Read More »
I’ve cobbled together some “pictorial diagrams” showing the wiring of the Speedster. These are a bit awkward. Rather than drawing schematics, I’ve kind of put together a bit of a wiring diagram using little pictures that might be more understandable to those unaccustomed to schematic diagrams, and probably annoying to those who are. I’ve split
Speedster Pictorial Diagrams Read More »
We took two DC-3s with 26 people to a gathering of some 25 DC-3’s from around the country in Rock Falls, Illinois. It was a cooling break from the weather here and a good time was had by all. We flew in formation from Rock Falls to the opening day at Oshkosh Wisconsin for the
New Instrumentation for Speedster Read More »
