Recent content by megashawn

I personally believe most americans are stupid. I know most americans are bad drivers. And now we are in complete control by the religious right, its a sad day. Most americans my be stupid, but the people holding the cards certainly are not.

yes, but the best computers out there do not have the cell cpu. The ps3, however, does. edit; guess I need to change my sig.

Well, the camera I was using was a disposable unit, and, unless I'm typing from beyond the grave, I'm still here to tell you about my SHOCKING! expieriance. Better then coffee I tell ya. I realize now the self defense stuff was directed towards tumour.

http://www.scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/electro/railgun/railgun.html this is a simple version, but it gives the general idea.

Ok, first of all, if you want defence learn some self defense. A weapon is nice, but you can't take it anywhere, and honestly, if I was attacking you, by the time you got into your bag, I've already had my way with ya. Tasers, stun guns, they can be usefull, but only if you have time to...

well, by no means am I a pro, but from what I understand a 3 phase motor outputs more torque. By having the extra wires your talking about, this is similar to having more pistons in an engine. But they also require more energy to operate.

like Edwards said, this is the first war-time administration to not create jobs. Every war previous has created tons of more jobs, yet we see close to 1million net job losses since Bush's reign began. Maybe the war wasn't a blunder (even though they blatantly lied about the reasoning), but...

maybe you get try to find a pretty large RC car for cheap, and build your cooler onto it. This way, not only will it be electric, but have a wireless remote! or perhaps what would work good would be one of those kid's trucks. Lil things about the size of a push mower.

cool, so I'm not as dumb as I thought. I was just estimating on tire size, I didn't actually think about the size of the tire as well, which I believe is about 24 Inch. well, I suppose the trick would be figuring out how much current it needs to reach 1000 RPM. Also, you got to make sure...

duh, forgot about the hub motor. give me a stupid point! uhm, I don't know a whole lot about the hub motors, but I would assume the RPM and circumference would tell you an approxiamate speed. ya, I'm not math wiz so someone will probably have to correct me. But say you have an 18"...

Thats pretty nice really. I've a DRZ 400S (motorcycle), single cylinder engine, makes about 40hp, weighs about 240 lbs, does 0-60 in around 4.5 seconds. I also weigh about 240 lbs, so me and the bike, including full tank, back pack with a 2 liter and spare clothes, weigh in right around...

As russ mentioned, pretty much all electricity is created by turning motion. In most cases steam is used to spin turbines, which spin a generator. Now, you can make a simple dc generator, but building your own AC generator is an entirely different trick. I'm even having a hard time finding...

someone done beat you to it bud, they're called "Hub Motors"

Erm, I know it was a ship, and it was during the 80's, like, not war time. Not my point. Most people I know don't like me. Sure, they are all buddy buddy to my face, but most people are jealous of something, etc. And this is generally the case with everyone. But this particular issue is...

well, I know that people can't help if we don't know what you are trying to do. However, it seems you might need more understanding in just how electricity is created. You said: well, first a question. What is making this axle spin? Axles do not just spin on their own. To generate...