Electronic valve control

[dzorde]

The old Haflinger's never had a starter, they used the generator as a
starter motor, which then reverted to being a generator once the motor
started.  Very nifty idea, just a real bummer if your battery is flat.

Dan     dzorde at geocities.com

>Hey Dave,
>
>> A few years back, I beleivein a Popular mechanics mag, there was a short
>> article about a pancake starter/alternator mounted UNDER the flywheel. It
>> was strange to the tester cause there was of course, no gear grind from a
>> typicaly starter, as the system was inductive.  I donno if anyone ever
>> planned on using it in the future but it was a cool conecpt and worked
>> well in the article, and some benefits like, no gears/bearings as such to
>> wear out, and better alternator efficiency due to the higher angular
>> velocity thanks to the large diameter of the flywheel.
>
>When I was doing some work at Ford in 1993, I shared a cube with a guy
>that was working on this very thing.  The flywheel held the magnets and
>the 'armature' was mounted to the rear of the block.  They were having
>all kinds of problems with it, not the least of which was the analysis
>guy didn't even understand how an automobile worked (another story in
>itself), much less what was going on inside the bellhousing!!! It seemed
>exciting and doable to me, but there was no way it was going to get done
>in a company like Ford...too bad.  I learned a lot that year...
>
>Later dates.
>-- 
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