January 2011
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Purchase #1 On the Way
Our orders are one their way! Let’s hope they get here quickly so we can get moving before Portland.
First Purchase!
Well I guess this means we have officially started the project. We bought the dynamo hub and a bunch of electrical components including out RGB LED strip to start playing with. Last week we built a test stand for my old trashed wheel and we are going to use that as a test bed for now and purchase our wheel parts at a later date.
Gotta keep our eye on those red numbers at the top!
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
So far in our SURG project, we have realized one thing: we don’t know anything. All our preconceptions of what could work were way off. Did we get money for a proposal we really didn’t even understand ourselves? It’s possible, but we have goal and a vision. That’s what counts.
Here’s what we’ve learned.
- Linear induction as a power source: not feasible,...