andym

Silly question perhaps, but how do you know it's a generator rather than a starter? Some more info on the APU would help, too!

Andy

Just a thought - was the trailer socket disturbed as part of the repainting?

Andy

Heck, I think a four-motor electric Ferret would be cool.

Looking at one of the other threads in the Forum I was thinking the same thing. Full torque at zero rpm would eat a V8 for breakfast.

Andy

I've just been on a tour of the USN patrol boat P22 at Southampton Boat Show: http://www.p22.org.uk/

She's apparently in the Dunkirk film pretending to be an RN admiral's barge:

They like doing reenactment and would be grateful to make contact with anyone in the Sandwich area of Kent with suitable vehicles/uniforms etc.

Andy

The battery in a Tesla Model S weighs 544kg ...

(and you can bet that if Apple bring out an electric car it will be incompatible with anything else!)

Andy

At last, a sensible and accurate piece of journalism on the subject: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41268513

Andy

Are you restoring a submarine?

 

Chris.

A submarine battery is somewhat bigger than that, but you don't usually get the chance to see them out in the open. This is the battery shop at the old Admiralty Engineering Laboratory in West Drayton, sadly now just another housing estate:

Andy

Once you've fixed the immediate problem there's nothing wrong with retaining the existing pump arrangement. Personally I like the idea of turning the engine over to get the oil pressure up a bit before it starts.

Andy

​the plan is to convert it back to a mbt in time

But it was never an MBT in the first place as I understand it?

Andy

They might have to change the colour scheme before it's released to service, though:

I saw it at DSEI today and it's huge, at least as big as the MBT that was sitting beside it.

Andy

Mods - any progress yet on fixing this? It's getting very annoying!

Andy

This is a known problem when using images that are uploaded to the forum rather than being hosted elsewhere:

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?49290-Image-thumbnails

It's something to do with the forum software - I get a brief flash of an error message about Function p_reg but it vanishes before it can be read. It's also getting really annoying!

Andy

Some home-grown ones, too ..

Andy

Actually, I'm not so sure...

Imagine having no fuel cell to rupture and burn, no heat signature at idle, distribute batteries around the hull so any one hit won't disable the vehicle and either a single set of motors or hub motors in each road wheel so you can take several hits and keep moving. Oh, and as quiet as you can be and still run on tracks.

The combat advantage to an electric MBT is enough that I suspect it will happen eventually.

 

The logistic disadvantage is of course not insignificant, I can imagine some sort of towed generator that gets dropped as you get to the field of battle or large truck-mounted tenders.

 

Zero Electric Motorcycles is already selling bikes to police and military customers, including for combat purposes (think infiltration fast-attack).

Electric drive for MBTs is already happening, but they'll still need an onboard diesel generator. It's hardly a new idea either, the Sd. Kfz. 184. Elefant was a petrol-electric vehicle.

Andy

Without going into the merits or otherwise of the ban, it is important to remember that it is the sale of new petrol & diesel vehicles that is going to be banned, not their use.

It's the sale of new SOLEY petrol & diesel vehicles. Hybrids will still need petrol (or possibly diesel) so the sale of hydrocarbon fuels won't suddenly vanish overnight.

Andy

Whilst on the subject of Amps, don't forget that US domestic supplies run on half the voltage that UK ones do, so require twice the current to deliver the same amount of power. Direct comparison of numbers doesn't work.

I was talking to a neighbour over the Bank Holiday weekend who had just come back from a month in Germany working with a colleague who owns a Tesla S. The trick apparently isn't to charge the battery overnight but to keep it topped up by "sipping" through the day when stopping for lunch or a cup of coffee. With the Tesla "supercharger" that's very effective for someone doing a lot of mileage on relatively short trips, especially as the charging is free for the life of the car. You do, of course, need the infrastructure to do so.

Andy

There's only one sensible answer to all this rubbish...

 

I prefer this one:

Andy

Thanks, PM sent. Just checking this is definitely 432, not 434?

Andy

Hi Andy,

 

Exhaust is in good condition , no rot , usable no problem.

make me an offer , need it to go !

 

regards,

nelz.

It's really only the pipe that I'm after - mine has rusted out in the right-angle bend. £50?

Andy

What constitutes a hybrid?

you can move a Landy on its starter motor if you have it in first with the clutch up. That's electric? 😬

Might have a bit of a problem with the range, though!

Andy

How much for the exhaust system Nelz, and what condition is it in?

Andy

Note the word "solely" - hybrids will still be OK as they're the only real option for non-city dwellers anyway.

Andy

Taking this to the extreme it would suggest that all vehicles in a museum should be taxed, MOT'd and insured, which can't possibly be sensible.

Andy

The biodiesel problem is a well-known issue in boats and MVs, especially those left for months at a time.

Andy

The one on the right is definitely correct. This is Sigma's two pack epoxy RAL 226 over their pink primer, white overalls for colour balance(!):

Andy