<VV> Electric fans

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

Don't get me wrong, I complimented them on their effort. Heck, he  had DATA, 
and that's more than anyone else has provided, even ME! I think you  all did 
GREAT work!!
 
 
I do have a 911 blower/alternator assembly. However, I have so many other  
projects (including two houses!) that I have damn little time for this stuff.  
Hopefully, when I retire SOON, I will undertake this project in earnest instead 
 of just collecting parts! 
My thinking was a reversed engine with a 915 transaxle (which I have) and  
then everything works. Heck, even with a standard rotation, a serpentine belt  
will fix the rotation issue!! 
The reason I think a 911 fan will work is simple, 911s have GREAT cooling!  
Hard to beat that sort of logic, given that a 911 is a similarly direct air  
cooled engine, etc. Not a hard extrapolation. 
 
Maybe take the 911 fan/alternator assembly, tie the stator directly to the  
stator of a dedicated alternator, and make it a synchronous motor! Alternators  
acting as motors can make a LOT of HP, well over 10 HP if done correctly. 
Anyone  up for trying THAT?
 
In a message dated 7/31/2007 6:42:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
vairologist at verizon.net writes:

Smitty  Says:  I just posted to a friend, my feelings on this fan  
controversy.  Then thought to myself, why not share this with the  group.  I have read, 
listened to,  ignored and deleted but the crap  just won't go away.  I am a 
tinkerer.  I love to try things just to  see if they will work.  Sometimes they 
work real well and sometimes not  so well.  The point is, I got off my keester 
and tried them.  I  didn't sit around blathering at others on and on about 
what I thought would  work.  I didn't argue with others because they had a 
different  opinion.  I got out my tools and set to work to see if I could do what I 
 wanted.  Why don't you guys give it a try yourself.  If you think a  Porsche 
fan running at 10,000 rpm is the hot ticket then buy yourself one and  crank 
it up and see.  If it blows all to hell then you have a valid  negative 
comment to make.  But until you actually do it, kindly keep your  pie hole shut 
about what will or won't work.  If you think an electric  powered axial
flow blower powered by a 50 lb electric motor supplied by a  75 lb truck 
battery is the way to go, then get off your ass and prove  it.
A man had an idea that he thought would work.  He gave it  his best shot and 
tried to sell the idea.  Bob, Ken, and Frank pretty  much proved that the idea 
had deficiency's.  So what is new.  The  laws of physics prevails.  I didn't 
believe it would work anyway.   He still has my admiration for putting the 
package together.  That's a  hell of a lot more than you vociferous yammer jaws 
have accomplished in the  last week.


 



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