Re: (ET) RE: ET mowing EV ZTR

[Anton Berteaux <krustyacres earthlink net>]

um, you don't happen to have an extra one lying around?
Anton
On Apr 8, 2004, at 1:17 PM, Rod Hower wrote:

> When I worked at GE I designed a dual motor forklift
> control.  All you need is a steering wheel angle
> sensor
> to control both motors on this setup.
> It could easily work with little/no modification
> on a ZTR.
> Rod
> --- Anton Berteaux <krustyacres earthlink net> wrote:
> > the ZTRs are hydrostatic, which has a couple of
> > things that annoy me:
> > inherent inefficiency of hydrostatic drive compared
> > to chains or other
> > simple mechanical drives, and the fact that they
> > need to have the
> > engine always revved up to make the drive act
> > correctly. They are
> > effective, nice to use and pretty bulletproof.
> > It seems obvious that electric drive would have all
> > the advantages of
> > hydrostatic, without any of the disadvantages. The
> > controls would be
> > expensive, being essentially two controllers, but
> > also needing a
> > coordination between the two: a good example is an
> > electric wheelchair.
> > Anton
> > On Apr 8, 2004, at 11:42 AM, George3476 aol com
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi David, yes, I feel the same way about a
> > possible ZTR EV mower with
> > > a range
> > > of attachments...sometimes ideas get ahead of
> > technology to support
> > > it...it's
> > > snip
> >
> >
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