On 08/12/15 05:31, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 18:07:24 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:53:05 -0500, wrote:

it's got permanent magnets in it, it is DEFINITELY a DC motor
Well, if one wants to get fussy, small AC synchronous motors also
are
made with permanent-magnet rotors. But there is a starting issue and
some other complications that suggest this case is not one of those.

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Ed Huntress
The Segway uses three phase AC motors with extremely strong permanent
magnet rotors.
http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma5/segway.html
Have you seen the new, improved version? Much cheaper.
http://tinyurl.com/paakapy
There has been quite a bit of coverage in the UK recently about the
problems with those things, mainly issues about them bursting into
flames. One woman was severely burned and others have had lucky escapes
when they've gone up.


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