On 16 Sep 97 at 9:40, Pierce Nichols wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Mike Smith wrote:
>
> > Was going to ask if you were going 3 phase.  You playing with
> > frequency a lot too?  There MUST be a reason aircraft systems run at
> > 400Hz - one suspects weight is one of the factors, and that would
> > certainly help anything solar...
>
>         Yup, 3-phase is the idea. And I hadn't thought about messing
>         /w
> the frequency, but we may do that. It may depend heavily on what we
> can scrounge up.

Ex air force electric motors would be available at a lot of surplus
stores...
MikeS
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