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[GMCnet] Re: Electric RV’s [message #367834 is a reply to message #367833] Sat, 04 December 2021 23:37 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
James Hupy is currently offline  James Hupy   United States
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My first wife Mary's grandmother, who was the daughter of a Circuit Rider
preacher, kept a journal as a young girl. My wife Mary had that journal
handed down to her. In that journal, she described a trip from the Oregon
Coast to Sister's, Oregon on the eastern slope of the cascades. The trip
was with a team of horses and a buckboard wagon. What we can drive today in
3 hours, took them over 2 months. So, if you are using horses, count me out.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon

On Sat, Dec 4, 2021, 8:58 PM Mike Hamm via Gmclist
wrote:

> How about just going with a horse?
>
> Matt Colie wrote on Sat, 04 December 2021 19:02
>> Mghamms,
>>
>> Why do you want to stick with all that iron/plastic age stuff?
>> As long as you are doing all that, make some worthwhile changes....
>> Make the whole thing a monocoque vacuum molded of epoxy and carbon fibre
> and assembled with frame of similar structure.
>> Why stick with 6 wheels? Make it 8 and all with regenerative braking
> and active anti-lock.
>> You can either make them all torsion bar or give up a little interior
> room and make them all struts. My 95 Honda has rear struts and the truck is
>> still good.
>> You could controllable damping struts like my 87 T'coupe and and for a
> little more, you can make them do you active leveling.
>> Because you will want the whole front for the battery bank, put the
> diesel in the back under the queen walk around. Either a Hall-Scott or
>> Cummins buss engine (the lying on the side version could fit under
> there just fine. You can leave the fuel and black tanks where they are....
>> Sounds like a good plan to me.
>>
>> Matt
>>
>>
>>
>> mghamms wrote on Sat, 04 December 2021 19:25
>>> I like eliminating the propane and using induction cooking.
>>>
>>> You could fit up to 8 400 watt solar panels on a 26 ft. coach.
>>>
>>> The weight problem of adding a 100kv range extender, generator, and its
>>> fuel along with a 75kwh battery pack would need to be solved.
>>>
>>> You could charge at camp sights with a 240 volt 50 amp service.
>>>
>>> You would probably drive 75 to 100 miles before the range extender was
>>> needed. If you knew you would need the extender, it could be started
> after
>>> about 25 miles.
>>> This would be the equivalent of the BMW I3 on steroids with solar
> panels.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 2:04 PM Mike Hamm via Gmclist >> gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think that the best setup would be a Hybrid.
>>>> Engine that is big enough to go 70 mph on the level and charge
> batteries.
>>>> Enough batteries to add power for the longest steepest mountain
> roads.
>>>> While camping the engine can keep the batteries charged.
>>>> 240v and CCS-CHAdeMO fast charging.
>>>> Get rid of the propane, roof AC, generator and that old 455 and
>>>> transmission.
>>>> Add a modern front wheel hybrid drive, two in wheel motors on the
> front
>>>> bogie wheels.
>>>> Modern electric heat pump, induction stove.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anyhow this is what I'd like to see.
>>>>
>>>> I do drive a Volvo XC-40 recharge and am more than happy with it.
>>>> One pedal driving is the balls.
>>>> I herd that Porsche may be coming out with an electric Boxster in
> the next
>>>> few years and when they do my gas one is history.
>>>> --
>>>> 1977 Kingsley 455 as stock as it gets except lots of Ragusa parts
>>> --
>>> *John Phillips*
>
>
> --
> 1977 Kingsley 455 as stock as it gets except lots of Ragusa parts
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