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Todd Bartrim wrote:
> Now this would be a beautiful thing. I hope to hear more soon. Not 
> that I'm in the market, but it'd be great to see that be successful. 
> Maybe after Tracy finishes his datalogger, fixing our stuff, building 
> his RV8, mowing the lawn, taking out the trash, and a million other 
> little jobs, he can find a few minutes to design this into his RD-XX, 
> then upgrade all of ours... :-) .
>     Seriously though, it would be great, but wasn't somebody on this 
> list (Ernest maybe?) looking into the possibility of fitting a gen 
> coil from a motorcycle (Goldwing?) to the flexplate? Any further info? 
> There was also some company offering a mechanical water pump with an 
> alternator integral to the pulley. I believe someone on the list was 
> thinking about trying it? Any info?
>
I was working on that, but I've decided that the best option is to use 
the rear of the flywheel for the rotor.  The stator can be bolted to the 
gearbox side of the engine, or the engine side of the gearbox.  I've got 
to finish come cosmetic work on my panel and the last of my electrical 
installation, then the generator is my next hurdle.