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Old 01-30-2010, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by jeep View Post
It might be energy/electricity hungry but the linear motors also act as generators, hence when one side of the suspension is moved that linear motor generates the electricity which is then stored in a battery/capacitor and used later.
Doing that would seem to defeat the purpose of the linear motor, since using it as a generator would induce a significant counter-force and slow its repositioning of the wheel to the desired location. Remember, this all must happen extremely fast for the linear motor concept to work as a suspension.

I wonder if that power usage they mention is really true, or perhaps a bit optimistic.
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