An interview with...
Paul Compton
Jay: This is a first for this site...an audio interview
(with my bits cut out..you're not here for me!) with Series 8 electric
vehicle expert Paul Compton. Paul had originally sent in a tape with a
team to be on this show as a "civillian" but had been turned down. He was
later contacted to be an expert which he did while suffering the tail-end
of a bout of food poisoning.
I apologize, in advance, if these MP3s are poor
quality. There was so much audio that I had to compress it quite a lot
otherwise each spot would have been massive in size. Also, this was my
first attempt at using a microrecorder and a conventional phone. At any
rate, I do hope you enjoy hearing Paul relate stories about the build and
his Scrapheap experience.
Paul talks about how
he became involved with the show (125Kb, 0:56)
Technical details surrounding the
cantimer (260Kb, 1:58)
More details on how the
motor and contactors came together (215Kb, 1:38)
Some thoughts on the other team I
(367Kb, 2:46), II (42Kb, 0:19)
Paul's praise for his own teammates I
(133Kb, 1:01), II (113Kb, 0:51), III
(80Kb, 0:36)
The test day
-
The other team's first
(153Kb, 1:10) and second (81Kb,
0:36) run
-
His team's first
(225Kb, 1:42) and second (215Kb,
1:38) run
A final word
about his overall experience (27Kb, 0:12)
Behind The Scenes
Problems finding
another expert (78Kb, 0:35)
The Crew (75Kb, 0:34)
Battery Troubles
(83Kb, 0:37)
Metric vs Imperial
(25Kb, 0:11)
How the course design
came about (54Kb, 0:24)
Working with Robert
(69Kb, 0:31)
Snafus abound Part
I (105Kb, 0:48) and Part II (101Kb,
0:47)
How 'creative
editing' makes things not exactly what they appear (162Kb, 1:14)
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