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Hey Elden; What is happening with your batteries ? John Tetz...
John Tetz
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Sep 3, 2008
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Just ran across a couple thin low power pancake motors http://www.goldenmotor.com/index.htm One a 75 watt and the other 180 watts. Very low Rpm. 1600 and 3300 ...
John Tetz
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Sep 5, 2008
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... I was planning to send a report today. My battery arrived about a week ago and the weather looked ideal for testing so I hooked it up and reprogrammed the...
Elden Housinger
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This Week's EV News including Consumer Reports on Hybrids <http://electricandhybridcars.com/index.php/pages/electriccarnews.html> Stories Include: Chrysler to...
Susie
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... they ... It looks to be a brushed DC motor. Axial gap BLDC motors with efficiency over 95% have been used for solar racers. Unfortunately they are too...
Elden Housinger
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... ....Elden you mention the word Phoenix as a type of ESC. I started with a Phoenix and found you had to set the throttle on and another seperate setting for...
John Tetz
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Sep 6, 2008
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Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm mid-stream in a delta trike build, and need to start focusing on electronics. I'm initially planning series connected...
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Sep 6, 2008
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... what ... From what I see on their website all "industrial" versions of their existing line use "estimated" current sensing, i.e., voltage drop across a FET...
Elden Housinger
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Sep 6, 2008
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... Some delta trikes only drive one wheel normally, so you might consider using only one motor. If using two BLDC motors you should use a separate ESC for...
Elden Housinger
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Sep 6, 2008
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wanted to see if any would like to check out a group i am try to form for deltas. Its called lightfootdeltatricycles if anyone to take a look or even join....
richard
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Sep 6, 2008
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... Welcome to our discussions! I'm not familiar with wheel chair motors so don't know how well they could be adapted. Do you have a website giving...
Elden Housinger
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Sep 7, 2008
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There is a guy in Australia, Tim Smith, who has added wheel chair motors to tadpole trikes, so he may be of assistance, I'll try and find a ...
Rob Leviston
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Sep 7, 2008
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I think that i'll try another way with the electic motors. They have a good hub motor, but they are independent. and they do not work whith the pedaling, so I...
richard
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Sep 8, 2008
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... have a ... whith ... trike ... any ... It looks to me like the Lightfoot Courier drives both rear wheels via a jackshaft so in a corner the inside wheel is...
Elden Housinger
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Sep 9, 2008
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... ......Richard I havent seen these pictures. Could you re send the URL. I have been thinking about designing and building a Delta. My Tadpole VM is...
John Tetz
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Sep 9, 2008
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... URL. ... John i had put them on the group photo area, sorry, i am not used to this yet. http://autos.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/ULEA/photos/browse/4a4f...
richard
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Sep 9, 2008
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I have a left wheel only set up on my trike and they made the shaft alittle longer to put on an extra sproket that drives a 35cc gas motor, then i added the...
richard
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Sep 9, 2008
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... shaft ... is ... the ... a ... at ... 19th) ... round ... a ... so ... added ... may ... will ... It sounds to me that you need an electric trike with...
Elden Housinger
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Sep 9, 2008
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... your ... along ... .........Richard. From you comments how often doyou ride? I'm just trying to get an idea of your physical conditioning. Hate to see you...
John Tetz
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Sep 11, 2008
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I talked to Bernie at Castle Creations about the new datalogger ESCs. He said the up grades will be incorporated in the model aircraft and particularly the...
John Tetz
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Sep 11, 2008
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John, I'm not sure I understand this... Changing Kv by changing the number of turns in the armature winding is simply a way to match rpm to voltage and has no...
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Sep 11, 2008
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<http:///> <http://electricandhybridcars.com/index.php/pages/electriccarnews.html> This Week's EV News including Fisker gets a $65M boost ...
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Sep 11, 2008
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... to ... cables.. ... modelers ... only ... are ... even ... I suspect it has more to do with battery availability. The A123 cells can be run at very high...
Elden Housinger
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Sep 11, 2008
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... .....The thing is the modelers are drawing huge amounts of power/current. I hear numbers like 30 to 50 amps. And wire/connectors etc are made light weight...
John Tetz
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Sep 12, 2008
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... ......I agree with this assement. I too would like to go (eventually) to higher voltage, lower current. Less beating the batteries. And more cells to get...
John Tetz
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Sep 12, 2008
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Elden (& all): I don't see why this would be so. Let me put forth my understanding of DC electric motors and you all can tell me where my logic is off. A wire...
Hugh Currin
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Sep 12, 2008
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I've posted a graph comparing motors with different Kv at the same voltage, here: http://autos.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/ULEA/photos/view/db67?b=1&m=f&o=0 ...
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Sep 12, 2008
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Hugh, Your description of how the motor works is very good, but omits the no-load performance. A motor with few turns has a high Io (no-load current) because...
Elden Housinger
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Sep 12, 2008
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Eldon: Thank you, this makes sense. I missed the no-load current Io in my thinking. It sounds like Io is dependant on motor speed and due to frictional and ...
Hugh Currin
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Sep 12, 2008
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... thinking. ... and ... over a ... voltage, ... once had a ... considered a ... this needs ... Hugh, I don't have a reference for the equations. Io being...
Elden Housinger
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