Search the web
Sign In
New User? Sign Up
ULEA · Ultra Light Electric Assist
? Already a member? Sign in to Yahoo!

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...
Want to share photos of your group with the world? Add a group photo to Flickr.

Best of Y! Groups

   Check them out and nominate your group.
Having problems with message search? Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.

Messages

  Messages Help
Advanced
Messages 857 - 887 of 962   Oldest  |  < Older  |  Newer >  |  Newest
Messages: Simplify | Expand   (Group by Topic) Author Sort by Date ^
857
... http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090111/COLUMNISTS22/901110367/100 5/ ... .....I saw a write up on using the iPhone in a Porsche 356 Registery, a...
jgtetz76
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2009
1:24 am
859
I've been investigating various approaches to an ultralight assist. When I've touched my 300 gram S4020 motor after several minutes of continuous use it was...
Elden Housinger
leitralad
Offline Send Email
Feb 14, 2009
4:10 pm
860
... Smaller motors don't have as good efficiency as ... Hmm - Maxon motors range up to 90% ... If the ... 10% of maximum torque isn't what one would call...
C POLLARD
bcstractor
Offline Send Email
Feb 14, 2009
4:35 pm
861
Chris, Good to hear from you again! ... Which one are you suggesting? Are all Maxons inrunners? I haven't seriously considered inrunner motors as their Kv is...
Elden Housinger
leitralad
Offline Send Email
Feb 15, 2009
1:18 am
862
... They have commutated brushed motors. An RE40 24V 7580 no load with an R of .317 Ohm. 317 rpm/V has an efficiency of 91%. Their gearboxes are 90% for one...
C POLLARD
bcstractor
Offline Send Email
Feb 15, 2009
1:46 am
863
... an R of .317 Ohm. 317 rpm/V has an efficiency of 91%. That one seems to be slotless. Such designs have very high peak efficiency but seem to have limited...
Elden Housinger
leitralad
Offline Send Email
Feb 18, 2009
2:04 pm
864
I usually use the term gearbox as generic for all forms of speed reducers, SRs, but will differentiate here. I've been considering various possible approaches...
Elden Housinger
leitralad
Offline Send Email
Feb 22, 2009
3:25 pm
865
Elden, How about first stage of 5mm pitch (or even 3mm?) synchro belt and second stage of #25 chain? As you're not intending to use the motor on its own, you...
mileshellon
Offline Send Email
Feb 22, 2009
3:47 pm
866
... I'm not sure I understand the problem here. SDP sells delrin gears for a few bucks each. For the large gear you can buy a cutter for $44 from KBC tool...
C POLLARD
bcstractor
Offline Send Email
Feb 22, 2009
4:21 pm
867
... I think a 2mm pitch GTS can be used for the first stage if a small motor is selected with 5000rpm minimum and current limiting. Adding chain and a...
Elden Housinger
leitralad
Offline Send Email
Feb 22, 2009
11:53 pm
868
... for a few bucks each. For the large gear you can buy a cutter for $44 from KBC tool and make one. The large gear can be plastic if wide enough, about...
Elden Housinger
leitralad
Offline Send Email
Feb 23, 2009
12:14 am
869
Elden, et al: I think if we go to a higher voltage, higher speed, it makes sense to go to a three stage reduction. That's at least what I'm seeing for both a...
Hugh Currin
currinh
Offline Send Email
Feb 23, 2009
3:42 am
870
Hugh, Lots more info at Endless Sphere: http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=28 Matt's moniker is "recumpence". Your input would be...
mileshellon
Offline Send Email
Feb 23, 2009
9:18 am
871
... to go to a ... Small motors are lightweight but have poorer efficiency. If another reduction stage is needed, the system efficiency is even lower so I ...
Elden Housinger
leitralad
Offline Send Email
Feb 24, 2009
6:45 pm
872
Eldon: ... I thought higher voltage was the start of this discussion? Higher voltage equates to higher speeds, and I believe current systems are stretching the...
Hugh Currin
currinh
Offline Send Email
Feb 25, 2009
2:24 pm
873
I think I've found a very simple light way to build a system if the chainring is sufficiently large. I've been examining several different ways to build a...
Elden Housinger
leitralad
Offline Send Email
Feb 25, 2009
2:34 pm
874
HPC? http://www.hpcgears.com/products/helical_gears.htm ... Helicals are more efficient. Hardened pinion and softer gear ... have a...
mileshellon
Offline Send Email
Feb 25, 2009
6:46 pm
875
Hi All, First post, loads of interesting ideas here-glad I found the list! I've been thinking for some time of building something rather like John's system and...
artybe5
Offline Send Email
Feb 25, 2009
10:36 pm
876
Welcome Arthur. I'd expected John to reply by now, but since he hasn't I'll try to answer some of your questions. If you haven't yet found it, John describes...
Elden Housinger
leitralad
Offline Send Email
Feb 27, 2009
12:25 am
877
Hi Folks I'm back. Been very busy doing Art and having some great shows with a possibility of a big one coming up. I was shocked (pleasantly) by all the...
jgtetz76
Offline Send Email
Mar 2, 2009
4:09 am
878
... Its made by IMS and they have salesin Gainsville Ga. 1-770- 840-9600. The gear box I used is P 32 19:1 ratio. I contacted them when I snapped of the output...
jgtetz76
Offline Send Email
Mar 2, 2009
4:25 am
879
I noticed that the battery run time was very short even after being charged (Trickle) to something like 3 minutes. So I did some bench testing. My packs are...
jgtetz76
Offline Send Email
Mar 3, 2009
4:25 am
880
Yes - always have been the problem. Motors OK. Motors without magnets OK. Controllers OK. Batteries and cost per kwh stored - bzzzttt. Chris P...
C POLLARD
bcstractor
Offline Send Email
Mar 3, 2009
4:29 am
881
Hmmmm... I wonder if super capacitor packs might be made trouble free and reliable for high numbers of charge/discharge cycles? How close are the best super...
Conrad OHO
conradoho
Offline Send Email
Mar 3, 2009
6:14 am
882
Because their voltage is not constant, the electronics needed to use much of the capacity of super capacitors seems to mitigate against them. I've been...
Elden Housinger
leitralad
Offline Send Email
Mar 3, 2009
3:40 pm
883
... .......Those two batteries were not used very hard, so I'm a bit disappointed with their finikyness. I'll keep an eye on them to see how long they they...
jgtetz76
Offline Send Email
Mar 4, 2009
2:04 am
884
I did a discharge run on one of my packs to se if there was any degration due to the cold. I did the test onmy porch at 30 F. Run time power the same as in...
jgtetz76
Offline Send Email
Mar 9, 2009
1:16 am
885
... Is this the same battery that had become unbalanced over the winter and subsequently rebalanced? Did you have a data logger included? If so, how many...
Elden Housinger
leitralad
Offline Send Email
Mar 12, 2009
5:30 pm
886
... Never can tell what one will find on Google. Like your O ff title. You an artist ? John Tetz...
jgtetz76
Offline Send Email
Mar 15, 2009
1:31 am
887
Researchers at MIT have been working on a new rapid-charge battery technology. See; http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/battery-material-0311.html...
jgtetz76
Offline Send Email
Mar 17, 2009
12:47 am
Messages 857 - 887 of 962   Oldest  |  < Older  |  Newer >  |  Newest
Advanced
Add to My Yahoo!      XML What's This?

Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines - Help