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someone put a united hobbies brushless on a pushy. 52mph! that would be nuts.
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I'd have to change underwear after a ride like that.

*cries*
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I made a quick video of my electric bike today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rammgAKLB6U
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What, no wheelies? Nice work as always, are you happy with the performance?

of course not

Nah the motor and controller's performance is just a little bit lower than I'd like, so I'll probably end up changing them at some point (as well as the batteries), but it actually does the job I built it for, and was pretty cheap

It's been going for a while now, I just hadn't gotten around to making a video.

I'm taking it to the electric vehicle field day on the weekend.
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I've been pondering over EV Options for my little daily runabout as well...

(As usual, Andrews has just gone and done it.. but I have an excuse, I'm already enagaged on a Project at the moment - my Charger.. the GeMinEV comes after that).

Anyway, the point was, this is a pretty nice site I've been perusing recently.. www.kiwiev.com for those interested in an actual daily driver EV and over 20 Youtube videos of the conversion process that are well done.

- low tech, low budget (Well, $12k NZ - $3K Motor, $3K ESC, $3K Batteries) , but works well and in daily use. changed his fuel bill from $220/Month of Petrol to $15/month of Electricity
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haha that goes heaps faster then my mini bike ev does! might have to change the gearing after all could probably get away with using a variator off a scooter (CVT) theyd handle the power fine.

www.evcapri.com - jake and i were over there last weekend giving him a hand. seeing it in person really puts into perspective how easy the conversion is. i well and truly think any of us roboteers could do it by ourselves from start to finish in 1 week.

might come out to that weekend as well


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Nice work as usual Andrew! How long before you take it to Wakefield
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I've been planning on taking it to wakefield for ages, but every time there's been a track day where I have clearance to run it I end up having to be somewhere else.
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@ Glen: how long before we get to see an electric X19? You know you want to....

The X19 layout could be pretty sweet for an EV; compartments front & rear for batteries, fairly light frame etc. Getting the motor coupled into the rear wheels is the only real challenge that I can see.

heres one i prepared earlier

from the looks of it they seem to get a 10mm plate of aluminium waterjet out to mate the gearbox and motor together then just lathe up a simple adaptor to join the guts of the clutch to the motor shaft.
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Interesting; I thought the motor would have to be mounted over the gearbox. There is much more room than I remember.

hahah thats so awesome automated or not?

as for the room theres quite a bit once you rip all the useless crap out. the motors are actually pretty small. maybe 1 meter long for the 100hp ones? i cant recall but about the length of a standard 4 pot.
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