This should be enough power!

Finally a motor that is powerful enough to put in my mini t

Thats crazy! Will be interesting to see what happens, I always wanted a E bike or something, but all of them out are powered by some sissy motors...... I want to burn rubber LOL..

[Mod Man]

Originally Posted by BlackedOutREVO

Finally a motor that is powerful enough to put in my mini t

Thats crazy! Will be interesting to see what happens, I always wanted a E bike or something, but all of them out are powered by some sissy motors...... I want to burn rubber LOL..

It is a full size recumbent (actionbent midracer).

There are a bunch of E-bike forums that have spread sheets on them to calculate run time, distance, and top speed. Believe it or not, the top speed predicted by the spread sheets is 73mph at 4000 watts and 82 mph at 5000 watts.

Anyway, this bike will be geard for 55 mph. I highly doubt I will want to go any faster than that!

Oh, with 12s 10,000 mah, this thing should go 30 mph for nearly an hour on a charge!

Matt

[JERRY2KONE]

WOW that looks like it would be a lot of fun to put in just about anything. My 12 year old son has been wanting me to build something that we saw in a car show, and that motor would be perfect for it. It is a beer cooler on wheels that the driver rides around the car shows on handing out beer to his friends. His only goes about 10MPH though. I bet this thing would do much better. Please keep us informed of how this works out for you. It really is interesting. Thanks Guy.

[crazyjr]

by Mod Man
A typical man has the potential energy of roughly 200 watts oof power in his legs. This motor is capable of 4000 watts continuous. If you do some E-bike research, you will find that typical E-bikes run about 400 to 600 watt motors and those motors are 40% to 60% efficient. This motor will put out over 5hp continuous. That is more than a 50cc scooter.

This is true, but has anyone noticed, that all human powered vehicles are overdriven (basic transport, not hill climbers and such). I noticed it once helping assemble a bike for a nephew, the ratios we use with our legs would be considered overdrive for most mechanical vehicles. I know weight does work into it, but just saying its impressive what the human body can do.


Nic Case, Welcome to one of the best (if not the best) forums around. you're knowledge will add to this site