Yes have been experimenting with the F&P washing machine motors, first as wind turbines and then even using a 1mm motor in parallel as a welder at about 2500rpm, worked great though a big rectifier.
They can be re-configured in many different ways and there are 3 different motors all in series from factory for higher voltages.
They work well with a decent brushless motor controller like the infineon, but you will most likley need to convert the ferrite magnet rotor to rare earth neo mags for much extra power, as I did for a wind turbine.
the first motor i used as a motor again was a 1mm (wire) motor in parellel, measuring about .1 Ohm, way too much load for most controllers and I now use a .8mm motor in parallel measuring about .4 ohm.
They really do work great and for how much weight i have on the rear wheel it really does go well.
My maget rotor is a very rough design with angled magnets for a wind turbine, but a decent magnet rotor and perfect hall sensor location i feel these motors will really do well,especially for the DIY person.
I guess 2 to 3kw.
I will be posting a video soon to show what that rear wheel can do for a cheap recycled motor.
The most expensive and complicated thing is the neo magnet rotor conversion.
Re-configuring in parallel is not that hard as left wires on ph1 are connected to a ring and so on for other phases and the right wire of all phases is soldered to another comman ring.
???How much does the hall location affect the motors performance, i guess greatly, as in reverse my motor has much more go compared to forwards. look at pics below.
Will be experimenting with different and possibly variable hall locations soon, but whatever the case the motor still really goes well, even when running badly.
By the way the magnet rotor spins clockwise looking at the picutre.
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Matt F&P
