Self balancing with Turnigy 80-100 motor

Hello friends,

i want to build a self balancing vehicle with a single wheel, powered by a powerful bldc hub motor.

Problem:
I have searched for days but i could not find a hub motor which is small enough to fit inside the rim of my tire (6"/ 150mm inner diameter).
Most of the China hub Motors, which are used for electric scooters (8", 10", 12"), can not be separated from the rim, even gearless units. A Pity..

So i thought about powering the whole story by the "Turnigy 80-100-B 130Kv Brushless Outrunner" using a planetary gear which i would build by my own from single gear parts (unless i find something suitable).

Would it work if i use for speed controlling/ reversing an Arduino, which is communicating via PWM with the "Simple BLDC Controller" by Jeremy Harris (Sparkfun 6DOF as gyro) ?

Everything should be as cheap as possible.

Any thoughts are highly appreciated as i do not want to invest into something that will not work in reality.

Best regards

simply use a MAC or Bafang BPM motor. it is has more torque than a 80100 and it is about the same weight (~2kg). Km² is about 0.55 for the BPM where the 80100 has only 0.17, so it needs higher reduction to gain the same torque https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=65757

the dia is around 150mm without the spoke flange. if you want i can measure

Thanks crossbreak!
Apparently the rim size changed to 5" (127mm dia) because the tire i originally wanted is currently unvailable.
So i searched for skateboard hub motors but they are not powerful enough (max. is 36V/ 250W at uumotor).
And the 80100 will not fit either. Got an eye on the Aerodrive SK3 - 6374-149kv by Turnigy now.

Does anybody know if the VESC Controller by Benjamin Vedder can change the direction on the fly ?
Already wrote him an email, but he does not answer, need to know it pretty quickly.
Project-deadline is not patient

yep controller is the bigger concern though

Should i go for the vesc ? I'm not sure.
Or is there another bldc controller that is able to change the direction on the fly and is buyable assembled ?

I have found the kind of motor you might be looking for, controller still needs to be cleared out, see my recent post on this forum
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=83934

Any progress on the controller issue?

Any controller out there, that can do current control with fast enough updates?

Cheers!

Well done How about spending some time to learn about VESC?