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    2wd fat bike and solar trailer. canning stock route.

    I appear to have made it.
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    2wd fat bike and solar trailer. canning stock route.

    I hope it will be capable of handeling it., Ive done a few test runs on 4wd sandy tracks and up and down beaches and it did well. 159 ~6A solar cells in series, feeding into an mppt, whitch will charge a 14s ~ 50ah battery. this runs threw a couple of fairly samall controllers, run of a single...
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    2wd fat bike and solar trailer. canning stock route.

    fryday afternoon finished a test run from east gippsland to sydney, bike now done just over 1000km. one flat tire, outherwise no breakages.woo. for more updates and stuff , https://www.facebook.com/solarshift/
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    2wd fat bike and solar trailer. canning stock route.

    somehow I seem to have convinced myself that doing the canning stock route on a solar bike is a good idea. the canning stock route is basically 2000km of sand dunes and corrogations threw the middle of nothing in western Australia. Basic plan is a 2wd fat bike whith a trailer of solar pannels...
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    high enegy density battries

    solar car, 16kwhish pack, peak drain about 1.5C average like 0.2C energy density per cell is kea
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    high enegy density battries

    ideally looking for anything with better density thab the 18650bs, not worryd about fast charging or discharging, no I hadent looked much at the keeppower cells, thanks for the link
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    high enegy density battries

    has anyone actually seen/ tested/ bought/ found 18650Gs?
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    high enegy density battries

    sorry I should reword that, Im looking for cells with 250+ wh/kg
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    high enegy density battries

    hi Im looking at building a battery pack with as high an enegy density as possable, discharge rate dosent have to be all that high, peak of about 1C but Im looking for an enegy densigy of 250wh/kg+ cost is not a large consideration
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    jonescg's NEW electric racebike BUILD thread!

    wooo well done mate, thats come soo far since saw it, yeah its good
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    jonescg's NEW electric racebike BUILD thread!

    looking awosme, I hope it ceeps coming togeather.
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    solar powerd off road trike build log

    5400ah, 17,700km. its sort of good to be back, the trike is an awome toe bike, it hardly notieced the windsurfer, thanks to everyone on the forum for all your help, ideas comments etc. I probebly wont be doing a longer trip for a few years because Il be studying renuable energy engineering in...
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    Considering buying a '99Prius for $1500, comments pls.

    Id noticed that to, a lot of old pries's for under 2k, Id be intrested to see how it goes, how would the pries motor handle the power needed to propel the car withoult a bit of help.
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    solar powerd off road trike build log

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    solar powerd off road trike build log

    second last day today, canr beleave Ive made it this far. :D
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    solar powerd off road trike build log

    made it into melbourne today, vearry smuth entery. wooo hoo.
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    solar powerd off road trike build log

    I rebuilt the wheell with dt spokes and it has been great since,( 258mm and 256mm) Ive crossed the nulabour and left adelade this morning, heading back for vic.
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    solar powerd off road trike build log

    pretty mutch in perth, with the bike this time. 700km ago the back wheel finally gave in ( split rim) so I had to get a new one sent up to the roadhouse I was at. in gereldton (400km ago) I finally caught up with the new wheels from glow worm, awsome wheels ( espechelly next to what I was...
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    solar trike in perth, posable ride

    Il be coming threw perth on my solar powed trike somtime in the next week or so on part of my trip arond australia http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=46587 was wondering if anyone was intrested in a catch up/ ride. Im big and slow :?
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    solar powerd off road trike build log

    quite possably, who would have guessed :D, but thiers still a long way to go. im about 300km or so oult o gereldton now, with a cracked back rim. its done well but funally gone to god. new ones coming up tonight. hey just wondering is there anyone that might be intrested in a group ride in...
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    solar powerd off road trike build log

    just oult of tom price, I pulled in 61ah the outher day, woo hoo 3.2 kwh
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    solar powerd off road trike build log

    back in broome, hopefully on the road soon
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    solar powerd off road trike build log

    yep ,still like new, I do somtimes use the low range, ueselly for sand where I want smuth torque, the throttle is a bit twichy in high. it is way over built for what im using it for, i probrbly wouldent even avrage 10a, but oult in the desert Im really glad that is the case, everything gets...
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    solar powerd off road trike build log

    im in south perth/ kensington, ye itd be great to catch up somtime. Id like to see what youve been building :)
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    solar powerd off road trike build log

    I must say that I have had runs of several thousand km with no punctures, but thats ueselly followd by several in a a hundred km or so. ye, sorry the facebook posts are a bit more evevtffull, I really dont have the patence to do the same post in hesps of places, especellly on limited internet...
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