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Luke, I know you are a busy guy, but if you ever pull the motor open, please take pics? I can tell by a pic how many laminations it has, and if you measure the lamination stack width, we can calculate each lam thickness.

The 560, 680, and 800 model designation seems to be the newton meters of torque at the wheel.

Front wheel is 21-inch moto (80/100-21), and rear is 18 (110/90-18)

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I would be hesitant to use a magnet as an electrical conductor in the circuit, they have high resistance, and if they get got, they will start losing their magnetism. Copper is cheap and available, an excellent conductor. If reasonably thick, it would not get hot under the load of one cell, so...I r...

If you are not overloading the hubmotor so that it gets very hot, you can definitely use a hand throttle to get going from a stop.

Bottom balancing is a strategy that seems to have some smart and passionate followers when using LiFePO4. Vehicles generally continue to use NCA/NCM lithium-Ion chemistries due to them providing the most power and range in the smallest package. LiFePO4 is very fire-safe, so I've seen it used on smal...

Those pictures were produced by a different builder, and he made a press and die set. I don't remember the original link, but the press and die are similar to the one in this thread: https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=57810 https://endless-sphere.com/forums/download/file.php?...

The picture of electrodes look like there is a nickel core, or some silvery-looking metal.

I recommend thick pure copper for the tips.

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A custom wooden shell by boat-builder Steve Patmont

I knew of these a while ago, when I started at the VisforVoltage forum. They are no longer sold in the US, but they are an incredible deal now. I just read about an owner who bought a VX-1 with a dead 125V NiMh battery for $500, and then swapped-in a pack he made from 18 Leaf modules, for 36S, 130V ...

I recall Joby has the highest-quality laminations, and they were using ones that are 0.20mm. I don't know what the current standard is, but if you make laminations thinner and thinner to reduce eddy current waste-heat, there is a point where the thickness of the insulating shellac adds up in a lamin...

we are screen-shotted at 1:20

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Luke, without revealing anything that's classified by NDA, is dendrite formation more of an issue with charge, or discharge?

Does regen erode some of the dendrite formation, extending battery safety and life?

In a 3T kV model of motor, there are not 3 super-fat wires wrapped around each stator-tooth. Since skinny wires can bend easier and also conform to the available window shape between the stator-teeth, a 3T motor would have a fat bundle of many thin wires wrapped around the each stator-tooth, which h...

If I understand him correctly (no guarantee of that) he seems to be suggesting that if the high current portion of charging a battery is rapidly pulsed, then the charging time can be dramatically reduced without the cells reaching 50C / 122F. He mentions data-logging a Tesla fast super-charger, and ...

I am still learning, and if something works for a builder, I don't need to understand why to believe it. Years ago, there was a discussion about...is it better to have a high top speed, and constantly run at half- throttle, or make the top speed your normal cruise speed and run at full throttle? Whe...

I've always heard that the motor is at its most efficient at around 80% of its top RPM. That being said, when choosing between two kV's for a motor, liveforphysics has persuaded me that the low-turn count option is better (for most applications). Use fewer turns of the thickest wire that will fit. T...

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Yes, what ou are describing is the "kV" of the motor, and the major effect is that fewer turns provide a higher top-speed, if the voltage stay the same. The minor effect is that a few turns of thicker wire has less inherent resistance, because the length of the wire-runs are shorter. The l...

I just saw a youtube with a dirt bike conversion using 28S, and he used a VESC from 3Shul. The builder stated that it was not difficult to program, which is something I've been searching for. If it was just for me, I would pay an expert to program a controller to match a certain motor, but I want to...

There may be others who have series'ed two packs that may benefit from a discussion of this. 2X 36V = 72V, etc...which was common about 12 years ago, when high amp cells were hard to source. I am thinking I might run without a pack BMS, and I would attach a wiring harness that would allow each 14S s...

Just curious, not good at spotting trends. Is the mind set on higher voltage changing? I live in tornado country. I like my odds of avoiding major damage, but regional power outages are the norm (on occasion). The batteries that are 13S / 14S (48V / 52V) are able to run an common and affordable inv...

I am curious about what issues would occur if I wanted to use 28S, like Zero motorcycles, but...using two common 14S packs.. If the packs are connected/separated electrically by a large DC switch(s), then I imagine it would be very easy to charge the two sub-packs with readily available 52V chargers...