Recent content by m7priest

That's a very interesting thread. But the guy there noted that he didn't seem to be generating much power..which I think is the main problem... Even a 50cc ICE at WOT will only put out maybe 8 amps...? Anyway, there's actually more to diesel trains than that...and I know it doesn't scale...

Oh, I know it's not very useful on this scale...but the advatages of an e-bike aren't really my goal. I just thought it might be a fun project to engineer...

Uhm. Like...when you have an electric motor driven by a generator of some kind. Like the big diesel rail engines use. I just thought a small one might be a fun project...

I guess you could say it's not strictly an electric bike... ^^; I was just wondering if anyone had tried building one with an electric transmission? Or, where might one find a suitable generator & motor? Since most small gas gens either do 120vAC or 12vDC.... Not a lot of amps there... Thanks