75100x2 13s and 16s?

mrhandy65

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So I was thinking. I have a 16s 28ah battery and I have a 13s 15ah battery. Would it be ok to run my scooter with the 16s in the rear tire and the 13s on the front tire. I have. Dual flipsky 75100 vesc controllers in can on a warrior wolf x. So they are identical motors. Would that give me significantly better range with a little cost of top speed?
 
voltage dictates motor spin speed if everything else is equal, so unless you've got a method to make the controllers keep them at the same speed - with those packs, one wheel will try to run faster than the other i would expect. Not sure how that would handle - or if you'd get any increase in range.

The slower motor might even brake the faster (or vice versa - the slower motor is spun faster than it's powered speed) - so causing it to heat up but I'm really not sure of the actual result of running two motors at different speeds without clutches or similar - probably depends on a number of factors.

Swapping packs once one is discharged and powering just one wheel from a single pack would be the simplest way to increase range - but you'd need a switch or other method to change packs.
 
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