Pablo, I am both serious and I jest with applause; I don’t have the skill or courage to try modeling with plastic resins in my tiny hidden hovel of an urban cave.
On the flip side – I have this monstrous industrial walking foot sewing machine that has all the finesse of a brahma bull in a china shop: Great for making heavy sails, but not so great at detailed work like sewing in a zipper on a reinforced padded battery bag.
However – both your efforts and mine have something in common aside from filling a niche and that is we are trying to make and perfect the same elementary shape for containing our batteries.
I have a rough idea what my material costs are. I think after you get a couple of these built you’ll have a better idea what it takes to create the shell. In truth I’ve been following both you and
SeriousKnot in this regard. Personally I think if a generic mold could be fabricated then a person would have a nice little side production opportunity going on.
For my own thoughts, the speculative plan (
being a Kingfish et al) is to define one shape, test it, make sure it can live up to the rigors of the environment, and ensure that it is not over-engineered or overly heavy. As it turns out my current design holds a quantity of 9 of the 5S Zippy lipos, and coincidentally the shape is good enough for both my P0 (hardtail) and P1 (FS) ebikes (
o’ lucky me).
The next stage would be to canvas – perhaps by a pole – the ES community to see if there is an interest in custom saddle-bags (or boxes in your case), and if so how many would they want per side. In this manner the most optimum models could be sorted out.
Example:
My 9-battery shape (per side) can also accommodate Sir Goodrum’s & Co. BMS boards. The same shape can be used for bigger batteries if the quantity was reduced. OK – so that’s one shape done that can match a good portion of typical bike frames. Rinse and repeat for 6 to 7 batteries.
Now from the look of your design I bet you can fit 5 to 7 batteries – depending on type - in the center triangle. Add a pair of optional
sidecars (for lack of a better term) and we’re looking at possibly up to 24 batteries in the front.
As a purveyor of long-distance travel – you have my undivided attention! Naturally there are issues between frames, and each model varies somewhat on the protuberances and cabling. There are also structural and mounting issues to work through.
In all, I merely suggest what
could be should beggars be given horses to ride. :wink:
Pablo_1985 said:
By the way where are you from?
Plainly –
I’m from Mars, or so it seems as my saucer is embedded into the side of a hill in Redmond Washington, though I egress through a small hidden bat cave. Don't tell anyone! 8)
Incognito,
KF
