Not sure if this belongs under e-bikes or general EV discussion, but I'm posting here because at this point I'm still only talking about bicycle hub motors/wheels.
As I'm sure most here at the forum know, e-bikekit.com is having a clearance sale on 6x10 motor wheels, $80 each if you buy five. I figure this is my chance to get four matching wheels to build an electric bicycle car! I brought the subject up with my wife and she didn't forbid me from buying them or threaten bodily harm if I bought them. Just to be safe, I'm hoping she'll forget all about the conversation and I can hide the boxes when they get here. j/k - actually my wife has surprised me with how supportive she's been of my electric vehicles hobby. I'm hoping that if I can build something that doesn't look too awful, she might be willing to ride in it for short trips.
I want to build something that looks like the old turn of the century (no not that century, the one before it) grand prix cars:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marcel_Renault_1903.jpg
And yes, I will be wearing the goggles when I drive it!
One thing I'm wondering - do you guys think it'd work ok if I attached only the inside half of the axle on these wheels and leave the other side free? Ordinarily I'd think I'd want the wheel fully boxed, but that kind of ruins the look don't you think? And the axles on these motors are REALLY thick; I'm thinking if I take a piece of 3/4 steel pipe and tap threads on the inside of it, I could screw the axle down into it and it would be very strong. No worries about it unscrewing itself - you have to have torque arms on it anyway, which keeps the axle from turning at all one the torque arms are in place.
Of course, I'd still have to deal with the wires on the other side somehow. Unless I put the wire side into the pipe, but that side of the axle is hollow, is it strong enough?
As I'm sure most here at the forum know, e-bikekit.com is having a clearance sale on 6x10 motor wheels, $80 each if you buy five. I figure this is my chance to get four matching wheels to build an electric bicycle car! I brought the subject up with my wife and she didn't forbid me from buying them or threaten bodily harm if I bought them. Just to be safe, I'm hoping she'll forget all about the conversation and I can hide the boxes when they get here. j/k - actually my wife has surprised me with how supportive she's been of my electric vehicles hobby. I'm hoping that if I can build something that doesn't look too awful, she might be willing to ride in it for short trips.
I want to build something that looks like the old turn of the century (no not that century, the one before it) grand prix cars:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marcel_Renault_1903.jpg
And yes, I will be wearing the goggles when I drive it!
One thing I'm wondering - do you guys think it'd work ok if I attached only the inside half of the axle on these wheels and leave the other side free? Ordinarily I'd think I'd want the wheel fully boxed, but that kind of ruins the look don't you think? And the axles on these motors are REALLY thick; I'm thinking if I take a piece of 3/4 steel pipe and tap threads on the inside of it, I could screw the axle down into it and it would be very strong. No worries about it unscrewing itself - you have to have torque arms on it anyway, which keeps the axle from turning at all one the torque arms are in place.
Of course, I'd still have to deal with the wires on the other side somehow. Unless I put the wire side into the pipe, but that side of the axle is hollow, is it strong enough?
