eteck on a ebike

[truckerzero]

i know its been done and i know is overkill but with a amp limiter at resonable out puts do you think the effienciecy might be better for uphills if not for the dc version how about the 48 volt brushless its around the same price tag

 

[Link]

Probably, but as a general rule setups with gears tackle hills better than hubs. So an Etek would be way overkill; a smaller motor would be fine. Save it for a motorcycle .

 

[truckerzero]

im going to get that cheapy walmart ebike to mess with it has a setup like the elec trek ebike you think a 1000 watt currie style motor wold be a good first up grade or what do you think

 

[Link]

If you can find a way to mount it, then possibly. Those aren't cheap. They're pretty big and you can push quite a bit of power through them though, especially if they get good cooling. One should perform quite well with gears and say 60V or so.

 

[truckerzero]

the 1000 watt currie style motor i was talking about was on cloudev and was the most powerfull motor especially for bikes and scooters

 

[Link]

Not quite. They also make a 48V 1200W motor. Though that might be the same thing given a different rating.

In any case, it can take a lot of power. Bikeraider I think was running with like a 100A controller .

 

[truckerzero]

well it gives me ideas besides if we just get a bike that does about 40 to 45 but climbs hills well too that would be just about perfect anyfaster and it might as well be a e motorcycle

 

[diver]

I going to install an etek on a three wheeler. the controller will be an alltrax AXE4844 R1. will be 48 volt. It is a programmable controller also, Lets me adjust throttle response, how many amps high and low voltage and crap that i have not idea what it does lol. Ive had the controller now for almost a year and now i have a use for it.

 

[truckerzero]

just replaced my furnace and ac unit now i have the old blower motor im thinkin a powereconverter and a onoff switch think it could run anything rigged up gocart or something

 

[luc59457]

We use 36v 1000w Currie and achieved 69km/h on flats http://www.youtube.com/luc59457 Check latest videos. The currie is actually 1400watts roughly 2hp at peak (without our freewheel crank reduction we designed for it).