Most powerful scooter hub

[briogio]

im going to build a stupid fast, long wheel base, tadpole trike with tandem seating and a 0.3 drag coefficient body, is this the most powerful hub motor in the world?

 

[Hillhater]

No !

 

[Arlo1]

^^ :lol: ^^

You could ask if people have some good links for better/more powerful motors. I have one Rated for 6kw I have seen some up to 8kw I think.
Try aliexpress... ? Ask around John in CR has some pretty powerful hubbies.

 

[liveforphysics]

Vito has a 70mm wide 273mm stator motor now.

I watched Farfles 2pi with 50mm stator dyno 24rwhp with a pile oftorque.

70mm should be even better.

 

[amberwolf]

There's no way for us to tell you anything about that motor in comparison to anything else unless you first post it's technical data/specifications.


Sarcastic answer alert:

, is this the most powerful hub motor in the world?

I dunno. It looks like it's about an inch in diameter on my screen, so I doubt it. Maybe it would power a rollerskate.

Or maybe it is a motor off a 150-ton dumptruck, and is taller than my house. Can't really tell from your picture.

 

[John in CR]

How fast do you want to go, and what is the total load (trike incl batts and riders)? What kind of terrain for tandem riding? Are you essentially talking about something like a T-rex, but electric. If so, then I'd question using any single hubmotor. The one LFP mentioned may be up to the task in terms of torque, but I'd want to see no-load current at high rpm to see if the core design is good enough. eg I have a 273x50mm motor that I've run at 30kw peak input with a light load, but on the highway above 60mph or so the motor ran fairly warm, so it can't come close the the 107mph I've hit with my HubMonster, but it would be unwise to set HubMonster up for that kind of speed pushing a 2 person load. Sure it would be fine on flat road with those aerodynamics, but with electrics the fun is in eye popping acceleration, not just a straight line speed run.

Another consideration is that other than those made for cars, ATVs, etc., hubmotors aren't designed for big side loads, so if you're talking about something to haul ass through the twisties, then the trike needs to be a leaner to use a hubbie designed for a two-wheeler.