Alright folks. I have decided to start a thread featuring the conversion of my TerraTrike Tour II to show off and get a bit of advice as well.
It's been one hell of a debacle to get all the parts together and get things rolling, but I am getting closer to having everything I need.
Here is the trike to be beefed:
I have some major plans for this guy. I have I have a cyclone motor that I plan to put behind the seat and sandwiched by two battery boxes containing 3, 5s13p battery packs connected in series and then connected in parallel before entering the controller.
I haven't quite figured out how I am going to mount the motor just yet. I don't have the ability to weld, so that is out. I may just construct a box out of aluminum bolted together and mounted with some clamps.
There are chain pulleys in the back and I am planning to another one to rout the cyclone's chain to the bottom of the drivetrain hub.
I ordered a single speed conversion kit to use on the freehub body. I am thinking I may just use two cogs on the drivetrain. One for peddle power and one for the motor. Maybe I will convert it tow a 3 speed shifter in the rear.
As for the battery box. I eventually want to make a complete back end including a trunk out of recycled HDPE plastics. That is going to take a lot more time than I really want to and I am getting more and more impatient to get this build together. I am thinking I will just shape a frame out of PVC and some cheap paneling till I can get the materials I want.
as for the battery, I am putting it together with vruzend's no solder kits. I made a cardboard template to get an idea of the space I had to use and then made a plan on the way the battery's needed to be arranged. Then I made a graphic with how the groups will be divided and connected.
I was thinking I might use 16 gauge copper wire as bus bars and 2amp pico fuses soldered to them the positive ends of the cells
I plan on spraying the packs with an acrylic lacquer conformal coating and then wrapping it in craft foam.
Eventually, I want to also add a front fairing, canopy, complete light sets, and a stereo. I want to build a large, solar equipped trailer that can double as a camper. I want to also have a passenger trailer to use it as a pedicab, as well as a tandem trailer so me and a second person can take it on touring trips. I hope to have most of this done by September to take a 551 mile camping trip
I may make videos of all the processes I go through, but sometimes I would much rather just start doing things then setting up a camera and editing footage. If there are enough people interested, I would be willing to go through it all.
Cheers!
It's been one hell of a debacle to get all the parts together and get things rolling, but I am getting closer to having everything I need.
Here is the trike to be beefed:
I have some major plans for this guy. I have I have a cyclone motor that I plan to put behind the seat and sandwiched by two battery boxes containing 3, 5s13p battery packs connected in series and then connected in parallel before entering the controller.
I haven't quite figured out how I am going to mount the motor just yet. I don't have the ability to weld, so that is out. I may just construct a box out of aluminum bolted together and mounted with some clamps.
There are chain pulleys in the back and I am planning to another one to rout the cyclone's chain to the bottom of the drivetrain hub.
I ordered a single speed conversion kit to use on the freehub body. I am thinking I may just use two cogs on the drivetrain. One for peddle power and one for the motor. Maybe I will convert it tow a 3 speed shifter in the rear.
As for the battery box. I eventually want to make a complete back end including a trunk out of recycled HDPE plastics. That is going to take a lot more time than I really want to and I am getting more and more impatient to get this build together. I am thinking I will just shape a frame out of PVC and some cheap paneling till I can get the materials I want.
as for the battery, I am putting it together with vruzend's no solder kits. I made a cardboard template to get an idea of the space I had to use and then made a plan on the way the battery's needed to be arranged. Then I made a graphic with how the groups will be divided and connected.
I was thinking I might use 16 gauge copper wire as bus bars and 2amp pico fuses soldered to them the positive ends of the cells
I plan on spraying the packs with an acrylic lacquer conformal coating and then wrapping it in craft foam.
Eventually, I want to also add a front fairing, canopy, complete light sets, and a stereo. I want to build a large, solar equipped trailer that can double as a camper. I want to also have a passenger trailer to use it as a pedicab, as well as a tandem trailer so me and a second person can take it on touring trips. I hope to have most of this done by September to take a 551 mile camping trip
I may make videos of all the processes I go through, but sometimes I would much rather just start doing things then setting up a camera and editing footage. If there are enough people interested, I would be willing to go through it all.
Cheers!
