rborger73
10 kW
Well a whole lot done on this. Ordered another 8 x 4s 5000mah turnigy hard packs. I have 1 low cell if all cells are 4.00 it is 3.90 always even so it may be fine, but I'm going to pull it out. I have it as the easiest battery to pull. So that will leave 7 hopefully good batteries. So I'll at least throw 10 Ah more on the rear carrier which I finally got mounted today.
Don't want to give too much away but I'm rather happy with this build. New freewheel will be here tomorrow so hopefully it goes on with no issues and lines up right. It is a 7spd with an 11t gear on it so that should help. Going to see where I'm at with my cadence speed when going full out. Test run I took it on the other day with no chain it did 25 to 27 and pulled up my pretty steep hill at no slower than 19 which is really good cause the hill is rather steep. I'm anxious to hopefully get a ride on it tomorrow since it is going to breach the 30 F temp mark tomorrow after nearly two weeks hovering around 0.
I came up with some rather cool things in this build. I spent a lot of time trying to design this for simplicity of access, and still be secure. I think I did that and though it is probably costing me as much as a middle to upper end company made bike it has just about everything I wanted. And with the 30Ah I really have enough if I wanted to throw a front MP3 on if I find I'm wanting more umpf.
I'm going to run the internal controller for the time being. I'm thinking of switching to a Lyne 18fet if I can get one. Have paint on hand to do my touch ups and coverups of the logo on the downtube. Once everything is fit and finished I'll be redoing the vinyl on the clamshells and making sure everything is pristine before i go ride it all over and beat the hell out of it hehe.
Finished up wiring the lighting system. Have 3 levels of low medium and high beam. Ridiculously bright. And bought individual LEDs to build my turnsignal and tail lights. Not sure if I'm gonna bother with brake lights or not. Have the cruise function wired into my headlight switch and turnsignal switch. Used the momentary horn button. The bike has 12v on board along with USB power as well to power the tablet. Had an issue with the speedict and am waiting on the new one. Worrying about sending the dead one back later and risking it being fixable. I am probably just going to have them send me a second one so if it dies I have a backup.
Working on a pvc sheet formed front faring. So far I'm happy with it, but if I can't get it exactly how I want it I might scrap it for now. If I pull it off it will be vinyl covered to match the clamshell. Have to spend some more time tomorrow with the heatgun and slowly bending and molding it till I get it exact. The nice thing with this pvc sheeting is it is easy to cut, easy to heat and bend how you like, and its nice and rigid after it cools. Also super light and will add next to nothing to the weight. I made it to block and cover the wind in front of my hands as well. I also bought Ram system mounts and a locking holder for the tablet. Everything locks securely on the bike. The clamshells are actually using heavy duty marine grade plastic piano hinge. They also have a button near the inside toward the front of the triangle on each side. These were pricey but worth it. I think 20 something a piece, but they are nascar approved to hold hoods on at 200mph. They hold down 150lbs each. So at the touch of a button the clam shell swings open.
I haven't been doing pictures like I was of the build. There wasn't enough interest or replies and some of them were insulting. So hard to get excited about sharing. The clamshells will have a front signal assembly on each side that is riveted to the clamshells. The front signal assembly will come out in front of the handlebar stem. They are made of wood but not quite done shaping them yet. There is a hole on the left and the right where a trailer receiver lock goes through to lock the clamshells from being opened when not needing access. Still have a few things to work out on that, but should have that part done in a week or so as well. Figuring on being fully completed before March 1st. (of course I know I'll tweak things lol)
Still on the list is deciding on a final charging setup. I have all 12 of the balance lead extensions cut into a pcv sheet that fits into the battery frame in the triangle. I also have all the battery power wires coming through there and then the harness attaches ... well... you'll see.. lol So not going bms I don't think. So thinking parallel board and I want to try to do this with just 1 charger that will handle up to 16s in case I want to switch my pack around once I move on to an external controller.
QUESTION ..... If you had 20 total 5000 Mah turnigy 4s hardpacks and a Mp3 what config would you run? Currently 48v 12s using 12 hardpacks. 1 has a runt cell but not too bad so far, so 19 hopefully good to go. I'm open to buying 3s or 5s packs as well. For now with the internal 60vish limited controller.
Oh if anyone has a controller that they are selling that might be a good choice to juice things up a smidge let me know. If I'm going to swap it out though has to be worth the swapping out performance wise. Sorry for the novel. Hope at least a few people are reading this. I know these type threads are what I loved when I couldn't start buying my stuff yet.
Don't want to give too much away but I'm rather happy with this build. New freewheel will be here tomorrow so hopefully it goes on with no issues and lines up right. It is a 7spd with an 11t gear on it so that should help. Going to see where I'm at with my cadence speed when going full out. Test run I took it on the other day with no chain it did 25 to 27 and pulled up my pretty steep hill at no slower than 19 which is really good cause the hill is rather steep. I'm anxious to hopefully get a ride on it tomorrow since it is going to breach the 30 F temp mark tomorrow after nearly two weeks hovering around 0.
I came up with some rather cool things in this build. I spent a lot of time trying to design this for simplicity of access, and still be secure. I think I did that and though it is probably costing me as much as a middle to upper end company made bike it has just about everything I wanted. And with the 30Ah I really have enough if I wanted to throw a front MP3 on if I find I'm wanting more umpf.
I'm going to run the internal controller for the time being. I'm thinking of switching to a Lyne 18fet if I can get one. Have paint on hand to do my touch ups and coverups of the logo on the downtube. Once everything is fit and finished I'll be redoing the vinyl on the clamshells and making sure everything is pristine before i go ride it all over and beat the hell out of it hehe.
Finished up wiring the lighting system. Have 3 levels of low medium and high beam. Ridiculously bright. And bought individual LEDs to build my turnsignal and tail lights. Not sure if I'm gonna bother with brake lights or not. Have the cruise function wired into my headlight switch and turnsignal switch. Used the momentary horn button. The bike has 12v on board along with USB power as well to power the tablet. Had an issue with the speedict and am waiting on the new one. Worrying about sending the dead one back later and risking it being fixable. I am probably just going to have them send me a second one so if it dies I have a backup.
Working on a pvc sheet formed front faring. So far I'm happy with it, but if I can't get it exactly how I want it I might scrap it for now. If I pull it off it will be vinyl covered to match the clamshell. Have to spend some more time tomorrow with the heatgun and slowly bending and molding it till I get it exact. The nice thing with this pvc sheeting is it is easy to cut, easy to heat and bend how you like, and its nice and rigid after it cools. Also super light and will add next to nothing to the weight. I made it to block and cover the wind in front of my hands as well. I also bought Ram system mounts and a locking holder for the tablet. Everything locks securely on the bike. The clamshells are actually using heavy duty marine grade plastic piano hinge. They also have a button near the inside toward the front of the triangle on each side. These were pricey but worth it. I think 20 something a piece, but they are nascar approved to hold hoods on at 200mph. They hold down 150lbs each. So at the touch of a button the clam shell swings open.
I haven't been doing pictures like I was of the build. There wasn't enough interest or replies and some of them were insulting. So hard to get excited about sharing. The clamshells will have a front signal assembly on each side that is riveted to the clamshells. The front signal assembly will come out in front of the handlebar stem. They are made of wood but not quite done shaping them yet. There is a hole on the left and the right where a trailer receiver lock goes through to lock the clamshells from being opened when not needing access. Still have a few things to work out on that, but should have that part done in a week or so as well. Figuring on being fully completed before March 1st. (of course I know I'll tweak things lol)
Still on the list is deciding on a final charging setup. I have all 12 of the balance lead extensions cut into a pcv sheet that fits into the battery frame in the triangle. I also have all the battery power wires coming through there and then the harness attaches ... well... you'll see.. lol So not going bms I don't think. So thinking parallel board and I want to try to do this with just 1 charger that will handle up to 16s in case I want to switch my pack around once I move on to an external controller.
QUESTION ..... If you had 20 total 5000 Mah turnigy 4s hardpacks and a Mp3 what config would you run? Currently 48v 12s using 12 hardpacks. 1 has a runt cell but not too bad so far, so 19 hopefully good to go. I'm open to buying 3s or 5s packs as well. For now with the internal 60vish limited controller.
Oh if anyone has a controller that they are selling that might be a good choice to juice things up a smidge let me know. If I'm going to swap it out though has to be worth the swapping out performance wise. Sorry for the novel. Hope at least a few people are reading this. I know these type threads are what I loved when I couldn't start buying my stuff yet.
