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    I drove a Volt tonight.....

    ^^ Agreed. Even 10 to 15 years ago a 10 second 0-60 wasnt seen as a bad number. 0-60 in 7 or 8 seconds 20 years ago was sports car area... Its the same thing when i'm traveling for work and sitting on a plane and some idiot next to me is huffing and puffing and being all bitchy because hes...
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    Illegal to sell buy 2nd hand goods in Louisiana with cash

    screw it.... i paid a tax on the item once....WHY EXACTLY DOES THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVE THAT A USED ITEM THAT IS TRANSFERRING HANDS NEEDS TO BE TAXED AGAIN!?! sorry for the caps but that infuriates me...
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    can i use such a small high rpm motor?

    nobody said you cant do it, its just a question whether the time and effort and the rest of the parts cost is justifiable when going to a bigger motor for an extra 30 dollars or so would yield MUCH better performance. we had a saying in street racing days...throw enough 100 dollar bills at ANY...
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    can i use such a small high rpm motor?

    Couple of problems with such a small motor and such a high KV. if you intend to feed that thing any sort of decent voltage it will spin WAY too high....say 48V at 900rpm/V = 43200 RPM!! lets use 80% efficiencly thats still 34500 RPM. I'm pretty sure that a. that motors bearings cant survive...
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    alternate to turnigy 80-100

    LeaderHobby has the motors back in stock if anyone is interested...
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    where to buy sprockets and other drive resources.

    For some unexplained reason McMaster-Carr wont ship to Canada, or ship to US if you are buying from Canada :roll: :roll: i'm looking for other website/resources where i can buy #25 chain sprockets. Also i'm looking for freewheel adapters. Recumbence no longer sells them and FFR trikes wants...
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    alternate to turnigy 80-100

    i believe Burtie is the only one that sells them. The sad part is work is litered with 3phase servo driven motors that have built in encoders, these motors are the industry used $1000 and up motors and i dont know how to utilise them. BTW does anyone know if the 3phase motors we use are DC or...
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    Motor Cycles worse for Environment Say Mythbusters

    Open loop vs Closed loop system...simple. Cars have the ability to monitor the a/f mixture and compensate the fuel intake to trim to proper ratio. Motorcycles do not. Some motorcycles do have 02 sensors but its for part load cruise only and it doesnt really help that much. Also super sport and...
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    Better zip ties and other materials for making life better.

    yea i was gonna say T&B is what i use....get em from work where we order Industrial grade stuff... but you really wanna hold something? + = course, when not fixing planes its also great for just securing stuff....
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    alternate to turnigy 80-100

    Final update, the motor has arrived yesterday! its def the same Turnigy 80-100 that HK sells minus the labels...also it uses allen head countersunk screws for the can instead of philips the way HK uses it. havent run it as i'm waiting for the optical sensor kit to arrive before i can test it...
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    3500W hubbie with double halls

    if its any help my magic pie looks identical inside, same type of support structure.
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    Building a ebike, fast 60kmh top speed, 20km range

    everything sounds good cept the battery choice....when it comes to a/h you wanna go as big as possible...5 a/h are the best in terms of price to a/h ratio. (i'm not talking dont go HK Lipo, i meant the size of the batts) reason? believe me, from someone who runs an 18s3p pack, the additional...
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    Cheapest lipo right now?

    Mike, you could always ship it to CBI or another Amerifriend company in Buffalo....its a company that you can ship stuff to and then go pick it up. i save a fortune this way....send stuff all the time and they will let you hold it there for months with no extra charges. its $5 and change per...
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    alternate to turnigy 80-100

    I guess i should update... just got an email from them stating that my package has been sent. a month later.... i will still be disputing it with paypal as the delivery date they quoted me is past the 45 day limit that PayPal has on the disputes. we'll update further when i get the motor
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    Found a source for 80-100 while HK is sold out $170 shipped.

    Oh sure, they are very prompt in responding to your emails when its time for you to pay. As soon as they have received the money....you can forget about getting any more emails in a timely manner
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    Vancouver area...whos got the cargo bike?

    So i'm in Vancouver on a business trip (i'm from Toronto) and i stopped by to visit an old friend who moved here a year ago. Leaving "The Local" what do i see but a nice cargo e-bike with a stokemonkey drive parked right at the corner. Saaawweeeet....so, man up!! Who is it? :mrgreen: (i know its...
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    alternate to turnigy 80-100

    Well, I just checked my order with leader hobby and sure enough it hasn't been shipped. I emailed them and asked why and they said the item is out of stock. Interesting because when I placed the order they had 10. That's bs and I won't be doing business with them again. I straight up told them...
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    Hub motor hydraulic caliper clearance

    that Shimano caliper will not come close to fitting on a Magic Pie. my Hayes mechanical disk brake caliper that came with the bike does fit. so i run mechanical in the back and hydro in the front with a 180mm disk. plenty of stopping power.
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    alternate to turnigy 80-100

    eevn though i just purchased one. i'd be down for another one and i know my friend is itching as well...
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    Looking for FRONT HUB for my KMX trike

    http://www.bitexhubs.com/htm/products_detail.php?t=4d974d95923d5&p=4d97f4756bf7a A lot of guys from Atomic Zombie (DIY bike forum) run these Bitex hubs and have good things to say about it. contact them.....i believe they are around 50 bucks for two.
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    alternate to turnigy 80-100

    ho ho ho, and to think i was debating whether to buy one or not... i got one...almost got two but wasnt too sure about how legit the site was.
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    alternate to turnigy 80-100

    add me to that list. i've been daily checking HK to see if they restock the Turnigy's or offer an alternative thats not 400 bucks.
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    Just hooked up batteries and got a good spark

    Just to add, even if you KNOW all these things, constantly reconfiguring packs, you WILL forget a connection or mess up and do some short circuiting. God knows i have.... :roll:
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    HK Lipo issues, gotta vent.

    Yea i'm starting to think that switching everything to andersons was a bad idea actually. i thought they would have more holding power than they do. and i also agree that me connecting the packs wrong a few times has done some damage to them. sigh....cost of learning right? the worst i'm...
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    HK Lipo issues, gotta vent.

    i understand where everyone is coming from but i have to clarify things a bit. i have a CA and when running "high voltage" the pack is a 18s3p = 75v15a/h pack fully charged. on my commute on average i use about 8 to 9 a/h. i charge to 4.15 and discharge to 3.7, 3.8v on average. only one time...
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