RichiePA
10 W
Hi All,
This is my first eBike project, the thing that inspired me to do an eBike was seeing the Australian made stealth bomber and being blown away by the youtube videos of it. I've had motorcycles before but can’t really justify getting one at the moment and I’ve always loved mountain biking but having been spoilt by motocross bikes it just seems like a little too much hard work standing on the pedal and working up a sweat just to ride slowly up a small incline... so it seems like an eBike could be just the thing for me.
After some research online I soon came across Mark_A_W's DH Team/MAC Shanghai/64v Headway build and then Doc's Giant DH comp 2003 build threads. I’ve always liked Giant as a brand and could see that a DH would make an excellent electric off-roader. A quick look on eBay came up with a 03 Giant DH team for a reasonable price.
So now I have the bike (its Über heavy!) and I’ve been trying to read and digest as much from this forum as possible before posting stooopid questions but I think I’m about ready to start buying the parts I’ll need and though it would be good to hear other people’s opinions before I spend too much money.
So here goes:
• What I’m after is good acceleration and to be able to cruse at approx 25 – 35mph / 40 -55Kph with a higher top speed.
• Have Good range 20 – 30 miles / 30 – 50Km with pedalling
• And it needs to be strong enough for off-roading
What I have in mind is the Crystalyte X5 Motor which seems to be the daddy of rugged powerful hub motors or the new HT/HS which I haven’t heard as much about. Your opinions and suggestions would be much appreciated. Especially with regards to the number of windings I should get.
I’m thinking of using lipos as my battery pack although I have had experience with them before and I think its fair to say their a bit sensitive. I’m thinking of getting some Turnigy or similar 8S (29.6V) 5800mAh packs and setting up
four of them in 2S2P to give 59.2V 11.6Ah
or set up six in a 2S3P to give 59.2V and 17.4Ah
Does this seem like a good idea? Does anybody know of bigger more powerful lipos so that I don’t have to buy as many? What sort of range realistically do you imagine I’ll get with the above set ups?
For the controller I think I’ll go for ebikes.ca’s Infineon C3640-NC 40A brushless controller unless anyone has a better suggestion.
And I think I’ll stick a Cycle Analyst CA-DP in there as well for good measure.
Anyways thats probably way too much waffle from me, I’m really keen to hear your opinions and suggestions for my set up .
Cheers.
This is my first eBike project, the thing that inspired me to do an eBike was seeing the Australian made stealth bomber and being blown away by the youtube videos of it. I've had motorcycles before but can’t really justify getting one at the moment and I’ve always loved mountain biking but having been spoilt by motocross bikes it just seems like a little too much hard work standing on the pedal and working up a sweat just to ride slowly up a small incline... so it seems like an eBike could be just the thing for me.
After some research online I soon came across Mark_A_W's DH Team/MAC Shanghai/64v Headway build and then Doc's Giant DH comp 2003 build threads. I’ve always liked Giant as a brand and could see that a DH would make an excellent electric off-roader. A quick look on eBay came up with a 03 Giant DH team for a reasonable price.
So now I have the bike (its Über heavy!) and I’ve been trying to read and digest as much from this forum as possible before posting stooopid questions but I think I’m about ready to start buying the parts I’ll need and though it would be good to hear other people’s opinions before I spend too much money.
So here goes:
• What I’m after is good acceleration and to be able to cruse at approx 25 – 35mph / 40 -55Kph with a higher top speed.
• Have Good range 20 – 30 miles / 30 – 50Km with pedalling
• And it needs to be strong enough for off-roading
What I have in mind is the Crystalyte X5 Motor which seems to be the daddy of rugged powerful hub motors or the new HT/HS which I haven’t heard as much about. Your opinions and suggestions would be much appreciated. Especially with regards to the number of windings I should get.
I’m thinking of using lipos as my battery pack although I have had experience with them before and I think its fair to say their a bit sensitive. I’m thinking of getting some Turnigy or similar 8S (29.6V) 5800mAh packs and setting up
four of them in 2S2P to give 59.2V 11.6Ah
or set up six in a 2S3P to give 59.2V and 17.4Ah
Does this seem like a good idea? Does anybody know of bigger more powerful lipos so that I don’t have to buy as many? What sort of range realistically do you imagine I’ll get with the above set ups?
For the controller I think I’ll go for ebikes.ca’s Infineon C3640-NC 40A brushless controller unless anyone has a better suggestion.
And I think I’ll stick a Cycle Analyst CA-DP in there as well for good measure.
Anyways thats probably way too much waffle from me, I’m really keen to hear your opinions and suggestions for my set up .
Cheers.