Recent content by parajared

Lol, Like this?

I have the solar panels but not the motor. The Craigslist trolling motor I'm interested in is $22 but it is in rough shape and also looks ancient. The 30lb thrust Minn Kota's maximum amperage is 30amps but I can't find amperage specs on the old 8lb thrust Minn Kota 10 that's currently on...

Would it be a bad idea to run raw solar amperage direct from panel to a brushed motor; no esc, no solar charge controller, no battery? I've gotten into multi-day kayak touring and I have a decently efficient boat but the possibly hairbrained notion of a solar panel assisting with overall effort...

I finally transitioned off hobby lipo batteries to a "safe" battery and now I'm rockin' the weed-whacker batteries with EGO Gen3 5ah x2 and TerraFirma adapters (10ah total). Do a little yard work, do a little e-biking all on the same battery. For what it's worth the LVC trips on my batteries at...

I set up a camping trailer for hauling all my stuff that way I can keep my e-bike uniform/clean when I'm not camping. For day trips I think it better to simply haul around more battery with you but I much prefer charging at the camp site on multi-day trips over trying to find an open outlet at a...

Thanks for the replies!

Thanks amberwolf. That's got my mind steered in the right direction with thermal control modules and voltage divider. Escs just hear "voltage" from your ebike throttle correct? Like your throttle is just a fancy potentiometer that changes the voltage from 0 volt to 5 volts or something like...

Does anyone know the actual weights of these Hallomotors? Every motor is listed at "5.8kg".

Hi, I've been out of the "buy new stuff" game for quite a while now. I have been riding my most recent build since 2013 and nothing has broke. I'm afraid I've lost touch with what's the latest-and-greatest. 1) I want to do another build, this time an "assist" based build, the lightest possible...

Seems like an "escalation of force" problem. I mean sure you can upgrade the motor, but then you should probably upgrade the axles and then you probably don't want that much stress on the wheels/tires so upgrade that too, then the brakes won't stop you fast enough, then the ball joints ect ect...

Right. For typical 5 minute "sporty" flights I like a good 30-40c, for 30 minute flights I want about 10c and for 1+ hours flights I only need 5c. For my intended use 3c is plenty fine. It will be 10 amps maximum draw and about 2 to 3 amps cruise on a 10ah battery. That would be 0.3c draw...

Electric bikes were put into their own separate category which is fine with me.

yeah a good 20 minutes faster than the 2nd place rider lol, I just couldn't help myself. "You are going to burn up your battery trying to go faster than us on the hills" "your motor will break if you try to keep up" "you should start in the back so you don't interfere with the 'fast' riders"...

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Sorry I was thinking 3s 10ah. I'm into both electric bicycles and model airplanes. It would be for a long-skinny fuselage. For model airplane weight reduction reasons I probably won't be doing a full-length PVC sleeve but I like the idea. The lightest option seems like the solder tab (with...