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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    The conversation kit I used only lasted a few months. The metal bracket broke after that. And before that I was having problems with the belt slipping/shredding. At this point, buying a dedicated electric scooter is probably a better idea since they’re cheaper now than they were 2 years ago.
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    Finally got everything working reliably. The loose belt was caused by the motor sliding around on the mount. Red Threadlock fixed that. I also had to use Red Threadlock on the nuts holding the wheel gear to the wheel. I'm running 10S and am able to conquer the one big hill on my way home...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    So the low profile hex screws and nuts did the trick. The wheel gear is much more securely attached to the wheel now. Everything was working pretty well for about a week. But now the timing belt is really loose. I've already ordered a new timing belt, but I'm wondering what caused the...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    I bought some low profile M5 screws from openbuildpartstore.com. I'll screw those in from the other side and use M5 nuts with threadlock and see if that works.
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    This may be the last update for a while. The wheel gear won't stay attached to the wheel. It seems the M5 thread has been stripped on 2 of the 5 holes on the wheel gear. So I'm out of luck, I'll either have to get another wheel gear from China or try to weld the current wheel gear somehow or get...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    ApacheXMD, yeah, once I get everything up and running again, I'd be happy to meet up. I work in SOMA, near the 4th and King Caltrain station. I'm curious why you didn't go with a hub motor like this one: https://www.uumotor.com/dropout-size-58mm-8-inch-gearless-hub-motor.html It should work with...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    Yes, so I finally got my VESC from chaka. It works great except I melted the spark protection switch that came with it. I pushed it too hard going uphill with a 6S. I guess too many amps. I'm working with chaka to see if a new improved spark protection switch will work. In the meantime, I'm...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    That looks cool! The hub motor is on the front? Any problems braking hard going downhill? I'd be worried about going head first into the sidewalk. Anyway, I finally got my VESC from Chaka and then promptly burned out the drv8302 chip trying to do motor detection with FOC. For the Tacon...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    I'm still waiting to get my VESC. Chaka had some issues with his supplier giving him incorrect parts. I hope to get my VESC within a week or two. In the meantime, I'm going to test using pneumatic wheels to smooth out the ride. I bought micro flex air wheels...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    takyka, Can you private message me the files? Also, what size belt were you using? Did you drill holes into the wheel to mount the wheel pulley? Did the ESC you were using have any regen braking capability? Thanks!
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    Got both my Tacon Bigfoot 160's. I have to say, they are beautiful motors. And they're a drop-in replacement for the EMP motor that came with the belt kit. The aluminum plate that attaches to motor mount is already showing metal fatigue. I'm a bit worried that it'll fail eventually. Maybe I...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    Takyka, Yes, I'd love to get the 3D model of both the motor pulley and the wheel pulley if it's not too much trouble. The belt I have now has HTD 325-5M printed on it, and the width is 9mm. I'm not that familiar with belts, but I'm guessing it means the belt is 325mm around, with a 5mm pitch...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    Oh, I see. I just wanted to get some ebrake working because the handbrake on the scooter is pretty weak right now. I might be willing to give up the coasting ability if the ebrake gives me much better braking. Where would I find a good motor pulley that would allow regen and ebraking? I might...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    While waiting for my VESC to arrive, I was thinking about how to setup a variable braking mechanism with the existing lever handbrake on my Oxelo Town 9EF. According to vedder, it's possible to switch the thumb throttle to a variable brake by "connecting a button between the servo signal and...
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    NEWBIE PART 1 :... Single Motor Choice ?

    Get a Tacon Big Foot 160 before they sell out. http://www.hobbypartz.com/96m608-bigfoot160-5335-245kv.html
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    Tacon 160's and 110's are back in stock!

    I'm really happy these are back in stock but I just ordered a Turnigy SK3 6374 192KV motor yesterday. Ugh, I might need to eat the shipping cost to send it back. Or I guess I could sell it. Does anyone in San Francisco want an extra Turnigy SK3? Anyway, I ordered 2 Tacon BigFoot 160's. I...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    So I got around to taking apart the motor mount that comes with the kit. I've confirmed the bolt mount holes are spaced 30mm center hole to center hole. That matches exactly the bolt holes on a Tacon or one of the many Tacon clones. Unfortunately, all the Tacon clones (except the Enertion r-spec...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    Takyka, Where did you get your rear wheel sprocket/gear? It's 100 tooth, correct? What's the diameter? I might end up getting a better motor and a bigger rear wheel sprocket. NyOliver, My battery seems ok, holds a charge fine, no puffing yet. And when I ride my scooter over flat ground...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    So, after further research, it seems that I can get a Turnigy SK3 6364 245KV. It's in stock in the USA warehouses. I was looking at the global warehouse before. Now, how to mount it. First of all, the shaft length of the EMP C5065-400 appears to be 21mm, according to...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    So it seems that the motor I've got (EMP C5065-400) has an 8mm shaft according to: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1653773 I'm guessing that means I want to go with the Turnigy G160, but it's diameter is 64mm, and that might be a problem. A 63mm motor will probably just barely...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    maxchilton, Thanks for the quick response! I was hoping to get the Tacon Bigfoot, but it's out of stock and according to onloop (http://www.enertionboards.com/) they're never going to be in stock again :-( I was also considering getting the Turnigy SK3 6364 245KV, but that's out of stock...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    Quick update, this thing sucks going uphill. Over flat ground it's great, just need to go easy on the throttle or the belt will slip. But it's weak as hell going uphill. First it crawls really slow and then the power just cuts out. Maybe I'm draining too many amps from the battery? It's one of...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    maxchilton, The motor isn't too loud and it'll be a lot quieter if I ever get a VESC setup with FOC. I also figured out the rattling sound. Take a look at this picture: One of the 3 screws holding the motor in place is longer than the other 2. So I figured the long one must go on the...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    Takyka, Your converted Oxelo 7xl looks really cool. Did you machine those parts yourself? I managed to modify my scooter this weekend. It works pretty well. It rattles a lot when running, not sure what the source of the sound is. I haven't tried taking it up any really steep hills, I'll...
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    Converting my Oxelo Town 9 EasyFold Scooter

    Maxchilton, Here's a link to the belt kit: http://m.aliexpress.com/item/32530451998.html Shortcircuit911, I bought one of those Multistar 6S 5200mAh battery packs too. It was really cheap on sale. I'm a little bit worried about the quality and I don't know if 10C is enough. Might be ok on...
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