It won't be very hard to take this motor apart,.. it doesn't have the radial motor's dreaded 'stator suck' that makes
them such a pain in the ass to get apart. The rotors will have threaded holes for bolts around the diameter, and
I can just 'screw' the magnet array apart, and back together.
I know what your saying about the shorted turns, and it may be a problem,.. we'll just have to wait and see. I can
cut the slots, like you say, for a quick fix. Or make some new ones using your laminated plate idea. At the moment,
I'm leaning towards some composite stator plates, G10, FR4, Garolite, Micarta, etc., but I will need a good way to
secure the cores, and keep the air gaps. ( I've been giving it a lot of thought)
I feel that the voltage (40v), and the RPM that I'm using are fairly low, and the problem you are stating is usually a
high power-high voltage issue, but of course, I've been wrong before.
As Archer321 says,.. it's common to get half way through V1, and already be planning for V2.
The primary goal of this experimental build, is still just to get it to work. After that, I might do some redesigning.
One thing that has been on my mind as of late, is that on a mid drive motor, there is not really any need for so many
slots and poles as a rear hub motor.
The motor turns three times faster than a DD motor, so it only needs a third as many coils/poles to be just as smooth.
Theres a lot of wasted construction on this motor, as a mid drive.
If I should do it again, I would probably go with something very common, like a 9/12 pole count motor, and just make
everything larger.