staton hybrids

[jimmyglitter]

I was just on the phone with Dave Staton and he couldn't give a definite timeline to when the hybrids will be ready for sale but he figured around 3 months he will start selling them.

 

[jg767]

I was just on the phone with Dave Staton and he couldn't give a definite timeline to when the hybrids will be ready for sale but he figured around 3 months he will start selling them.

What are the staton hybrids? New gearbox design?

 

[loquin]

Looks very interesting... (as Artie Johnson used to say on 'Laugh-In")

http://www.staton-inc.com/Details.asp?ProductID=3317

 

[kerf]

You said it, brother.

 

[loquin]

I was talking to David earlier in the week.

Apparently, the motor shown is actually an 8 horsepower motor! (It's being used with rickshaw type systems, pushing a fairly heavy load.) He said that he's also spec'ing up smaller motors/controllers for purely bike applications, down in the 600-800 watt range.

 

[waylow]

with a setup like in his pic of the hybrid, it seems like with a simple controller, the electric motor could be charging the batteries whenever the electric motor is not being used to push a load, and the gas engine is running.

 

[loquin]

Correct. However, the motor (generator) only spins when the bike is moving, as the gas engine feeds the transmission through the centrifugal clutch.

 

[waylow]

right, because the engine has a centrifugal clutch.
if it works, it seems neat... kinda of moot, but neat. I guess some just want to be able to be silent for a while before cranking up the beast

 

[loquin]

You could certainly start the engine & just let it idle, using the electric drive until you're out of the neighborhood...