MX21
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I had a GEBE on my mountain bike and while it worked ok, I've really been wanting to go electric, since I fly RC electric airplanes. I also want to be a little more stealthy.
I had already purchased a speed controller and was selecting a motor and batteries, doing the calculations, when I saw what this guy was doing:
http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/shumaker/default.htm
That spurred me on since he was successfully using almost identical components to what I had picked out. I was trying to figure out how to attach my motor and drive the wheel when I realized I already had the mounting bracket and belt reduction in my GEBE. So I pulled the gas engine off the bracket, drilled 4 bolt holes and mounted my electric brushless motor. I got an HTD pulley to fit the motor so it will work with the HTD belt and ring.
Haven't ridden it yet, still mounting the rest of the electronics. But bench testing looks good so far.
Think it will work?
MX
I had already purchased a speed controller and was selecting a motor and batteries, doing the calculations, when I saw what this guy was doing:
http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/shumaker/default.htm
That spurred me on since he was successfully using almost identical components to what I had picked out. I was trying to figure out how to attach my motor and drive the wheel when I realized I already had the mounting bracket and belt reduction in my GEBE. So I pulled the gas engine off the bracket, drilled 4 bolt holes and mounted my electric brushless motor. I got an HTD pulley to fit the motor so it will work with the HTD belt and ring.
Haven't ridden it yet, still mounting the rest of the electronics. But bench testing looks good so far.
Think it will work?
MX
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