G'day, I'm Yuri, and I like building things
Gee, that sounds a bit AA now that I type it... pretty appropriate, I guess, I have way too many projects on the go at any given time, and always seem to be running out of time, money or space - but things do get done... eventually
Anyhows, about me: male, a coupla years off 30, tinkerer, like I said... I finished my B-Eng. (Comp. Sys) about 4 years ago, but did all the magnetics and electrical machines electives cos hey, I like it when big lumps o' metal go BZZZZTwoooooOOOOOIIIIIIEEEEEeeeeee(sssssssssssss) . Was heavily involved with the "pedal prix" at high school (big recumbent faired trike race, now called the HPVSS: http://www.pedalprix.com.au/ - best teams are knocking on 1000km in 24 hours on a crowded criterium course) which I plan to get back into next year - another of my projects on the go right now.
Joined this forum 'cos I'm starting up building a liddle halbach axial flux motor to fit on a bicycle - we have a (nominal) 200W limit here in S.A. before you need license and rego, but judging from the info sheets from our transport department, the law appears to be that the thing has to look like it's under 200W . In any case, easy enough to comply by fitting a 200W controller, and I haven't the figgiest what it my build will put out, yet. It'll be a handy hill assist for commuting in an HPV, too.
Further down the track, I'd like to build a few ~10-15kW car wheel motors on the same principles, based on experience gained in the small scale. I have a friend interested in EVs who I'm hoping to collaborate with... The CSIRO motor was only limited to 1.8kW because that's the power available - that sucker can scale and their thermal margins are probably good for another 2kW of peak loading as built (for, oh, 5-10 seconds or so, maybe more depending on materials). But that's a job for another year, most likely...
Anyhow, good to meet y'all, looking forward to some good advice and discussion,
Yuri
Gee, that sounds a bit AA now that I type it... pretty appropriate, I guess, I have way too many projects on the go at any given time, and always seem to be running out of time, money or space - but things do get done... eventually
Anyhows, about me: male, a coupla years off 30, tinkerer, like I said... I finished my B-Eng. (Comp. Sys) about 4 years ago, but did all the magnetics and electrical machines electives cos hey, I like it when big lumps o' metal go BZZZZTwoooooOOOOOIIIIIIEEEEEeeeeee(sssssssssssss) . Was heavily involved with the "pedal prix" at high school (big recumbent faired trike race, now called the HPVSS: http://www.pedalprix.com.au/ - best teams are knocking on 1000km in 24 hours on a crowded criterium course) which I plan to get back into next year - another of my projects on the go right now.
Joined this forum 'cos I'm starting up building a liddle halbach axial flux motor to fit on a bicycle - we have a (nominal) 200W limit here in S.A. before you need license and rego, but judging from the info sheets from our transport department, the law appears to be that the thing has to look like it's under 200W . In any case, easy enough to comply by fitting a 200W controller, and I haven't the figgiest what it my build will put out, yet. It'll be a handy hill assist for commuting in an HPV, too.
Further down the track, I'd like to build a few ~10-15kW car wheel motors on the same principles, based on experience gained in the small scale. I have a friend interested in EVs who I'm hoping to collaborate with... The CSIRO motor was only limited to 1.8kW because that's the power available - that sucker can scale and their thermal margins are probably good for another 2kW of peak loading as built (for, oh, 5-10 seconds or so, maybe more depending on materials). But that's a job for another year, most likely...
Anyhow, good to meet y'all, looking forward to some good advice and discussion,
Yuri