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Old 02-08-2010, 02:02 AM   #6 (permalink)
jasonck08
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I was planning on rigging things up like this:

The motor is rated at 500kv. If I power it with an 18.5v Li-po pack, then the motor should spin at ~9,000 RPM's.

I'm not going to use a gear box. Just a small chain or belt drive system. Not sure about the gearing and stuff like that...

A 1:10 gear ratio - 900 RPM would give a maximum speed of ~10mph.
A 1:5 gear ratio - 1,800 RPM would give a maxium speed of ~20mph.

So I'd probably gear it at about a 1:4 ratio or so. That way I could keep the motors RPM's down while cruzing at 10-15mph.

Thoughts?

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