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flores · 01-17-2015, 02:02 PM

So I'm BACK!!!

Sorry for the delay friends, I've been busy.
Today I mounted the controller in the beetle.

Set the amps limit to 300 (so that is 1200A) and took it for a spin... it drives really good I must say.. baseplate of the controller doesn't get hot or anything.

So decided to ramp the amps up to 550 (that's 1650A).. and in one word: AWESOME !!
With that much amps the first and second gear become unusable because the rpm limit kicks in very fast.. so I drive it in third.. with very quick acceleration..

In my neighbourhood there are some roundabouts and I can endlessly drift around them.. It feels VERY VERY quick..

Also tried it in fourth, but then when stamping on the gas, one time I guess the hardware limit kicks in.. I thought I broke the whole thing.. but a reset fixed everything..

I will make a video tomorrow and post it here..

Any suggestions on how to stress it more?

01-17-2015, 02:02 PM	#6982 (permalink)
flores EV Connoisseur Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 309 Thanks: 70 Thanked 109 Times in 90 Posts	So I'm BACK!!! Sorry for the delay friends, I've been busy. Today I mounted the controller in the beetle. Set the amps limit to 300 (so that is 1200A) and took it for a spin... it drives really good I must say.. baseplate of the controller doesn't get hot or anything. So decided to ramp the amps up to 550 (that's 1650A).. and in one word: AWESOME !! With that much amps the first and second gear become unusable because the rpm limit kicks in very fast.. so I drive it in third.. with very quick acceleration.. In my neighbourhood there are some roundabouts and I can endlessly drift around them.. It feels VERY VERY quick.. Also tried it in fourth, but then when stamping on the gas, one time I guess the hardware limit kicks in.. I thought I broke the whole thing.. but a reset fixed everything.. I will make a video tomorrow and post it here.. Any suggestions on how to stress it more?