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California98Civic · 04-12-2016, 12:35 AM

Consider direct drive motors rather than geared, because when throttled-off the direct drive will acf as a brake, which is good for a wheel chair. Geared moted will clutch out when you throttle-off, and then you coast. For a wheelchair the free automatic braking seems safer. I liked my experience with ebikes.ca... here is their motors page: Motors - Ebike Parts - Shop

Good for research for you mostly... their smallest wheel is probably the 16" one.

To control speed and torque the motor controller is your key. Also go for a 36v or 24v system... lower speeds...

What kind of range does it need to have?

04-12-2016, 12:35 AM	#5 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,172 Times in 1,469 Posts	Consider direct drive motors rather than geared, because when throttled-off the direct drive will acf as a brake, which is good for a wheel chair. Geared moted will clutch out when you throttle-off, and then you coast. For a wheelchair the free automatic braking seems safer. I liked my experience with ebikes.ca... here is their motors page: Motors - Ebike Parts - Shop Good for research for you mostly... their smallest wheel is probably the 16" one. To control speed and torque the motor controller is your key. Also go for a 36v or 24v system... lower speeds... What kind of range does it need to have? __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.