[PSUBS-MAILIST] Alan needs a motor
Alan James via Personal_Submersibles
personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Thu Oct 30 20:02:33 EDT 2014
Hank,was it brushless?Did an ebay search on brushless 48V but not anything suitable.Getting the low rpm is proving difficult.There are 26,000 listings under Brushless motor on Ebay :(Alan
From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alan needs a motor
Alan,
I am not talking about a hub motor, the motor I am looking at is in the 3 to 4 in dia range.
Hank--------------------------------------------
On Thu, 10/30/14, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alan needs a motor
To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
Received: Thursday, October 30, 2014, 4:22 PM
Thanks
Hank & Graham.I am
probably searching for Nirvana here.First I
am set on finding a brushless motor
solution.I spent
multiple hours of Googling, focusing on E-bikes, scooters
etc.The
E-bikes are mainly hub motors that are narrow with a large
diameter, whichis no
good as far as drag is concerned, plus you need a big prop
to get out beyondthe
diameter of the motor. There are units with 5-1 gear box
ratios at 48V 1500Wbut they
can weigh around 14kg. I bought an 1850W Hobby King BLDC
outrunnermotor for
$56- & it weighs 530 grams. So more powerful &
1/27th the weight.This does
236 rpm per volt, & from what I've read you
don't want to be turning yourprop at
more than 3000rpm on a sub. This means I would have to drive
this motor with a maximum
of 12V & it's rated for a maximum of
37.To
disipate the heat from the stationary inner coil of an
outrunner, I may be forced togo with
oil compensation; which is what most commercial brushless
thrusters are anyway.One
solution I can see is to go with a much larger hobby type
motor & run it way belowit's
maximum voltage to keep the revs down. Also I wouldn't
be thrashing the motorwhich
may help it live a lot longer.Need to
do a lot more study here, then experimentation with motors
& props in water.AlanP.S. Hank
I was given a motorized Golf trundler & converted it to
a trike with ape hangersand
pink banana seat for my girls. Boy did they love showing off
on that.
From: hank pronk via
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31, 2014 1:32 AM
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[PSUBS-MAILIST] Alan needs a motor
Alan,
I just went on ebay and
found a 1,000 watt 48v brushless motor with controller for
200 dollars. It is for an electric bike. I bought one
for my son a few years back and it was amazing. He was
driving it all over town and towing his buddy on his skate
board. Just type in brushless 48 v motor.
You won't need a gearbox either.
Hank
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