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Is it this one? The builder visited our forum once or twice, I believe. He did a nice job & made just what i had originally planned to make with Bridget. I changed my mind when I calculated the range I’d get. He got a little less than I expected.
I’m hoping that by the time the Suby needs replacing there will be proper batteries available for ordinary hackers like us.That’s not it unless he changed the color to blue. I wonder what it sounds like. Does it backfire, The one on ebay appears a little more crude
25-30 miles is rather typical of the range on a light weight, lead acid battery powered 72 volt system. But, not all batteries are created equal. I can guarantee you that if he had 12-6 volt golf cart batteries it would go further. But, they weigh a lot more and are physically larger.
My brother “electrocuted” a Yugo this summer. With a 72 volt system he had 25-30 miles range @ 40-45mph and was unhappy with it. So, he up sized to a 96 volt motor, controller and battery system and now gets 40-45 miles at 50-55mph.Royal2013-11-13 18:35:14
I have an electric recumbent trike that I built a few years ago. you can see some pictures of it here edscreations.blogspot.com
That should be edscreations.blogspot.ca
Very cool, man!
There are apparently a few electric TDs out there. This one is a BCW, just like mine. Sold a couple years ago; he was asking over $9kA white one. Big engine in it. Stats on it are here (I can tell it’s the same car because the interior, and I recognize the Netgain 9-inch motor from the other photo). That motor should push it well over 70 mph, and those LiFe batteries will give it the serious range. That’s the thing I wanted to build–but the cost was far out of my budget.There’s also this--not quite a TD kit but the same basic idea.
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