generally these systems tend to be very noisy as the outer ring gear has large exposed surface that can resonate.
the problem is that there are so many different use cases. a 2wd street baord (eg kaly @4:1) needs a different ratio to a 2WD ATB (eg trampa @~6:1) which is different to a 4WD that may only need 3:1
Golden gear ratios are really hard because the motor RPM is a range factor of 3 and the target speed output is a range factor of 3 so gear has to pick up that range factor of 9
I mean we can all say we want a 1:4 ratio for everything and pick the motor kv and battery voltage accordingly but even then you’d need every kv from 90 to 270 for people to be happy
I think there are “golden ratios” for a given kv motor.
Personally I think the sweet spot is somewhere around 3.5/1 for 170/190kv. If you go any lower for example 2.5/1 you lose torque big time. If you go any higher than 4/1 you have almost no top end.
Agreed, I think if a vendor sold this planetary drive set up, you would see 2 or 3 pre-set motor kv ratios to choose between for urethane, street carver, or mtb.
But will we see it in 2020?
Fully possible:
The ultimate solution is a DD for eMTB
Would it be possible to make a gearbox for emtb with a clutch to switch gears between 2 different ratios?
That would be really dope.
Yes, but how many pesos do you have to fund it?
everything costs! actually a CVT clutch may end up meeting your wishes and expectations… readily obtainable, cheep,l been proven
Do they make them small enough to fit a skateboard truck with 8-9” wheels?
I’d definitely take part in the first batch preorder. But as far as funding stuff I am not really rich even in pesos.
I have one on my 5hp two-smoke engine that powers my fat-bike… so yeah… and with a little search… i’d say yeah… and if not now… infinely/possible/build-able/likely
I will look it up
I mean if you’re feeling kinda risky, you can pull the clutch and gearbox assembly from a drill. If you’ve got a 4045 motor or something small like that it’ll probably run… just get a servo and Arduino with accelerometer to switch it once you reach say 15mph
gears and such are esoteric and fun… and I may be wrong… but a CVT clutch/transmission is relatively cheap and proven
Heh?
I toad ya
So if anyone wants to PayPal me $100 so I can do some science…
I need to watch an “how this stuff work” video to understand how this stuff work.