Okay, so I have a Teamgee H20 mini and I am looking for an upgrade for my current hub motors. They are dual motors, 450 watts each, total of 900 watts. I have changed the settings in my ESC and changed the wheel speed to 99 as well as upgraded to using cloudwheels. Honestly I can easily hit 30-33 mph with no wind resistance, but I am starting to fell like it is still too slow (keep in mind I have probably put at least 3000 miles on this board already, had to reset when replacing batteries). Does anyone have any recommendations on hub motors that have at least 600 watts individually or 1200 watts dual? I would rather not buy from a website with no return policy.
The wattage rating is more of a indication of heat dispersal, rather than torque, and it seems there are no standards by which they are tested or rated for heat shedding ability.
I have some ‘400 watt’ Puaida hub motors, and some 540 watt meepo motors, that are both the same design, but the Meepo 540s have a bit wider inner bearing cap with more surface area.
They accept the same replaceable sleeves.
They basically have the same torque and top speed on the same esc with the same size sleeves. There were slight differences in low to mid range torque but no more than 5-10% difference.
I have only exceeded 30MPH once or twice on a slight downhill, and once with a very strong tailwind, but I run a hybrid setup with 9 inch low PSI pneumatics on front truck.
Either set of motors on the bench will spin upto 36mph (3000 rpm with 105mm hub motor sleeves) with a fully charged 10S battery.
The Meepo motors did have far stronger brakes on my old ESC, but both sets have a newer model esc with very similar brake strength now.
If you have not overheated your magnets, I believe the only way you are going to get higher top speed is with a VESC feeding more battery amps rather than a stock ESC limited to ~24 battery amps.
I did not succeed getting Vesc to work with my hub motors, but that attempt was most likely a skill issue.
I love Hub motor’s silence and accept their limitations, and would love it if higher torque ones which could heat up less were on the market, but the wattage ratings are kind of a joke, and no torque specs seem to exist on any.
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