Owner | Stuart McCloud |
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Owner's Other EV | Trike |
Location | Southampton, England United Kingdom map |
Vehicle | Exit Mountainboard Bog standard bottom of the range mountainboard with steel trucks |
Motor | Permanent Magnet DC E36 500 watt motor from Junked electric scooter, 19 Amp 36v, but now running on 48-50 volts |
Drivetrain | #25 Chain Drive from junked electric scooter |
Controller | unknown controller of unknown power range found in a 4 wheel granny cart at the scrap yard |
Batteries | 4, 12.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, AGM |
System Voltage | 48 Volts |
Heater | if you spin the back wheel, you can warm your hands on the tyre |
Instrumentation | none |
Top Speed | 15 MPH (24 KPH) gearing restricts it to 15 mph, but wheelspins in the dry for the first 2 metres |
Acceleration | rapid enough to be damn scary at fool throttle |
Range | 5 Miles ( 8 Kilometers) not fully tested over long distance, managed approx 5 miles with a drop of 2 volts |
Seating Capacity | 1 standing, unless you're in some sort of display team |
Curb Weight | 30 Pounds (13 Kilograms) |
Tires | 8 inch mountainboard wheels and tyres |
Conversion Time | 5-6 hours |
Conversion Cost | 50 gbp most parts free |
Additional Features | regen braking and freewheel, for maximum energy saving reverse available for those tricky sections |
A mounting was engineered to mount the 65 tooth rear sprocket to the drive wheel this is driven by the 12 tooth cog on the motor. A motor mounting bracket was fashioned and welded to the bottom of the rear truck, so the motor tilts with the truck. Cable controlled throttle via a bike brake lever and plunger pot with a small contact switch on the control lever to flick to reverse which also serves as the brake |