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Bruce S:
Adding a post here to go along with the discussions with Taylorp035's great amount of info.

I am still gathering knowledge to build my next 3-wheeler, possibly hybrid fully enclosed.

I truly enjoy riding my 150cc scooter and the fuel savings I get, but arriving at work soaked because the rain gods needed a good laugh is only funny once.

Here's a picture of the 36Vac trike that is my current source of inspiration.



It's power plant's are 7 speed shimano and yes a 36Vac 600w motor. The batteries are rebuilt NiCd packs arranged in 14.4Vdc 20Ahr packs  6 sets total for 40Ahr range.
Comes complete with folding windows a wiper and full set of lights.
The NiCds weighting in at 115lbs which replaced +200lbs of SLAs that only gave us 36Ahr and would die under the deep discharges.

Actually while trying to get the first NiCd pack built and tested. The SLAs were used and were not getting 3/4 of the way before full pedaling was needed.


Here's a thrown together pack for proof of concept that they would work like I knew they would.
Ugly to look at but safe and worked better than the SLAs did even with lower rating of 16Ahr instead of the 18Ahr of the SLAs.

This unit is built from fiberglass.

Bruce S

zap:
I think I found it... Aerorider correct?
http://www.aerorider.com/en/aerorider.html

Bruce S:

--- Quote from: zap on February 24, 2011, 10:49:21 AM ---I think I found it... Aerorider correct?
http://www.aerorider.com/en/aerorider.html

--- End quote ---
Boy you type fast!!
Yep, That is correct. Don't get sticker shock from seeing the prices.
One way cool, back when hydrogen was in the news , they built one of these for that cross EU ride.

Bruce S

zap:
Too bad it's not in production :'(

I really love the look of it.

Some good videos on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfL18FoBB5c&feature=related

Bruce S:
It is a shame.
I visited the production facility up in Holland , way back while they were still building the one we ordered.
Was very hands-on and family run.
These at the time and quite possibly still, are hand built. One at a time.
I see that they have gone with the 48V Crystalyte hub motors too. That's a bummer, good motors, but.
 I like the compactness of the AC motor , even if it was more expensive. I also see the prices have not gone down any.
This unit doeshave a few issues with the derailer getting out of alignment with only a few inches to work with.
 We did our own mods to keep things from getting twisted.
Cheers
Bruce S

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