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Re:Show HN: I Designed and Built an eBike by coryrc on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @09:06PM (#30449438)
The motor is only 2400W with sufficient cooling, which this design does not appear to have.
Re:Show HN: I Designed and Built an eBike by zik on Thursday February 24, 2022 @01:30AM (#30451275)
Yeah that was my first thought too. That motor isn't going to be happy running flat out for very long.
Re:Show HN: I Designed and Built an eBike by throwoutway on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @09:19PM (#30449502)
Does the movement not generate enough cooling from wind? Do you need heat sinks or active cooling?
Re:Show HN: I Designed and Built an eBike by coryrc on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @09:28PM (#30449549)
They're designed for planes and the prop drives significant air for cooling. You could replicate this if you wanted, but it would be really hard to draw enough power to overheat this. You'd have to be going up a long steep mountain or be going ludicrous speeds.