Thanks Luke The Xenos has a belt, if pops off in deep doo doo. Bobs design is direct drive. Good electronics though. Mark
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 29, 2023, at 11:41 PM, Luke Scharf <lukesch...@clusterbee.net> wrote: The closest is Gabe Devault's Xenos electric motorglider: Turned On—We Fly an Electric Xenos! - KITPLANES It's based on the Zero motorcycle drivetrain. -Luke On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 8:51 AM Mark Hanson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Hi Folks > I live near Bob Barrows bearhawkaircraft.com plane “experimental” kits to get > around FAA requirements. He and his associate are building a single seater > electric version of his bearhawk kit. They’re using an Australian APD control > with a 3K rpm direct drive BLDC (pulsed 3 phase) magnet motor ( so no brushes > to fail). They bought the package from a consultant in California and Mike > was programming the controller with his laptop when I visited. It runs fine > at 200A 120Vdc on a Lithium China pack but at 300A starts to overheat. So > they’re adding a second controller for flight redundancy and dual 3 phase > windings in the motor in the next couple months. > Does anyone work on electric planes or is there an off the shelf electric > drive (motor control) with a good reliable track record ? Just don’t want > to be reinventing the wheel here…. If you google Bob Barrows electric plane > YouTube videos pop up about the construction and issues they’ve run into. He > estimates about 1/2 hour of flight time. > Stay Charged > Mark > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20230430/5c77df09/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
