• humanspiral
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    6 hours ago

    They’re missing a category for ebikes. Larger and lighter than their scooter motor, but doesn’t need to hit 15kw. 3-5kw is plenty. Drone motor doesn’t have enough torque for ebikes.

    The main reason these motors are so powerful is entirely about high surface area allowing for cooling. For ebikes could have fat tire format but with added fairly thin mag wheel spokes, that allow for high range gear cassettes, or just placing into traditional frame designs.

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      2 hours ago

      The smallest 3kw motor could likely be used on ebikes. If that’s not enough just add another motor for 6kw, and that’s more than enough for an ebike.

      Might be a tad low on toque though.

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        1 hour ago

        The scooter motor is too small in diameter. Power and torque are awesome/too high though. The drone motor is way too low on torque.