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[@justuslm]

When it comes to the motor getting hot, remember that drone motors are designed to have what's essentially an overpowered cooling fan blowing directly onto them at all times...

[@pterodox123]

Just add a prop to this design!

[@h3Xh3Xh3X]

Also the ebike motor has a lot more metal mass to dissipate the built up heat

[@borislipschitz2740]

My first thought, on the first seconds of watching the video was literally "this thing is gonna smoke itself to death at anything near 1kW without that prop". Guess it did better than i thought it would.

[@tychormthorp]

@@pterodox123 clutch fan style, maybe put a small prop on the end of the spindle? Transverse mount?

[@jakubzelenak330]

surely you could just add a small funnel at the front of the bike to divert some air to go right next to the motor to cool it, no?

[@snjert8406]

I'm actually impressed at the fact that the motors didn't immediately combust, especially the second one. Wow.

[@3ala2Aldeen]

I did short 0.8 mm copper wire to a led acid battery, it glow red but still one piece If you wondered why I did that I needed to burn the isolation of the wire 🤣

[@toolbaggers]

@@3ala2Aldeen stop stealing copper wires

[@R.Daneel]

Agreed. This is damn-near a commercial for those motors.

[@leonordin3052]

More impressive that the esc didn't burst

[@jakegarrett8109]

@@toolbaggers He might have been electroplating something with the copper.

[@Onespica]

Never expected such a small motor to output such insane power. Cool video!

[@GewelReal]

0 torque tho

[@bozzalnw5357]

this is why EVs better than ICE

[@GewelReal]

@@bozzalnw5357 electric engines* EVs suck with their god awful batteries

[@bozzalnw5357]

@@GewelReal thank for info. but who asked?

[@walnutkraken9430]

@@bozzalnw5357Do you get tired of hearing clown music when you type?

[@Johny40Se7en]

Cool idea. Consider adding an aerodynamic duct to channel air through the little electric motor. So the faster you go, the more air it'll get over it, maybe add a little Noctua fan to it too. Should be fine 😉

[@Kimoto504]

Cooling is definitely what's needed but passive cooling won't be enough, as seen here. They'll need some sort of impeller to force air through the motor. On drones they have the props but that's under a far, far lighter load and there's no structure obstructing air flow like on the bike. Having a good impeller pulling air through the motor and kicking it out is probably the most effective approach here.

[@Johny40Se7en]

@@Kimoto504 That's where the brilliant Noctua fan comes in. They move a lot of air and are damn near silent too =)

[@yatzeegamingop]

@@Johny40Se7en You need watercooling for this motor to work properly. These motors heat up soooo much even in proper use.

[@Johny40Se7en]

@@yatzeegamingop A watercooling system would add unnecessary weight though, and copper does corrode, so you'd have to add a heatsink that was attached to the water cooling set up and make sure the copper doesn't get wet. Again though, it would just add complexity to it. Just having a duct made of carbon fibre or even aluminium, then perhaps a 60mm Noctua fan to force air through the motor would be ideal.

[@yatzeegamingop]

@@Johny40Se7en Dude, i am saying even 85mph of ram air is not enough to cool the motors on my racing drone at full power. Why won't you try to understand it ? It's not a 150W cpu, it's a freaking 900W motor. Or better yet, use a hub motor. Like how it was intended. Also inrunner brushless motors have watercooling jackets used in ground vehicles. Tom was just stupid in using an outrunner.

[@homemade_madness]

Yes! i always love it when you combine bikes and stupid ideas!🤣🤣 worked pretty good for such a small motor tough!

[@dontreadmyusername6787]

The power to mass ratio of the motor is ridiculous...

[@StuffMadeHere]

If would be awesome if you built a little bike dyno to see how much mechanical power you're actually getting out. Might actually be worthwhile with all the bike propulsion projects you get up to 😉 EDIT: On second thought, you could EASILY retrofit a bike power meter to do this. Check out powertap hubs. You could build one into a little drum for dynoing anything with a wheel...

[@courtneyconaway3091]

We know what project you’ll be spending the next few months on now

[@vintyprod]

I want a collab of you two

[@MrYrodz]

I can't believe you still have time to watch KZbin.

[@TreyShawn42]

I wonder what you would do to add your own spin on an E-bike!

[@vintyprod]

@@TreyShawn42 wife mode

[@TedBackus]

as a kid, i had a bike, that had a electric motor on it, & it worked amazingly well. this was in 1985, im certain you could do it easily with modern tech. the one i had, was a traditional bike, with a normal pedal driven chain, but the electric motor was mounted above the front tire. it had a lever, that when you pushed , it would lower the drive wheel which was directly mounted on the motor, onto the front tire. it worked very well

[@bet8467]

Did it have enough torque?

[@americansongdog]

Just as a thought you can run 2 motors through a gearbox together to drive a belt. At that point you can either extend the lifespan of the movers or add another reduction for more consistent performance. A better heatsink would also do you wonders on those usually air cooled moters. A water jacket would be super cool to see

[@tech_universe1218]

Had the same thought after watching the video. Maybe another video trying it out would be awesome

[@imperialsecuritybureau6037]

Yeah as they’re made to be used with a propeller they’re designed with the expectation of LOTS of cooling being available… mounting a fan on the shaft (if there’s still room after the pulley) will help a lot with the temperature and performance. And yes a geared system would be great. There could be 4 or more arrayed around a central gear (>4 pinions driving one gear) and it wouldn’t take up too much room if done right. That would make for an impressive machine… but would require 4 ESCs as well. Still, pretty cheap way to do things!

[@imperialsecuritybureau6037]

Also the watercooling is an option on larger motors of this type, from the 6384 (63mm dia, 84mm long) up I believe, I.e. the 80100, 83100, 12090, 120100, 154120 etc.

[@SodiumSyndicate]

all of that is expensive, heavy, unreliable and inefficient compared to a simple hub motor@@imperialsecuritybureau6037

[@aozoraaoi3745]

but you add more step = add more loss.enegy

[@DoRC]

Something that you didn't mention that's important to consider is that you're probably losing 20% of that power to drive train losses going through that much reduction. Also the drone motor is designed to have a constant stream of airflow on it from flying through the air and the propeller. I bet if you double the size that motor again at a fan to it you really have something.

[@GigsVT]

20 seems high. chains are close to lossless and belts are like 95%.

[@jeremoisde9928]

Yeah you have Sommething, unless you go uphill and the Motor Burns😂

[@ChatNoirLe]

From the multiple stages you lose 15-25% depending, a GT2 belt is about 95%, while a chain is better if in perfect setup and condition, or a bunch worse if else.

[@DoRC]

@@GigsVT that depends. The faster the belt is moving the greater the loss. You've got one stage moving extremely rapidly and other stage behind that plus the chain. The 3D printed pulleys are probably a bit less efficient than Mass manufactured ones due to the additional friction of the layer lines etc. I was figuring around 8 or 9% for the fastest stage another 5-6 for the next stage and then a few percent for the chain. Youve also got six or so rubber sealed bearings in there which are going to cost a percent or so each. By those numbers 20% is actually generous.

[@DoRC]

@@ChatNoirLe dont forget about six or so rubber sealed bearings at around a percent each.

[@NicholasRehm]

Ahh yes, the age old drone motor sniff test. Never fails to indicate that something's not quite right

[@elknackebroto7447]

well if a fuse or w/e part of electronics blows there is a very distinct smell

[@OGSumo]

I’d know that smell anywhere: Magic Smoke!

[@elknackebroto7447]

​@@OGSumo this is what u call the smoke in u momas room after she used that weird glass pipe right

[@RoySATX]

I call that the "Touch and Sniff" method. If either your finger or nose gets burned something is going wrong!

[@03056932]

@@elknackebroto7447 it's the insulations on the coil

[@justinr9784]

"You need one of those little bobbins there sitting up there like that" - British Engineers

[@diymaster101]

No going to lie that motor is really powerful my god I never expected it to be that good

[@Amy_A.]

A big part of drone motors is that they need the cooling from the drone blades to keep from overheating. I wonder if you could get it functioning more long-term if you added some kind of cooling fan, either directly on the motor like a drone blade would be, or as an external fan directed through the coils. Fun video, thanks for making it!

[@asandax6]

Or building some heat sink to drain the heat.

[@pe5erbarnes]

@@asandax6 a heatsink is difficult, because the outside of the rotor is spinning. The only bit that doesn't spin is the inside and the base, which isn't a lot of area to add a heatsink to

[@enginerdy]

The other aspect is that the data sheet is probably lying, giving peak power instead of continuous

[@Chuckiele]

maybe liquid cooling :D

[@diodazelena3330]

still would burn out, in drone the motor is always spinning with maximum speed because there is basically no inertia, but on bike the acceleration is very long and hard and when not spinning at maximum speed, the air volume generated by fan is severely decreased. Also i seriously doubt, that these small motors are rated for this output power in continuous S1 cycle.

[@Maxzillian]

Arguably one of the biggest issues is none of these power ratings are accompanied by a duty cycle. Just like comparing the tractor to the GTR, the 1000w hub motor can handle that peak power demand for much longer durations than the drone motor. Still, it's absolutely hilarious to see such a tiny motor do all that work. Nicely done!

[@mhenlopotter1612]

Yup that motor is impressive asf!

[@drkastenbrot]

The drone motor power rating is continuous, but its measured with a prop attached. At that power and size it would have airflow around 150-200mph, staying at a equilibrium stator temperature of around 60 celsius. Drone motors are designed to be as light as possible, and they can get away with it because of that airflow.

[@srck4035]

@Hash Frowns it's 100 percent with a prop on

[@Maxzillian]

@@drkastenbrot It would be interesting to see a new pulley printed with an impeller to help draw some air through the motor, but at the end of the day it's asking a lot from some dubious ratings.

[@drkastenbrot]

@@Maxzillian the only smart thing would be using a motor appropriate for the application. rc boat motors are similarly power dense but they use watercooling to get rid of the heat. much easier to provide than 100+mph of air and the torque is also more appropriate for driving a bike.

[@kenromaine2387]

The RC Drone motor is designed to run in an extreme airflow to cool the motor. The prop wash over the motor when on a Drone will keep the motor cool.

[@OnlyUglytroll]

Dude... I have been watching your vids... you are great. I love how you approach things

[@PowerScissor]

I can't even guess how many times I've been holding one of my racing drone motors wondering if I could power my bike with it. After some quick gearing calculations in my head, I think nobody has the time to do that...and BAM, here's the exact video!

[@ezrarichardson279]

Haha!

[@ejirokporon5942]

Only Tom would be crazy enough to try oit such mind bougling ideas. I love it.

[@tysemilicia3931]

The motor is way too small

[@noahagnew6517]

A long while ago I did the math and it was cheaper to use 50 drone motors than one large motor for a car. Never really thought of what would happen. Good to know

[@ziad_jkhan]

Would love to have a look at how you arrived at that conclusion

[@barklet6110]

If they're at retail price then probably, as you are paying for brand name car parts vs cheep drone motorcycle

[@tysemilicia3931]

There’s no way because how could u possibly set that up, there would be so many gears and stuff that something would have to go wrong, plus syncing them up together would be near improbable aside from the battery and wiring situation

[@tacct1kk715]

Definitely not

[@xaytana]

@@tysemilicia3931 Using encoders and a bit of logic could sync them fairly nicely; though all the motors would be mechanically synced across the set, if you send an identical pulse to each motor it should work as is, you'd just lose efficiencies to disparities in the individual motors as varies in manufacturing would cause this. As for how to have a 50 input single output setup, I'm not really sure, typically planetary gearboxes with motor-driven planets and a held carrier is a good way to link 3+ inputs, but 50 is a bit ridiculous; though with the size of drone motors, maybe a stack of planetaries could work, say 7 motors on one planetary and 7 planetaries into a final planetary, it's only 49 motors but I don't think a single motor would make a huge difference, considering that the sun is typically freespinning as the ring has more versatile use, the sun could be missing for all the system cares, a planetary of this design isn't too far outside of what could be probable. It'd take up quite a bit of space, but so does a proper EV motor at scale. It's not practical at all, and the gearset would massively offset cost benefits, but if someone was crazy enough to attempt a system like this, it would be theoretically probable within this setup that minimizes the amount of gears each motor interacts with. Alternatively a serpentine belt could be feasible, but would probably experience too much friction to be practical, but could also nicely interface with the output more directly; though it'd be interesting to see a double-sided belt and have motors replace idlers, which could minimize friction, damn near cut friction components in half even, as you'd otherwise need a lot of idlers to ensure a proper amount of contact on each pulley in the setup. Again, not practical, but not theoretically improbable. I almost want someone to test it, especially the serpentine belt method, just to show how gloriously stupid the idea is. But this also doesn't explore the nightmare that the driver board would be, that itself would have to be its own rabbit hole of stupidity.

[@bigmike8586]

on a scale from "freedom" to "drinking tea regularly", this is definitely one of the more British things i've ever seen

[@D0li0]

That is so ridiculously wonderful!!

[@hz8711]

I think you should add more drone motors to the point where it beats the original ebike, and compare the price of parts used after that. Great video, thank you!

[@loddude5706]

2 wheel drive? Rim mounted ring gear . . . how many motors CAN you fit per wheel? : )

[@CouchPotator]

also compare the weight!

[@dontreadmyusername6787]

I had the same thought and in addition to that adding more drone batteries can result in increased range since they are light and small

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

Yes, I agree because I'm just too lazy to do so myself. I like the idea of exploring motor rpm and torque without the use of a speed controller. Using switches and hard wiring three motors in differing wiring schemes for example: S1 3M Series, S2 2M Series, S3 1-2-3 Parallel. It would also be interesting to observe the voltage drop of series wired motors in comparison with increasing bus voltages. It worked well for traction motors on locomotives. Quite frankly I like the idea of not needing a speed controller but it would also be interesting to experiment with.

[@ljadf]

I had the same thought, if one motor can do that, two might actually beat the hub motor, and a small fan might then be enough to cool them down.

[@ToastyMozart]

You can definitely tell the motors were designed for different applications. Quadcopter motors like that are built for high speed power rather than low-end torque, expect a *lot* of airflow for cooling, and aren't really meant to be running at max output for extended periods of time.

[@scottrich976]

There are some of those motors with a fan milled into the end bell. Still Going to get hot but will aid the cooling

[@istvandeak8232]

With this video I've learned a lot! Now I can understand the ammout of scams in the marketings of E-scooters & E-bike! And it was very usefull in my plans to build my own E-motorbike! Thank you sooooo much! Keep up with the work! ;)

[@nathantron]

You should try using 4 of those motors in a star belt tensioned configuration and see how a distributed load could handle it. You might be able to get the gearing a bit closer to perfect too.

[@DJRCMACH]

this exactly, reduces friction could be run bearing on rotating shaft compound belt reduction and better torque for the real world effects of friction.....and simply 4kw would be more appropriate for load because you don't tow caravans with Fiat 500's

[@Der_Fussel]

Kinda a good idea but then you could just get the standard e-bike motor if we are talking about the size ^^.

[@fkthewhat]

I had a more rudimentary thought of ‘I wonder if multiple motors distributed somehow could work’ and I’d be keen to see it too!

[@wrathofsocrus]

The starting current is going to be much higher than it would ever encounter on a drone. It would likely last longer if you pedal up to speed before applying throttle. Given the power losses through the drivetrain vs a direct drive hub motor, comparing the power draw of each motor doesn't tell the whole story. The race at the end was more informative than simply listing peak current draw. Great video!

[@rennethjarrett4580]

That was part of my concern/idea, but they should have put a slip clutch on that motor, or one of the belt/gear wheels so when peddling you are not spinning that motor super fast.

[@HaloWolf102]

This would likely be a speed bike, not a recreational one. A recreational one would include very high torque, and low speed. Because people don't like going up hills.

[@remirms2239]

Indeed, with a proper starter though, you could limit this issue greatly.

[@Geniusinventor]

How about using 2 or 3 drone motors that will Split the Load and make it go even faster or make it accelerate faster

[@remirms2239]

@@Geniusinventor That won't really make a big difference, plus you'll need some sort of reduction mechanism then, which will make it quite a bit more complex. Easier for him to have a chip in there that spreads the current over a longer time, like how they do it with starters on AC electromotors.

[@DianneStudio]

amazing video .. wish to see to put a fan for the motor can change how much hot it can reduse.cheers

[@BillDemos]

Nice that you thought about it and built it. Thanks for so nice content. I went though all the stress with you I can say, when knowing that you are building something with pulleys that is going to compete against a direct drive setup... They only other way do do it with a tiny motor, i.e. lower the speed and up the torque would be by increasing its radius, which would mean you would end up with the direct drive motor you have in the first place on the eBike. Best regards.

[@a.p.2356]

The coolest part about this isn't that a teeny little drone motor can power an e-bike (briefly); the coolest part is that with a motor that tiny, you could absolutely figure out how to hook several up at the same time. That would keep the temperature down a bit by virtue of not having to run it absolutely balls out all the time, and it would make that thing go like a stabbed rat.

[@balasmj]

What a marvelous idea 👍👍

[@lukerobinson3983]

Exactly what I was thinking whilst watching pack 4 together 2 on each side and it could be pretty impressive and still very light

[@kingmasterlord]

can you say extruded aluminum cable drive exo suit?

[@johntordurkviltsevdal8214]

Then you could just as well get a bigger motor

[@lukerobinson3983]

@@johntordurkviltsevdal8214 I think it would still be lighter than the equivalent power

[@Gosuminer]

Awesome experiment. I suspect the problem lies more in the ESC than in the motor itself, because drone ESCs are designed to reach a given speed, not just to apply power. So with such a big inertia of a bike plus rider the motor is commanded to reach a target speed which it cannot achieve for several seconds. Also, drone motors are designed to run only one second on full power because by then the drone will be accelerated and the props unloaded.

[@54l68l65l20l47l61l6D]

probably get a lot more air cooling on a drone too

[@chrisbraswell8864]

Probably way off on gear ratio need another 4 to 1 or about.

[@jakegarrett8109]

Depends on the motors efficiency mostly. If you get a really efficient one, they don't heat up much (example, you may measure 1000w from one, and 1050w on another for the same output, and if that output is 990w mechanical then one is going to be heating up 6x faster and may burn out while the other will run till the bearings wear out without over-heating). Its impressive just how much a few design changes affect those motors, and modern race motors are probably nearing the limits especially when you compare to the older generation (flat magnets, multi-strand coils, bigger magnet to stator gaps), its a HUGE difference. Yes I test motors until destruction, measuring mechanical efficiency, case temp, current and torque curves, thrust efficiency with different props etc. I've been testing motors to destruction just for fun before I ever was paid to do it (that's not my primary job, just one of them). I will say you can also change the timing on pretty much any ESC within the last decade, so if you're having issues with that most of them you can change just listening to beeps and inputting throttle to program, or if they are 32 bit then new flight controllers can usually do a flash passthrough.

[@lilvenaz]

Are there ESC made for this task? Or one has to go on a limb to design one?

[@jakegarrett8109]

@@lilvenaz They sell them in any size you want. Want them water cooled? Buy a model boat ESC. Want it power limiting? They've got those too. ESC probably won't even be very warm, they have extremely tiny ones that run 4 motors at about 60 amps (each) that are less than an ounce. The thing that gets hot is the motor. Like I said above, all of them allow changing parameters like startup/advance timings, some allow braking levels etc.

[@despectablebosshandlemantle]

That is freaking awesome! More more more videos with that tiny motor! Cooooooooooool...

[@muhammadniyaz4039]

Its amazing what gears can do to the resulting load torque. What a satisfying invention u guys made.👏

[@AmirSaboury]

This is one of the coolest thing I've seen in a long time! Good work!

[@robinson4470]

How did you reply 2 days before it was posted?

[@AmirSaboury]

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[@0m1d]

There are better and cooler projects in KZbin you just have to have time to watch and research.

[@robinson4470]

@@unnamed47 ahhh that's right

[@tims8524]

These motors normally operate at high RPM. The back-EMF generated at high RPM sets a dynamic limit for coil current. At low RPM/high torque, the coil current is not self-limiting - and unless the controller is programmed to limit current draw, your motor will burn

[@tomaszwota1465]

But isn't it still running on high RPM when the throttle is in full deflection? Otherwise what are the gears for?

[@someonespotatohmm9513]

@@tomaszwota1465 When the bike is going yes, but not when it is standing (nearly still). The other issues is that it is not mounted on a drone blasting plenty of cool air over the motor, which the designers assumed would be the case.

[@randomguydoes2901]

@@tomaszwota1465 it has a total of one single gear and the only way to switch is to get off and replace one of the sprockets

[@tomaszwota1465]

@@randomguydoes2901 I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about the gearwheels that are there to "reduce" the RPM and "increase" torque. I get that there's one "gear" or "speed", or however you'd call it. I may be stupid, but I'm not blind. I just don't necessarily know the right terminology. ;)

[@tomaszwota1465]

@@someonespotatohmm9513 that air cooling aspect I didn't really take into consideration, but I guess you're right. Do you think this would be the dominant issue with this unorthodox application of the second motor? I mean, it may be 1000W (or thereabouts) but that's still a lot of torque that it needs to speed up a bike and a chunky rider on it.

[@BruceS42]

For such extreme gearing, have you considered using a worm gear? That would only work one way, but for taking a very high-speed input and producing a much more manageable output, it should be good. Anyway, fun video, and well considered project. I look forward to more.

[@YourLocalRailfan]

With Tom Stanton anything is possible

[@TheFurious74]

And still when you look at this motor size... That's impressive! Such a tiny thing can pool a man on bike at 30 km/h!

[@TremereTT]

it's like Super Sport motorbikes. these tiny engines are basically used up in a few years because 10000 rpm are just not a sustainable thing.

[@ssj3gohan456]

Fun fact: early e-bike motors used to use this kind of arrangement. They had pretty tiny outrunner motors (but configured differently to deal with high startup current - also way better cooling) and a 1 or 2-stage reduction gear, often planetary, to the casing. But as it turns out, once you factor in sufficient allowances for cooling, enough metal to transfer the forces between the axle and spokes and all that, they weren't *that* light. Typically around the 1.5kg mark for a 250W motor. These ended up going out of fashion because of the noise. Used to be commonplace though, I'd say about 50% of pre-2010 e-bikes used this arrangement.

[@nathansgreen]

So if you wanted the lightest possible setup, make something like this with a temperature sensor kill module to keep the motor from burning up.

[@parth_sisodiya]

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[@luminousfractal420]

I wonder if anyone's tried solenoids as pistons? They can pack a hell of a lot of force into a tiny thing.

[@pieterveenders9793]

I was going to mention, if they wanted to try and make their e-bike work with a brushless outrunner they should have used a planetary gear, after all they easily do between 1:50 and 1:100 in a single step and produce massive increases in torque for it. Plus the planetary gear would fit rather nicely in the hub of a bicycle wheel.

[@feilox]

Thanks for the info. I was wondering where the small motors and extra gears went? now with the new single hub motor e-bikes china has been mass producing. I suppose they are def. more efficient. My only question is why dual motor bicycles don't go nearly twice as fast?

[@waynenewberry1032]

Fun trial- I know its late, but modeling fan blades into the first pulley would help with cooling.

[@homesformeremortals5935]

Love your channel brother. Keep make cool stuff.

[@chrisrathjan1501]

In my experience drone motors are rated using phase amps while ebikes use battery amps. Short duration peak pulse vs RMS continuous or average power. Would have been interesting to see how much battery power they were each using.

[@zaxmaxlax]

Its peak current(60s) according to the manufacturer. Theres no away that tiny motor with tiny wires can sustain 50Amps.

[@deadmantwen]

​@@zaxmaxlax once the load is going motors draw less amps. so at max speed or finishing acceleration they're not pulling 50 amps to keep going.

[@erikd6124]

@@zaxmaxlax motor W and Amps aren't realiably. They aren't measured the same. The weight of a brushless motor is a better indicator of its actual power, then it's specified watts and Amps ratings. Then comes the kv and V of course too

[@zaxmaxlax]

@@erikd6124 The datasheet tells pretty much anything you need to know.

[@neilcollins5224]

Torque to speed.

[@paddycunningham5011]

A few times in the video the chain split-link is visible and you have the split pin(the springy bit) on backwards, this would encourage it to release and fly away when the chain rubs against something. Love the engineering behind this project, keep up the good work :-) If you're ever over in Ireland we could do with some ideas on how to finish our trike project with a 110Hp 2.0Hdi automatic fitted :-D

[@dushyantpathak5564]

Bro you make it possible i was laughing hard after the first attempt like your cameraman hats off to your hardwork

[@kaleidscope927]

I like your curiosity and how you did that practical .

[@AlexanderBurgers]

Brushless RC motors can typically run at somewhere between 3 to 5 watt per gram, depending on the efficiency and duty cycle and cooling. An actual 1kw motor would therefore be more in the range of 200 to 333 gram, or more. This 40 gram motor would realistically be a 150-200 watt motor. Like you said, it's the electrical rating, perhaps they just figured short circuit current * battery voltage = power or something, or just claim bigger numbers because bigger number = sell more units. A slightly bigger RC motor can totally power an e-bike without melting. :)

[@KoeiNL]

Considering how many amps these things pull the rating can be accurate. The ESC's that control these motors can be like 50A (with higher burst) and use 6S battery packs (22.2V nominal voltage), so if you go full throttle and pull over a 1000W. And you need those kind of ESC's, because if you don't they will just go up in smoke. You can also easily figure out how much watt they are pulling by just seeing how long it takes to run down xxx mah on your battery. Remember, these motors have 5" cooling fan sitting on top of them in use and are on an object traveling somewhere in the region of 120-160kph. Still I wouldn't run that at full power for long ;). Here is a short video that really shows what kind of insane performance you get from these motors: kzbin.infoIZ091JnsDAs

[@LuLeBe]

@@KoeiNL I think you can't just measure battery usage because that's an average, acceleration takes mich more power. And the power requirements for these short periods can be quite insane but they can't keep that up for longer. If they had continuous 1000w that would also mean around 100-200w of heat output, that can't be cooled without a fancy heatsink. I have some RC cars, they have 120A 6S ESCs so up to 120*25=3000W and obviously the RC car doesn't empty a 5000mah battery within 2.5 minutes. The batteries also couldn't handle the load if it was continuous.

[@skeezixmccat]

I'd love to see a bike powered by an 8s Xmaxx power system 🤣 I bet the bike could do wheelies lol

[@KoeiNL]

@@LuLeBe Doh, of course it can't run at 1kW until the battery is drained. But the peak power hits 1kW no problem, and because of the fans and the speed the thing is moving at the heat is less of an issue than on RC cars where the engine isn't getting direct airflow and reaches lower speeds. Battery would be something like 6s 2200mah with a 40C constant rating. That's 88A continuously. so a little over 1900W continuously with much higher peaks. You are probably looking at about half of that as an average when flying freestyle or racing which would result in an empty battery in 4 minutes (you will never completely drain it of course).

[@alanrowe8233]

Love the fact that you have given it a go, very impressed with the sheer small-ness of the motor and it actually drives a human along! I notice you have 'skinny' tyres and a flat, smooth surface. Being a keen cyclist and being very aware of the leg-power needed at times, I dare say the motor would go 'phutt' if you had a hill and some more drag on the tyres! but keep up the experiments, fascinating to watch.

[@alexmin4752]

@will b IMO, it's not the motor that's lacking. Even if we assume the motor is EXTREMELY bad and has efficicency of 50% (which is atrociously low) you're still left with 500 watts. Meanwhile, all electric bikes in Europe have measly 250 watt motors (due to regulations) and they are still quite fast. What you need is a better reductor and torque delivery mechanism. Use a planetary reductor made of steel instead of plastic pulleys and belts, add a small propeller to cool the motor and it will run fine. Also, since the power vs RPM curve of such motors has a stark spike near to maxRPM, you'd want to connect the whole assembly in the same way as mid-drive ebikes are made so the motor could benefit from adjustable gears ratio (with the derailer). If you manage to keep it running at high RPM the bike will be fast as hell.

[@jasonmillner6416]

that is incredible! The power density!

[@georgegates526]

Thanks a LOT for the technical information!!! I had a heck of a time to find any gear ratio formulas that were simple enough for me to use. So at least now I know I don't want the bicycle wheel to go faster than 300 rpm. (I'm not looking for speed.

[@krotson6767]

The drone motor would be useful to arm yourself with an additional heat sink. In its natural working environment, the rotor blade cools the entire engine. Thanks to this, it has a lot of power all the time, and not only when someone is not using it intensively. A simple solution would be to use a planetary gear instead of this type of gear ratio. And when it comes to the speed test, you would have to count the motor pull of the electric bike to calculate the gear ratio for the drone motor. Then the fight would be fair. It also seems to me that apart from the mechanical damage to the coils of the drone's motors, the neodymium magnets were also demagnetized. Neodymium magnets do not like high temperatures, so the bike's power could have been lower for that too. But I am not a specialist in demagnetizing neodymium magnets. I would fix what needs to be done and make another movie about it. Regards.

[@jakegarrett8109]

Often you'll see very little loss until complete destruction, once it gets that bad you'll instantly notice it. Source, I burn a LOT of motors both for fun and professionally (and yes I measure the efficiency decrease after abuse). There is a small amount of drop, but its pretty negligible for most applications.

[@felixiaccarino8399]

i always wonder if i could do a 5km/h vehicule with tiny motors and lots of torq, and few motor baterys. can be?

[@krotson6767]

@@felixiaccarino8399 Yes, and it's best to use a planetary gear.

[@felixiaccarino8399]

@@krotson6767 any other advice other than the planetary? im from an overexploited country so resources are limited here

[@krotson6767]

@@felixiaccarino8399 Ordinary belt transmission should also work. The planetary gear can be found in the screwdriver in the garbage can. If the screwdriver motor, not the gear, has burned before. What oppressed country are you from?

[@Muflinn]

Looks like made from my favorite lego technic the best one when i was kid Very creative,gj Mate

[@Intervaloverdose]

Awesome and intriguing! I wonder what two or more would be like...

[@jasonpatterson8091]

Very interesting. :-) My immediate thought when you said you were going to use a 1kW drone motor for an ebike was that it would cook itself. Even if it's 90% efficient it's still got to dissipate 100W of power as heat, and in such a small package without a spinning blade actively cooling the thing, it literally must get really hot really fast. I honestly didn't think it would last long enough to get going on the road (which kind of happened with v1), so I'm glad to be proven wrong on that count.

[@niravapurv4578]

I dont think you got that right. I am not 100% sure, but I have read articles on eficiance of Electric cars Vs hydrocarbon/fossil fuel cars. And as i understood it the excess heat is basically the lost energy. A fossil fuel car is very less efficient(about 33%)(/67%is lost and is transformed to basicaly heat), therefor it generates heat. So a lot of the energy when burning the fuel in the pistons go directly to heat and is not helping to move the pistons. Newer cars thend to be more efficient those generating less heat. Electric cars have ofc a different system where electronmagnetic energy is used to generate circular movements that connects to the wheels... where some energy also is lost while transporting electrisity and also when charging, the energy lost in the process of moving the wheels on a electric car is very less(about 10%is lost and transeforms to heat)... thats why the engine creates less heat and electric cars tend to be very cold in the winther. Its the same on wolfram/glowing bulbs (dont know the right word in english) ... the energy lost in these bulbs are around or more than 90%, thous they get realy hot, while a buld witch use light emittind diods (led) has an efficiency of 50% or slightly better.. so they are many many times more efficient and create much less heat. Its very probable that the reason the small engine gets so hot is that the size of the engine is not ideal for how much resistance the engine will get when trying to move this bicycle the momentum inside the engine needed with this bicycle is higher to acctually get it to move than what you need in the engines of the drone.. its almost like you trying to drive a car on to high gear... thats why it moves slower and more energy is just lost and generates more heat than thrust although the engines can use same amout of watts, they are still designed to move a more heavy object (the bicycle) or a more light object (the drone). The engines in the drone is actually spinning in the air... so engine gets less resistance to get a very high rpm.

[@niravapurv4578]

sorry, i read wrobg in your messag, i read 1000w as heat in instead of 100w.. ofc you are right.. if engine is electric and use 1kw.. the exsess energy is normaly around 100w (10%) tho i think it will be higher in this case depending on several factors like the gearing.. if this ebgine can work in a rpm area ideal for it.. and if the engine is strong enogh to handle this load/resistance.. according to different physical factors its likely that it will not opperate optimaly and lost energy to heat will be higher than normal.

[@iandavidson99]

Would've been nice to have had a power meter inline to see out how much power the ebike and the drone-motor ebike were *actually* pulling

[@toolbaggers]

Watt meters for testing the drone motors are actually pretty cheap.

[@genioee]

@@toolbaggers Sadly, as tom indicated this can give you only an estimate. The mechanical power would be interesting - you'd have to measure the output torque and velocity. But using some sort of drag-race can give a rough estimate of these quantities (at least in comparison, due to friction and weight...).

[@crazy9cube3d]

Cool Projekt, nice to see what a Tiny Motor can do

[@SeabornNomad]

put one on each wheel now!! haha this is absolutely marvellous. great work as always tom!

[@Skyentific]

Drone motor has PEAK power 1kW, and E-bike motor has RATED power 1kW.

[@TomStantonEngineering]

True, but the drone motor is rated to 1kw for 180 seconds, which I thought would give the ebike a decent competition considering it only takes a few seconds to get up to speed. Riding up a hill continuously would be another story haha

[@RSpudieD]

Nice! That's impressive considering the size of the motor. I like the look of the belts and gears, too!

[@alimutawa2090]

I love this kind of videos ❤

[@Bimbobaum]

Now i want to see you build a drone with the Motor of the ebike. Great video and a ridiculous build :D

[@Exyvia]

Love this, definitely plausible to make this work, stacking 2 motors with decent cooling would make a compact solution.

[@mikemackenziegrieve]

I gotta say I'm curious how well 2 motors would fair heat wise too.

[@natandirt]

or like 50 of em, would be the same size as normal ebike motor lol

[@macinatire3769]

I already know that he's gonna somehow get this to work

[@francile62]

Very good idea congratulation!

[@codescholar7345]

Very cool! I was thinking of a very similar idea whilst biking up a very long mountain climb.

[@DavidBrown-wh3nk]

Really like this one. Those tiny motor power ratings always had me wondering "what if?" Very cool to see

[@jimmysyar889]

Same. Always wanted to see someone do this. It should in theory be just as good

[@spammy3164]

@@jimmysyar889 although with the extra gearing you do introduce lots of friction and power loss so would always be less

[@ColinTimmins]

Honestly that was a really cool experiment. I wonder how far a person can go with the idea of specifically making a small lightweight motor for making an E bike from any bike. Fun stuff. =]

[@BlakeWolf-jd2ox]

thanks tom!

[@varun1036]

Respect for the effort

[@MCsCreations]

Damn! That's pretty surprising indeed, Tom! 😃 Fantastic work!!! Now imagine one of those big 30+ sized motors! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@modelnutty6503]

might be fun with a loose/unused 1500kv 3650 w 5mm output shaft here. could be done with standard available pinion+spur gears to keep it simple. the size and fairly low rpm/volt might be close enough to appropriate. with 3S or 12v about 18k rpm free spin, calculate reduction for 16k rpm 18 mph. -because if you were pedaling 18 mph is pushing pretty hard!

[@MCsCreations]

@@modelnutty6503 Exactly!

[@michielshub]

Nice video and it also shows how complex these mid-mounted e-bike drive trains must be to handle all that torque, peddling, free weeling, etc.

[@rjw7058]

wow, these are incredible discoveries by regular peoples to help humans, well done>

[@Boodoo4You]

5:43 Ooh that’s a nice Breitling Chronomat! Very nice.

[@markvermaat652]

Great vid. This is how inventions are done. Experiments, improvements, building things. Love to see this

[@fernbear3950]

That's super fun! I wish I could have seen a "with pedaling" top speed as well. And a temp sensor with an auto cutoff would be nice too! I think it's really nice, too, because you can have a little boost for hills in a commute and such where you don't want to get your suit sweaty, but don't have to carry around a full battery/motor assembly at all times.

[@bikeislife8405]

A slightly larger drone motor and I'm sure it would only be better!

[@Freight_Train]

Great fun. Great fun. Love it.

[@klazzera]

awesome content, thanks for sharing🤩🤩

[@timehunter9467]

I was waiting for something to burn, I’m amazed at how “well” it did for a tiny motor!

[@Vic64Y]

What's impressive it's the fact that, yes, such micro motor... It works! And, we have to keep in mind that such tiny drone motors are designed to be cooled with a continuous flow of air coming from the propeller.

[@nikostalk5730]

the gears did work, not a motor

[@Descalibrado_]

does the heat comes from the amps that passes through the coils? or they heat up from the spinning alone?

[@Vic64Y]

@@Descalibrado_ From Quora: In general, DC motors tend to get hot when they’re under a heavy load and drawing a lot of current. The more amperage is flowing through a wire, the more waste heat will come off of it, and this applies just as well to the coils inside a motor.

[@Descalibrado_]

@@Vic64Y so the heat is from the electrical resistance of the high current In thin wires, thank you a lot!

[@akiramiller9025]

​@@Vic64Y brushless motors are ac but controlled by pulsed dc

[@Easthic]

Sir your lecture is very helpful. Thanks for this

[@Bob-ts2tu]

reminds me of those programs that say 'we do this stuff so you dont have to'. keep it up GL

[@TranceFur]

Would be cool to try this with other RC motors. Like maybe a 4274 size Hobbywing motor that’s meant for 1/8 racing trucks. You could run up to 22V batteries, and that bike would probably fly, haha!

[@alphaadhito]

Well, you can see the original Tom Stanton DIY ebikes waay back then uses that kinda RC motor haha

[@BloodxSoulZ]

some are even rated for 8s Lipos as i know edit: Ive searched and found BL motors for 1:5 RC cars that are rated for up to 12s Lipos... so 44.4V rating/50.4V fully charged. It said 5.5A consumption at idle. ~275W without resistance? 650kV which still is 33k rpm with the 12s. There is no rating for stall current so i dont know the max. consumption. Without gears it should have somewhere between 180 to 300N torque

[@phizc]

Also, the first drone motor coat around 25 USD, while the hub motor is probably more like 150-200 USD. Would be interesting to see how good it could get if money is wisely spent maximizing perf and cooling with an equal budget 🤔. DIY or BUY? 😃

[@JWQweqOPDH]

Ignoring special discounts/deals, the hub is superior because of the combination of less battery use (due to less heat and noise energy waste), higher mud tolerance, and not needed replaced often. The people who make the hubs could just as easily make smaller motors like the one on the video, but choose not to.

[@Blox117]

the only drawback for a hub motor is the increase in weight. but even a mid drive system has a significant weight penalty by adding chains, gears, and attachment hardware.

[@cinemoriahFPV]

Those motors are $14

[@atobee2595]

Insane stuff!

[@olmstead25]

I have always wondered about doing this. I thought it would be best to use a motor designed for a electric helecopter though as the case is designed with a fan to help cool the motor.

[@NeilStainton]

Great video Tom. It would be wonderful if you would do this experiment again using a 300g outrunner with approximately 15 times lower KV. You could get rid of the gearbox increasing the efficiency for probably the same weight. I think that would actually be an improvement over the hub motor, which actually is a brushless motor built into a planetary gearbox.

[@Eden_M]

The hub you see in this video is a direct drive hub, gearless.

[@boarattackboar]

Funny thing is, if you keep making optimizations like this you'll just end up with a standard ebike eventually

[@craigcarmichael5748]

Even if all else was equal and even if the drone motors wouldn't burn out, the two sets of linkages would lose some percentage of the power, while the e-bike motor is direct drive - no transmission losses. So more power in the drag race, longer battery life. Nice builds, nice tests, nice video!

[@user-dy6re7qd5s]

If you want to add some speed in the bicycle add some torque in it. I have an idea what if you start the bicycle with a motor that has torque in it to attain speed and then starts the second motor which has horsepower (1000 rounds per minute). EXPLANATION>>>>>>>>> at first the motor (which has torque in it ) will push the bicycle to attain velocity and then the second motor (which has horsepower in it) will improve the velocity in the bicycle. SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH

[@r.b.l.5841]

Love the sound of that motor - cool. did some playing with home made e-bikes (four of them now!) and the most interesting option I used a rear wheel on the front and back of the bike and drive both (All wheel Drive Bike!) I let off the throttle at 75km/hr Got too scared. LOL lots of fun.

[@erflorida]

That's some great stuff you got right there. Love the engineering.

[@AJ-Palermo]

I wanna see this with four motors! And perhaps gearshifting would help with the overheating issue

[@axedastudio]

I love your experiment, sir. 😂😂😂

[@MikeZ8709]

SR-71 blackbird comparison was great!

[@tessa7468]

I love this! I would love to see you take it to the next level, like making it a bit more reliable or maybe even giving it water cooling

[@theleader4532]

7:18 it sounds like a mosquito 😁

[@surojitexperiment1075]

Your idea is mind blowing

[@bobmorton4633]

Very cool project.

[@msamour]

Next on the channel, can we power this 8 ton bulldozer with 4 drone motors? Stay tuned and find out!

[@jaystarr6571]

LOL. Then...Can we power a Nuclear Submarine with an electric toothbrush motor?

[@llejk]

I think it would be really cool to find some low rpm high torque motors (maybe from 1:10 RC trucks? ) and design a 2WD bicycle. I have a front driven ebike, and i love how it tracks on sandy paths like beaches or even climb when i coordinate carefully with pedaling.

[@EagleFPV43]

This is what i was thinking, rc cars have motors that are larger in size and with much more torque but run on the same batteries

[@AleksiJoensuu]

A spring loaded chain tensioner could help you with the chain coming off. They are often used in single speed bikes.

[@boots7859]

Hasn't he had this issue before? I'm not even a regular bike rider anymore, been 25 years since last and I know that pretty basic requirement.

[@noneya574]

Make a mounting with 2-3 of them on geared belts and set it up on the pedal sprocket like most mid drive systems. Could make a pretty strong, fast, easy to install set up. Build the whole thing on some metal plate cut to match the triangle bike frame, mount it, then run a chain to the pedal sprocket. Then cover it all up sheet metal/platic when you have it all dialed in.

[@markuspetersen6072]

Thanks for making this video. I was always wondering if a huge gear reduction would make it possible to use tiny motors to power bigger machines irl. Not just on the paper.

[@ImhotepBE]

ohh yes...its possible.. I have seen the big structure(water treatment plant) run by very small motor with huge gear reduction...I think motor was about 3-4kg (no more then 1,5kW ) and gearbox+reduction box about 300-400kg... the whole structure (big frame) about 1-1,5k kg.. and this frame was running in the water.... so yes, its possible :)

[@techguy5601]

@@ImhotepBE Same concept as a servo motor.

[@RGIIIBOXING]

It's a waist of time" They will burn. Up even with 5//6 of them...We did the same thing with our bike using a Hoover board motor" 250w on both sides...one lasted a almost 2 months..the other motor almost a week more" Then we got a 750w set up" and it's been good for 6 months and still going...we went on and got a 2000w brushless motor kit and we're going to set it up in a few days"

[@ririfiri3243]

It is possible but there's more losses on gearbox so people usually don't do that unless needed

[@Buciasda33]

Gear reduction means friction. A huge gear reduction can overpower a motor. I think there's a lego channel where you see small lego motor lifting 100kg or something.