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DD-Wheel with Hoverboard Motor

Discussion in 'Direct Drive Wheels' started by Benu, Jan 21, 2019.

  1. Alex410

    Alex410 New Member

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    @Radje748 It seems to be written in many places that the main thing is power, if so that would mean they are equal.

    At the same time, I think that the higher the voltage, the lower the current, and thus the less the heating... but this reasoning might be flawed. Aren't all hoverboard motors for at least 42V? I bought a motor separately, and I don't know what voltage it's for. Although I've just looked at it more carefully, it says 36V, that's strange.
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    So it turns out I bought a 48V power supply for nothing...
  2. Radje748

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    Just try it... what I mentioned, I have a 24v power supply running on 20v. So in your case...48v Power supply with a 56v board and a 36v motor... I would say... try it on 30-35V and test it.... Assuming that you have an adjustable power supply...
    The DD-Wheel is very...very strong...you will never use it on 100%... or your name must be popeye ;)

    I am running it on 40% and it is already very strong....
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  3. maxcodl

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    hi i had a doubt
    why did you get the 56v version? will it work with a 24v powersupply?

    gemini said that i should buy the 56v version of the board instead of the 24v to be safe because it thinks that higher voltage means the board wont get fried or shorted out during some crazy event
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    Hi I’m fairly new to electronics outside of ohms law so I wanted to ask if I’m on the right page with my parts list for my hoverboard motor sim build.

    I picked up 2 (36v) hoverboards that are 5inches on the OD that the tire sits on. I got them for 25 bucks but unluckily they have 20 mm stators and magnets with what looks like 4 strand windings, not the best but that’s what I’ve got.

    The parts I plan on ordering are:
    - Meanwell 12v 350w power supply
    - 24v ODESC 4.2
    - 2048p rotary encoder (NPN meaning I have to use pull up resistors on the signal lines??)
    - other miscellaneous stuff like a wireless board for wiring up buttons

    My main questions:
    - should I keep looking for a motor with bigger stators and magnets, is it necessary?
    -should I go with the 12v 350w (~15A) meanwell power supply, or should I go with their 24v 350w (~30A) supply. The price is nearly identical and I’ve seen posters say that they usually turn down their 24v supply to ~19v and have no issues with sluggish responsiveness while also reducing risks of the odesc failing over time.

    I understand that with higher Volts you get more speed out of the motor, and with higher amps you get more torque, but I’m concerned that for drift sim applications 12v 30A might not be enough to keep up with going lock to lock accurately.

    Also, if I were to go with the 30A supply would I be exceeding the 10N-m max rating for 20mm stators mentioned on ffbeasts guide. Their ratings were measured at 15A so I’m curious.

    I plan on using my rig for sim drifting and most people recommend 8N-m for that, but I would like to have an idea of how far I could push it if I were to ever do F1 sim or something of that nature.
  5. BigBert

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    Correction: I flipped the amps of the power supplies in my questions section but too late to edit it