im a software engineer so im having a hard time understanding how the hub motor axle can hold all that weight with just the one screw on the wheel enclosure.
Id like to build one of these from scratch just for learning purposes i have a bunch of 3/4 emt pipes.
when i see that one screw on the hub motor enclosure im somehow reminded of the rear bicycle rack on my ebike.
Do you sell that enclosure seperatly? so if i bought my own hub motors i could combine them with my emt pipe and your enclosure? the emt pipe is round and for my applications i dont need as much carrying capacity or torque.
I guess i want to understand what all are the connections between the wheel axle and the enclosure that allows you to carry to much weight.
I dont have the cash to buy a whole kit outright. but i could buy the enclosure part from you so i could study it. then can i get access to the CAD files since id be a paying customer?
Hey Juan, thank you for your question…
The short answer is that the shafts of the motors are 12 mm hardened steel and the forks are made of 1/4" mild-steel plates. The forks have a groove where the shaft seats. If you run the numbers you can quickly find that you have room to go even higher to what we recommend as maximum payload (1000 Lb). The limiting factor at this point are gears that will wear out faster, not really the steel components.
Unfortunately we don’t sell separate parts, but as a SWE you could team up with some of the farm robotics challenge teams, what do you think? This forum is the ideal place to find people working with the Amiga, and I will keep an eye open for teams needing support on the software side… where are you located?
ahh… and Happy New Year!
im located in the NYC metro area specifically central long island. But i also roam around the Adirondacks area. and we might move there in the next year or so maybe. I can definitely travel to other places as well since im currently unemployed and usually work remote anyways when I’m working. I plan to spend the next year building robotics skills so it would be perfect timing.
thanks and Happy New Year.