As i as describing in my previous post, i’ve been struggling with how to make sure that the batteries stay in the frames. I went over a bunch of different ideas, and thought the latest plan was to weld or epoxy bars to the Thundersky end plates sort of like this:
End plates showing welded or expoxied bars
Then, tapping holes in the bars/end plate and using screws to keep them anchored to the angle aluminum. This allowed me to keep all of the … Read the rest of this entry »
So, in my last post, i was mentioning that i can’t do CAD, and that i wished i could to get a better picture of how the batteries, battery tray/frame, and moto frame would fit together.
So, one night last week when i couldn’t sleep, i tried out Google Sketchup, a 3D modeling program. Working on modeling is way different than i’m used to. But i was able to stumble through to generate a representation of a battery.
Scale model of Thundersky 60Ah battery
From there, i did different sized packs of batteries, Read the rest of this entry »
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