Gary Gibson
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5/2/2015 8:44 PM
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Interesting idea. The torque would be good but the battery weight might be the downfall. I think I would go the motor for each axle route. Then drive with 1 motor to and from the trail to save battery life. I've not seen an electric rock buggy mentioned anywhere although the monster trucks now have an electric version.
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Tom Thrall
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5/2/2015 11:00 AM
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I've been pondering an electric powered crawler for awhile now. I'm knee deep in my 72 halfcab build but I can't get this out of my head for a next project.
They are doing amazing things with electric motors, has anyone seen the 800 hp vintage Mustang? http://www.mustangandfords.com/featured-vehicles/1504-this-electric-1968-ford-mustang-kicks-out-a-shocking-800-hp/photo-22.html
Yeah thats a 150k car but i'm thinking something more basic. Electric drive, either a motor for each diff or a single motor through an Atlas with no transmission. My quick look at motor rpms looks like it wouldnt need a transmission.
I do not have enough electrical experience to engineer this myself, at least with certainty.
For a dedicated crawler it seems like it would work great for runs like K2, where it could be taken out a couple times a day, once in the morning and again in the afternoon. Electric motors are all torque, no need to build rpms to get to the torque curve, and it wouldn't need to go 100mph.
I want to know what others think, or if this has been considered or done already.
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