So a few weeks back I found a 70120 480Kv motor and emailed the company manufacturing them and asked if they could possibly wind it at around 200Kv. They never got back to me!
So I again decided to go to their webpage and try estabilish contact again. However this time I noticed a different product. One specifically designed for Efoil!!! A 70120 160KV
Who’s going to be the first to test this bad boy out?
something is wrong there…a BLDC motor is limited by max amps/windings, not by max power (80*125= 10kW = 200 *50). So might be similar to APS 70100 and 56200 motor (also 80A).
Protect Feature: Waterproof
Grade would be nice, “sealed” and “waterproof” are often used for splashproof (IP64 or IP65)…
Looks like there are grooves for O-rings, but screws 1) not clamping them and 2) behind the sealing
Bearings description is missing, wouldn’t be p&p without thrust bearing/ angled roller bearing…
Also the 2mm hole for shear pin is bit small…most likely due to 8mm shaft.
Could be still a good motor for a simple setup. Igus or ceramic thrust bearing could be added right to the prop. Water-tightness has to be tested.
The APS 70100 is a 6374 outrunning in a housing. Not an inrunner at all.
I’m not convinced by the sealing in this new design and its hugely expensive considering the same company offers the 70120 inrunner at 480Kv for $150 (from gearbest). To me it looks like some of the screws are located after the seals. Therefore they will need to be sealed themselves.
I was hoping you could push more than 80A through it as well. Max power you will realistically use is 60 x 80 = 4.8Kw.
But it is an option for someone wanting to test it.
No one has tried that motor yet. I stumbled onto it about 2 weeks ago and was trying to get them to do a 200Kv one for me instead.
Its should work quite well with a 60mm jet.
I wonder how easy it would be to rewind the 480KV motor to a 200KV and then do a custom shaft. You could do a few different options including building a better housing.
Custom shaft is doable but time consuming if you don’t have appropriate tools. I ordered a custom 100kv with no shaft from Alien and the made my own 10mm shaft.
The rotor is held in place by 4 screws and epoxy. You need a d-flat in the shaft for each screw.
Can you remove the old shaft from a rotor without completly destroying it?
I could not remove it as there was hard locktite on it. I did not dare to heat it because of the magnets.
So this is probably only possible if you order a custom rotor without a shaft.
I have made an enquiry about them sending me a test unit to review. Obviously if we can get an idea of how well it works and whether its worth the $350 then that would be good for all of us here! In addition if its not fit for purpose, then hopefully I could give them some design feedback too. Let’s wait and see what they come back with…
Ive bought one to test, I find it hard to believe that it has 7.5NM torque, that is similar to an 80100, is this even physically possible? We will soon find out I guess, 7.5NM is easily enough torque