8x8 Electric Argo Springer

[LarryW]

argo trans eats power in steering effort

Yea I agree, the way a differantial works, it will create a gearing ratio twice as high as normal on a full turn. Like in a car/truck, when one tire isn't turning, the other is turning twice as fast as normal. Turning take power/torque and when your gearing it up your loosing torque.

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Looking awesome so far, looking forward to watching this as it comes together.

[Mike]

Also, because I am hosting these on a different website instead of here, I noticed that the forum still re-sizes the pictures after the page fully uploads. I figured out a simple trick to keep them as big as possible. After this page is fully uploaded to your web browser, click the refresh button and once you see anything reload, quickly hit the "stop" loading or "stop" refresh button on your browser and the forum will not have time to resize the picture, and you will see the full size pics. Let me know if it works for anyone, works for me.

You can just right click any image you want to see full size and choose "view image".

[Tinodesis]

I am going to follow the advice given and see if I can locate a T20. I have been reading as much as I can about them. I have never seen one in person so I'm not sure how to find a good one and all the parts that go with it. I have been watching craigslist hoping to find another AATV to use as a donor.

I'm also thinking about going with double #50 chain. The PO of my Argo had used chain that was smaller than single #50. #50 fits the sprockets I have now so I'm not sure if it's an upgrade I need.

[Roger S]

I know I suggested the t20, but have no idea what it would take to fab it in there/if/how it would work/fit.

[Tinodesis]

I know I suggested the t20, but have no idea what it would take to fab it in there/if/how it would work/fit.

Those are things I have been wondering about.

I'll keep looking for a solution. It's one step forward and two steps back recently.

[Beeman]

Hello Mike,

Going with two motors seems like a good idea, but it's actually not practical. Two motors would require twice as many batteries and a second controller. You could use half of the batteries for each motor, but that would cut the voltage in half. Either way you lose performance and spend more money.

Two motors would not require twice as many batteries. Actually, together they would require a little more amperage as one (under the same load conditions of the whole machine). Agreed on the cost of a second controller and motor though. As for foward/reverse capabilities on each motor, you would just need to find the right controllers as motor forwarding/reversing is quite common in industries using VFD's.