Paulandjacquelyn Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Ive been going to a park that basically is fairly long steep inclines up hills. I've found that "serpentine" movement (not like axle rose) on the euc significantly reduces stress on euc motor and it moves much easier up hill than "bulleting" straight up. All this talk of shutoffs has me being proactive to respect the euc. Are you a serpent or bullet? I do same going down steep hills also.
SlowMo Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Thanks for sharing! This is a very good idea and should work well on long uphill rides.
musk Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 I don't like the feeling of turning tightly on steep inclines because the inward pedal has more tendency to scrape. I go straight up and down, but slowly. Probably 8km/hr so that running off won't be a problem.
Paulandjacquelyn Posted February 3, 2016 Author Posted February 3, 2016 Its not a tight turn....more of swaying up the hill. You can feel the easing of motor stress and moves quicker up incline
OliverH Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 2 hours ago, Paulandjacquelyn said: Ive been going to a park that basically is fairly long steep inclines up hills. I've found that "serpentine" movement (not like axle rose) on the euc significantly reduces stress on euc motor and it moves much easier up hill than "bulleting" straight up. All this talk of shutoffs has me being proactive to respect the euc. Are you a serpent or bullet? I do same going down steep hills also. I'm straight forward Vote for bullet. Having respect regarding technology is always good. We see the negative experience more often as we wish over here. I've thought about the serpentine style but than I assumed that the moment making th turnes will generate peaks and may be it's better to have a steady current.
Jurgen Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 17 hours ago, Paulandjacquelyn said: Ive been going to a park that basically is fairly long steep inclines up hills. I've found that "serpentine" movement (not like axle rose) on the euc significantly reduces stress on euc motor and it moves much easier up hill than "bulleting" straight up. All this talk of shutoffs has me being proactive to respect the euc. Are you a serpent or bullet? I do same going down steep hills also. the serpentine movement reduces the incline the EUC has to overcome, but it will take significantly longer: less chance for drawing too much current, but maybe a higher probability of overheating
Paulandjacquelyn Posted February 4, 2016 Author Posted February 4, 2016 The inclines I'm referencing are several hundred feet. I'm guessing straight up would put tremendous stress on unit thereby creating heat also I could be wrong but my ride, nb P, seems to cruise up easily with serpent movement and strain if straight. It takes very little sway to make a difference. Anyone ever cut out going on incline?
Gimlet Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 8 hours ago, Paulandjacquelyn said: Anyone ever cut out going on incline? Yes I had the mosfets burn out on my mcmv2s + when my eldest son was riding it in a group with my other son a friend and myself. It was on the long hill that comes out of our local city Bath and we were on the narrow pavement alongside a busy road so not much oportunity for zigzagging. We'd climbed for about a mile and it totally cut out just as we crossed a side road and he tried to climb the dropped curb to get back on the pavement. I was on an M10 my other son was on the M18 and the friend was on an IPS 132 so we weren't travelling particularly quickly. That was when my youngest son learnt to give piggy backs on the wheel to get us all back home whilst I carried the broken unit.
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