We must be using different terminology. As best I understood it, the hub is the center of the wheel where the axle connects. The hubcap covers the hub. And I thought that hub motors are in the same basic location as the hubcap, with either the stator or rotor in the wheel and the other half in the axle.
Unsprung weight is the wheels and that which is fixed to them. Sprung weight is the frame and that which is fixed to it. The springs connect the two. Components, such as axles, that are fixed to both frame and wheels contribute some of their weight to each. At absolute best, an axle motor would be partially sprung and partially unsprung. But once you put the motor in the wheel, in the hub, it's entirely unsprung. b& On May 18, 2015, at 8:35 AM, Mark Grasser via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Hub motors are sprung, they are in the hub, which is sprung, as in sprung > weight. > > . > > -----Original Message----- > From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Peri Hartman via EV > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 11:27 AM > To: Ben Goren; Willie2; Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Open Source Street-Legal affordable long-range > EV4the masses > > Maybe they have short axles and aren't truly hub motors? > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Ben Goren via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > To: "Willie2" <wmckem...@gmail.com>; "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" > <ev@lists.evdl.org> > Sent: 18-May-15 8:24:54 AM > Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Open Source Street-Legal affordable long-range > EV4the masses > >> On May 18, 2015, at 8:14 AM, Willie2 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >> >>> The URL posted for the car indicates that the hub motor(s) are >>> sprung. >> >> Huh? How on Earth is _that_ supposed to work? >> >> b& >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA >> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
