0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Ok you guys that have been around! Your all looking for good FNR solutions, and I am sure you have tried electric reversers. Give us noobies all the dirt. I want to know every downside there is to an electric reverser.
My setup worked great for the 2 years I ran the design, I just wished I could have geared it lower so it would have worked better, but I already had a 14" diameter flywheel so I couldn't go any bigger, but doing it over now I would run a jackshaft to get a lower ratio with smaller sprockets. If your wanting a stout electric reverse, I would use a winch motor, will be slow as hell, but it will get you out of anything....The guys at edge built a pretty cool unit, it's prob. got a lower ratio since their running it off the front sprocket..
So knowing its limitations..... Overall you were not extremely upset about the way it worked? It would get you out of the parking spot ok?
I believe you could get a dial to adjust how much power you put to it so you could vary the speed.....
you could hook up a winch directly to the driveline off a sprag gear, so it would freespin one way and ingauge the other. There is a perfect little gear in the busa that you can look at if you wanna get a good idea, it is attached to the end of the crank and is used to ingauge the starter motor. I had one in my hand the other day, weighs a couple pounds and only like 4" in diameter, would be perfect for a winch type setup where the drive gear doesn't automatically retract like a starter. I've still got the sprag here, I could take some pics of it if you don't have one handy..
Yah, I had an idea for the reduction, that wouldn't require hooking up to the MC engine, and wouldn't require a large flywheel. I was thinking of laser cutting a sprocket profile that would directly engage with the 50 chain profile of the rear sprocket. It would be say 12 tooth (they would look like chain rollers not teeth), and on a shaft with a 6" gear connected to the electric motor. The whole thing would be pivoted with a lever to engage/disengage from the drive sprocket. Then the reverse motor not have to have a clutch as you were saying.