| Owner | Andy Wade | ||
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| Location | Bristol, England United Kingdom map | ||
| Vehicle | 2004 Sakura S200 Pedal-electric moped / scooter type thing. | ||
| Motor | unknown Brushless DC Stock 200 Watt hub motor AFAIK | ||
| Drivetrain | Hub motor, gearless bicycle pedals-and-chain. | ||
| Controller | Stock controller AFAIK | ||
| Batteries | 2, 36.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, Gel 1 x stock lead-acid battery for main system 1 custom unit made out of 10 x dry cells for lights and indicators | ||
| System Voltage | 36 Volts | ||
| Charger | Stock charger | ||
| Heater | warm trousers | ||
| DC/DC Converter | None - Lights & indicators powered by dry cells which are in turn charged by solar panels. This saves juice for acceleration and range. | ||
| Instrumentation | comes with super-basic, uncalibrated battery voltmeter and ammeter in dashboard | ||
| Top Speed | 15 MPH (24 KPH) Limited by UK law to 15 mph :-( | ||
| Acceleration | Not too bad, now I've eliminated the DC-DC converter. | ||
| Range | 15 Miles (24 Kilometers) While book range is 15-20 miles, I try not to take mine further than 12 miles or so to maintain battery condition. I have taken it 17.4 miles when deliberately deep-cycling battery / performing range test, but started running out of power at 15. | ||
| Watt Hours/Mile | 34 Wh/Mile 36v * 14 amps = 504 watt-hours for 15 miles. So 504 / 15 = 33.6 Whr/Mile. That's in the region of 800 miles per gallon! (calculation based on the Toyota Rav4) | ||
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| Seating Capacity | 2 very thin adults | ||
| Curb Weight | 88 Pounds (40 Kilograms) 40 kilos | ||
| Tires | 20 inch | ||
| Additional Features | Have replaced wet cell used for lights and indicators with 10 x AA dry cells in a Maplins battery pack. This is powered from onboard solar panels. Have a bicycle speedometer on it now too. | ||
| Tried building a supplementary battery to make it go faster and better, but it didn't work due to duffo cells. Might replace lead-acid with a dry cell when it eventually dies, then again I might not. Problem is, it doesn't have a proper speedometer, hence hard to upgrade to a street-legal 50cc equivelant. I'm also considering further solarisation; possibly using a power-drill battery to extend range / performance a bit. I'm really sick of being catcalled by rednecks! It's a nice little town machine as it is although range could be better; you get used to the low speed but not the occasional catcall by brain-dead hayseeds and incredibly poor driving of the average motorist, sadly. If everyone drove one of these and just put up with the slightly poorer performance, it would just about solve all our problems! Global warming would stop and the terrorists would just about go bust. Stupid humans! | |||
2004 Sakura S200
“Morris”
Last Updated 02-14-2008
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