What Fusion Power means to the Project

[nuke11]

You should be researching in-hub electric drive motors. These are the current trend in hybrid electric wheeled AFV's. They have also been tested for tracked vehicles as well.

They replace a standard AFV wheel hub. They are based on a 100kW continuous traction motor with a liquid cooled brake inside the hub.

Also from about 8 years ago the E-Drive Stryker is a good research project as well.

[mmartin798]

Felt obligated to do the math and stuck with the HEMTT A4, since I have all the specs I need for the calculations. Looking at maximum torque at the wheels; taking into account the engine torque, transmission and transfer case gear ratios; we get a total torque at the wheels of 15 252 Nm or 1906 Nm per wheel, since you can just divide it if you are assuming straight line thrust.

Looking at some Moog DB-22000 series motors, this puts us right in the middle of the pack. If we go with a DB-22000-E at each wheel, we get 2539 Nm of torque in a package that is 181 lbs and measures 5" in diameter and is 5.15" long. Since this is a frameless motor, we can add about another 5" or so for the frame, cooling system and other monitoring and diagnostic components and still fit inside the 17" rim with room to spare. If we assume the mass of each motor goes up to 250 lbs each, we only top out at 2000 lbs, which is about 1000 lbs less than the diesel it would replace.

Since the HEMTT A4 has the same performance specs, twice the axels and twice the mass of a V-150, the motors for a V-150 would probably be the same size with a proportional weight savings.

[nuke11]

I'm under 2 lines of thought for fusion conversion of a vehicle at the moment, leaning towards option I.

Option I conversion: simply take out the internal combustion engine and add fusion power source, electric motor and conversion plate to the existing transmission and drive train. Quick and simple conversion that does not require major alterations to the vehicle.

Option II conversion: this one is based on in-hub electric drive motors at all wheels. Take out the internal combustion engine, transmission and most of the drive train. Modify the wheel hubs and suspension.

Note: "Fusion power source' would include inverter(s), possible storage batteries.

[tsofian]

I like the idea of going whole hog and using hub motors.

I assume there is some battery power available, but since the fusion plant runs all the time there is less need for them. I'd say that one thing all Morrow vehicles include is an electrical patch panel that allows the many hookups that could be valuable