OT: difference between scooter and cordless drill motors?

Aug 22, 2006 0 Replies

Electric powered scooters have motors like this.



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What's the difference between that and modern cordless drill motor?



Size and weight? Obviously cordless drill motors are smaller/lighter. Is that due to higher quality and miniaturization? Or do scooter motors have to be big/heavy?



Power and efficiency?



I'm wondering why a scooter motor has a DC motor controller with a big aluminum heatsink. What sort of motor controller does a modern cordless drill include? Why doesn't it require the same?



Apparently cordless drill motors are powerful, at least the way they are geared. Scooter motors use a belt/chain.



As far as I can tell, given the revolutions per minute, the speed using either motor would be about the same (the scooter motor as assembled and the cordless drill motor driving a wheel directly from the chuck).



What about back pressure on the drill motor? Usually that doesn't happen like with a scooter motor.



I don't necessarily need all that answered, any comments or insights are welcome.



Thank you.


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