Freelander 1 Freelander EV

Nodge68 said:

No on AG anyway.
How about 'Freelander E' ?

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Maybe, I'll think about it.

Alibro said:

Maybe, I'll think about it.

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Or just e-Lander

bukko said:

Or just e-Lander

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Also in the Maybe section

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Alibro said:

Pretty cool. 2.784MW of power would be enough.

You can be damn sure I'll not be putting it out to LZ to find a name for my Leccy Freelander.

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I'll save you thr trouble, it would be landy McLand-face.

Of the more serious names, I liked E-Lander, I'd already been thinking of the vehicle as an E-Lander as fr back as the days when I was coaching you on welding techniques... Since that's a solid mabye I've been brainstorming for another name, came up with "the Li-ioned Rover" as in Lithium Ion batteries? Dont tell me they are Lipos as that just ruins my wordsmanship.

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Alibro said:

Pretty cool. 2.784MW of power would be enough.

You can be damn sure I'll not be putting it out to LZ to find a name for my Leccy Freelander.

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I'll save you thr trouble, it would be landy McLand-face.

Of the more serious names, I liked E-Lander, I'd already been thinking of the vehicle as an E-Lander as fr back as the days when I was coaching you on welding techniques... Since that's a solid mabye I've been brainstorming for another name, came up with "the Li-ioned Rover" as in Lithium Ion batteries? Dont tell me they are Lipos as that just ruins my wordsmanship.

Jayridium said:

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I'll save you thr trouble, it would be landy McLand-face.

Of the more serious names, I liked E-Lander, I'd already been thinking of the vehicle as an E-Lander as fr back as the days when I was coaching you on welding techniques... Since that's a solid mabye I've been brainstorming for another name, came up with "the Li-ioned Rover" as in Lithium Ion batteries? Dont tell me they are Lipos as that just ruins my wordsmanship.

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FreeLIONder?

@Alibro Congratulations on the first drive!

First drive Full video this time.

Brilliant Ali, thanks for taking the time to share the problems as well as the success.
Hope the final sorting continues smoothly.

andyfreelandy said:

Brilliant Ali, thanks for taking the time to share the problems as well as the success.
Hope the final sorting continues smoothly.

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I always preferred videos and TV shows that were more realistic about problems and challenges so I try to be honest when making my own.

Good to see it moving under its own power Ali.

Nodge68 said:

Good to see it moving under its own power Ali.

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It was a big relief to finally get it going.

Amazing stuff. So exciting!

E-Lander works perfectly by the way.

kernowsvenski said:

Amazing stuff. So exciting!

E-Lander works perfectly by the way.

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I'm kinda leaning that way myself.

I've been putting off starting the new battery box for a few days because I wasn't sure how to do it.
Do I cut out 5 bits of steel and hot glue them together or do I cut it out as a single sheet and fold the sides up?
Option one means lots of cutting, welding and even more grinding probably resulting in bad warping.
Option two means a lot of effort bending 1.5mm steel sheet.
So I decided to try option two to see how it would go and to give myself a fighting chance I ran the grinder along the bend lines to 1/2mm or so.
This is the result after welding up the corners.



Now I have to figure out how to mount the battery modules in the box I've just made.

That's impressive.....

Kevm said:

That's impressive.....

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Cheers mate.
To be honest I thought it was going to be a mess but cutting half a mm or so along the edges to be bent made it fairly easy. I ran a bead of weld along the outside edges today just to be sure as the cut edges were weakened quite a lot.

I made the lid for the new battery box this evening.





Then test fitted it to make sure the bonnet didn't hit the HV box - we have approx 10mm clearance.





And that is AFTER cutting the sound deadening away.

Alibro said:

Then test fitted it to make sure the bonnet didn't hit the HV box - we have approx 10mm clearance.

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10mm is enough Ali.
Your power unit won't move that much, as long as you have the tie bars located.

I like that installation, it looks neat and tidy.