QinetiX GmbH in Germany manufactures a motor and controller combined in one case to lower weight and simplify installation. Their QPD-40, shown at the Aero Friedrichshafen E-Flight Expo and on their web page, seems to exemplify those goals. Its 12 kilogram (26.4 pound) weight and 40 kilowatt (53.6 hp.) output gives it a power-to-weight ratio of 3.2 kilowatts per kilogram (2 horsepower per pound).
Running on 60 Volts at a maximum 680 Amperes, the motor produces 212 Newton-meters (156.4 foot-pounds) of torque, swinging a propeller at only 1,800 rpm, allowing for quiet operation. The liquid-cooled stator and power electronics will require some form of heat exchanger, but probably with fairly low cooling drag overall.
Only 90 millimeters (3.54 inches) thick and around a foot in diameter, the motor should fit neatly into streamlined propeller spinners. Other uses in automobiles and wind turbines present hopeful potential applications for this neatly-packaged motor.
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This is a perfect HP for what I need!!
If the price is right I would buy one or more! Keep me informed on this great little motor.
Thanks ,John Low
Excellent specs. I would be very interested in finding out more about this.
I am engineering an oscillating winged ornithopter and this motor will work perfect. All enclosed electronics. A new day for flying enthusiast. auclaims@gmail.com
(Editor’s Question: Can you supply more information on your ornithopter design?)