Electric go-kart?

[Herpderplol]

Hey! It's been quite a while since i have been on here, i still love my blaster, many of you know as the green 2003, I'm planning on changing that back to the stock black plastics soon, maybe when it warms up a lil'.

I have also come up with a new plan, i want to try making an electric go-kart. I have looked at these on youtube.com for a long time, but now I think I'm going to try it (hoping, my mom might say no ). I drew up a simple frame picture i will post down farther, I'm guessing the best motor will be either an electric golf cart motor or an electric forklift motor (being that one is found decently priced). I'm guessing the hardest part will be mother approval and getting a nice motor for a good price. ALSO I would have to have a lengthy discussion with my grandpa about wielding aluminum or steal, and hoping he will help me find the materials as he was a wielder in past years. I'm hoping to make aluminum frame with a rack-n-pinion steering as the other types are not as nice, reliable, or cosmetically appealing. I'm not completely done with the drawing, so I will finish that up soon enough (have plenty of time at school ). Another thing I'm worried about is the cost of batteries and selecting the right ones, I found a forum that tells mostly everything I need to know about choosing so I hope that helps.

Reply with comments or questions, I hope this will fly with my parents.
If not, we own two blasters and have two extra frames... So maybe an electric blaster/ go-kart thingy.
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[Awk08]

sounds like a cool project !

 

[Herpderplol]

My brother and i built our school's electric car, I wasn't technically old enough yet so I am no longer on that part of tech club, but hope I can get help from my teacher for wiring and possible wielding.

 

[Awk08]

how bout some solar panel battery charging action ??

 

[Herpderplol]

Solar powered, or a solar battery charger?

 

[Awk08]

Solar powered, or a solar battery charger?

charger, even a little would help ?
might save a long walk someday ?

12V Solar Panel Battery Charger & Maintainer S-1113

 

[Herpderplol]

charger, even a little would help ?
might save a long walk someday ?

12V Solar Panel Battery Charger & Maintainer S-1113

Hmm... That would be nice for charging, put those on the roof of our shed and run wires down, or... I wonder if it would work to leave those hooked up when it was running, like charging while driving... I don't think it would work, but that would be awesome.

The hardest thing will be batteries... Deep cycle8-|? Lithium? Idk...

 

[Awk08]

i'd think there is a way to use the chargers right on the cart, charging all the time while outside

 

[Herpderplol]

The best and nicest thing for me would be... Having a friend that had some of the same interests as me . My best friend like four wheeler's (can't shift ^_^), biking and little bit of computer stuff. Me- 2-stroke four wheeler's, biking, computers, programming, electronics, etc... I just need someone to help/support what I do is all...

 

[Herpderplol]

Updated picture

 

[Awk08]

/\ better add design and drawing to that list of hobbies !!!

and a freind to help is a double edged sword, i get way more work done alone, and way more bullshittin done when someone else is in the shop with me, LOL

 

[Herpderplol]

That's true, but if i need advice or help doing parts or making a decision it's different. And if they enjoyed building as much as i want to do this, there would be no bullshitting untill we were going down the highway on it

 

[Herpderplol]

I think before I do this project, I might clean up my blaster real nice. Take out the engine and pressure wash the frame off (there's some oil that leaked when i went down our neighbors sandpit... oops). I just want to clean her up and maybe check everything on it, i need to check the crank in my crank case from when I snapped my chain (sealed with quik-steel, so it should be alright). And i want my original black plastics on, I should have spent more time doing the green better, but i got lazy a quit, I regret that....

 

[Larry's Shee]

 

[Herpderplol]

KillaCycle - New World Record !!!!!!!!! - YouTube

Have you seen the white zombie drag car?

 

[Herpderplol]

I figured I should update this as I made a new design earlier.

Using blaster a-arms, shocks, tires, and a swing arm possibly. I was given the idea and then i figured why not? as we have all the parts for it, just cut the mounts off the blaster frame and weld them onto a kart frame for the easy way out (not to mention it wont be as ghetto).

Let me know what you think of the new design
Comments, questions, or what ever.

(Hoping to get CAD 3D modeling software on my computer soon)

 

[Blaaster]

Dunno what voltage motor you are going to use, but that battery configuration is going to supply 55+ volts.

 

[Herpderplol]

Batteries come in 12v here, so it would be 48 volts. Motor probably be 24v, i read you can double the power and it will be fine, or a 36v engine

 

[Blaaster]

Batteries come in 12v here, so it would be 48 volts. Motor probably be 24v, i read you can double the power and it will be fine, or a 36v engine

Not having a shot at you, but 12 volt batteries meter out at 13.8 volts.

Configurations of batteries in series add the voltages, so 4 in series will be 55.2 volts.

You dump that over a 24 volt motor and it will run very strong until the smoke bubble bursts.

Running a lower voltage motor over voltage causes excessive current to be drawn resulting in overheating, excessive battery discharge, overheating of controllers and wiring, eventually death.

 

[Herpderplol]

You dump that over a 24 volt motor and it will run very strong until the smoke bubble bursts.

Motors can be doubled most of the time, But yeh i guess they arnt exact...

Finding a 36v motor would be fine then, the forum i found said motor can be doubled on voltage without frying right away, any more and they would burn up pretty fast... It's a work in progress, i will need some assistance with making decisions on a few things.