Recent content by soilsamplerbill

Communication, lol

So you don't think that could cause what you experienced ( lack of regenerative braking). I guess I was thinking that you charge your battery to a higher voltage than what the controller was set to limit regen drag charging. I'm like you though, rather give up a little speed and have it all...

Well, I wasn't really suggesting that. I was referring to your lack of braking at the first of the run. If, let's say your battery is fully charged and you start off on a long steep downhill run, would the regenerative braking work? All that energy has to go somewhere and if the battery is fully...

That's a very nice job. Looks much cleaner. I was at a friend's house Friday night. He worked for a electric lift truck manufacturer and was telling me about how they are set up. He said that field weakening was an popular option that could be ordered. If he was still there I probably could...

Trying to work on it with my grandson so that slows things down some but he's loving it. I found out the kart was supposed to include an engine mount, so I was able to get that to make mounting the motor easier. Also had my nephew cut a motor mount on his plasma. It has holes that match up with...

I had an epiphany. If the battery has high enough voltage, the controller will not allow it to be charged further, therefore no regen??? When regen does activate in field weakening state is it less violent when you ease off the throttle slowly?

When I was about 12 years old, my uncle gave me his old racing kart frame. When he raced it, he used (2) West Bend 910 2 stroke engines (18 hp). My grandfather gave me an old Briggs & Stratton 9/10 hp (yes, nine tenths of a hp) horizontal shaft engine. Had no way to know the speed, but it was...

It's now acting like my Hellcat. 1st gear was useless on the street. I think you can go with a much higher gear ratio. I know you have a 14T. do you have anything larger for the motor or smaller than 44T for the axle? You video looked like 49 was top speed and it was spinning like mad on...

As soon as I get some enough parts in, I will start the project and posting of progress with photos.

I assume that's the ME1719 on the cart. Looks like it's got plenty of torque. The ME1717 looks pretty clean. Good luck with it.

The nuts hold the housing in place and allow for tightening or loosening the cable (sets the free play). Judging from the photo, I would say that you would not be able to tighten them any more from that end of the cable. Edit Sorry, I realize now that the photo is from EpsilonZero but the answer...

Hi Everyone, Building an Electric Power Unit for a Top Kart frame for my grandson. Already have garnered a lot of info form EpsilonZero. Thanks