Yup, I had many failures before any successI still had fun playing with this stuff and learned a little at the same time. I won't give up on electric, I'll just delay it until the electric stuff gets easier and cheaper. I believe it took Edison several attempts to make a working light bulb. Yeah, no comparison!
The "problem" most folks run into with building an electric powered kart is they try to convert a big/huge/heavy kartyeah, l get the elctric thing, but unless l can do it cheap, it ain’t happening. This electric stuff isn’t cheap and freebies are rare ’round here.
Electric stuff is fun to play with, but l don’t take electric cars seriously.
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There is the problem. The "naughtagator" project is intended as a yard truck. its a flatbed heavy POS for hauling stuff around the "ranch", not a go fast kart. I used gearing 24:1 which proved to be about right. It actually works, if you don't mind driving around WOT with no speed control or practical way of shutting it off. It was just ON when the PWM failed. So, I'll save the hardware for another project for a later date.The "problem" most folks run into with building an electric powered kart is they try to convert a big/huge/heavy kart
...& then, to make matters worse, these type karts usually have big wheels.
So if the shaft were to be cut, the threaded hole in the shaft would also be cut off as well, right?Go away Kevin, he is firmly ours now back on the side of good and light!
If the engine pto shaft is a little too long you can just cut some off. For a machinist like you that should be a breeze with all them fancy tools. Or I could just loan you my hacksaw.
Yeah, maybe. You'll have to hand drill it or take the crank out and use a lathe. I can just picture some "less experienced" young people breaking a tap off in the end of the crankshaft!!!You just drill the hole and tap deeper in the center of the shaft before you cut off the needed amount off the end of the shaft. Easy.
That’s how you get an education and learn what doesn’t work though.I understand that, where there is a will there is a way. I’ve done plenty of stuff the hard way in my younger days as l’m sure you have. Some times the hard way leads to sketchy workmanship with disastrous results. (PVC and wood frames for example)
Us seasoned citizens just prefer to see things done the right way the first time. I hate repairing something where l settled for good enough only to find out its not.
Without a doubt! At least the payments get spread over several years. Unfortunately there is no government vote buying, er ah, I mean loan forgiveness program.Probably a more expensive education than Harvard, Princeton, or Yale.