Motor size for holiday projects!

[youngengineer]

Hi everyone, so the summer holidays are here again and I don't want to be sat in all the time! Last year me and a friend worked on a gokart virtually every day!! This year I've decided to do it again but hopefully a more successful go kart!

Back to the subject, I've decided to build an electric go kart from wood and scrap I can find. What size motor would use say is ideal, I'm in the UK and we want about 10-15mph but decent torque so we can carry weight. I wondered about an 24v 800w motor?? Any ideas appreciated and I will later make a thread about the gokart itself.

Thanks Will

PS. I can still build even though I've broke my wrist and collar in a bike crash.

 

[ML-TOYS]

I will sit back and observe this one

 

[landuse]

Welcome back. Have you got any pics of the one you worked on last year? I know you are still young and don't really have money, but a wooden kart is not the safest thing around. I would still have to suggest getting a used frame somewhere.

If you are determined to do wood, then we will help you out as much as we can to make it as safe as possible. Please listen to our criticism though if we do give it. The members here know what is possible or not

 

[youngengineer]

Thank you! Unfortunately I don't, my grandad has some so I will try and get them i dont have much money, only a paper round so we were thinking something like this maybe...

 

[landuse]

Thank you! Unfortunately I don't, my grandad has some so I will try and get them i dont have much money, only a paper round so we were thinking something like this maybe...

Have you got plans for those?

 

[youngengineer]

No, that's our first thing....draw plans up

 

[landuse]

I still have reservations about using wood, but maybe you can adapt THESE plans to run with electric

 

[youngengineer]

Thanks but we used wood last time and we were fine, we could carry 10kg slabs

 

[landuse]

Thanks but we used wood last time and we were fine, we could carry 10kg slabs

Did you look at the plans I linked??

 

[youngengineer]

Am doing now

 

[landuse]

They will obviously need to be altered, reinforced extensively etc. As long as you will be going slow (like 10mph) and the motor is not too strong, you should probably be OK