thanks, I'll definitely post back, with photos if possible... hopefully I can put it together on budget!
Just FYI, you can go out and buy a brand new 5HP powered kart for less than $1000.
If you are going to weld/build it yourself, you can either spend much less, or spend way more on cool accessories like fancier brakes, seat, etc.
If you are going to weld/build it yourself, you can either spend much less, or spend way more on cool accessories like fancier brakes, seat, etc.
Originally posted by: Eli
Indeed!Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Ever since I drove an old man's scooter, I've thought a gas-electric hybrid might make for a pretty fun go-kart.
That old man's scooter only had a top speed of about 5 mph but it got to that top speed almost instantly. And go karts with a top speed of around 30 mph would probably accelerate the worst from 0-5mph...
So uh...you might want to look at somehow adding a battery if you want a little extra kick. It might be safer than those rockets
One of my current projects is to hybridize my scooter... I want to be the first in the scooter community with a hybrid, 4-cycle scooter.
Okay...without going too far over my head, what's the general engineering involved in using two motors on the same wheel?
There's probably a dozen ways to do it, but the easiest would be to simply mount the motor next to the engine, lengthen the chain, and incorporate it into the drivetrain.Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Originally posted by: Eli
Indeed!Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Ever since I drove an old man's scooter, I've thought a gas-electric hybrid might make for a pretty fun go-kart.
That old man's scooter only had a top speed of about 5 mph but it got to that top speed almost instantly. And go karts with a top speed of around 30 mph would probably accelerate the worst from 0-5mph...
So uh...you might want to look at somehow adding a battery if you want a little extra kick. It might be safer than those rockets
One of my current projects is to hybridize my scooter... I want to be the first in the scooter community with a hybrid, 4-cycle scooter.
Okay...without going too far over my head, what's the general engineering involved in using two motors on the same wheel?
The electric motor would need to have a freewheel sprocket on the power takeoff, so it would freewheel when you weren't applying power to the electric motor.
On a go-kart, since the solid rear axle is usually live.. you could just put the electric motor on the opposite side the engine is on, and it would have it's own chain and sprocket.
It just depends on how you want to do it..
Superbike.co.uk has a video of a Gixxer powered Kart
115 ps (113 HP)
1100cc (in-line 4 DOHC)
135Kg (297 pounds)
This could make for interesting races
115 ps (113 HP)
1100cc (in-line 4 DOHC)
135Kg (297 pounds)
This could make for interesting races
This is what I figured. I just didn't know the parts were available to do so. Where do you find most of these things?
Used to be there were catalogs of the products you needed so you could make your own model rocket engines. A friend of mine and I were going to mount eight of them (Think Estes model rocket engines, two feet long and two or three inches in diameter) to our ten-speeds back in high school. I've heard now that a lot of the supplies needed are restricted since 9/11.
Originally posted by: Eli
Indeed!Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Ever since I drove an old man's scooter, I've thought a gas-electric hybrid might make for a pretty fun go-kart.
That old man's scooter only had a top speed of about 5 mph but it got to that top speed almost instantly. And go karts with a top speed of around 30 mph would probably accelerate the worst from 0-5mph...
So uh...you might want to look at somehow adding a battery if you want a little extra kick. It might be safer than those rockets
One of my current projects is to hybridize my scooter... I want to be the first in the scooter community with a hybrid, 4-cycle scooter.
Hybrid? Meh, I prefer raw and simple pure electric power:
http://teamcombustion.com/kart/kart019.jpg
Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Originally posted by: Eli
Indeed!Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Ever since I drove an old man's scooter, I've thought a gas-electric hybrid might make for a pretty fun go-kart.
That old man's scooter only had a top speed of about 5 mph but it got to that top speed almost instantly. And go karts with a top speed of around 30 mph would probably accelerate the worst from 0-5mph...
So uh...you might want to look at somehow adding a battery if you want a little extra kick. It might be safer than those rockets
One of my current projects is to hybridize my scooter... I want to be the first in the scooter community with a hybrid, 4-cycle scooter.
Hybrid? Meh, I prefer raw and simple pure electric power:
http://teamcombustion.com/kart/kart019.jpg
Meh...but how fast and fun can an electric be?
Heh you've never seen (and felt) the power of a large electric motor!
Torque available the instant you hit the start button that will twist a unibody in two.
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