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Joe,
Believe it or not that's how I came to buy an Elec-trak, i.e., I was
looking for an alternative to the toys that I knew wouldn't work in my deep
grass sloping yard. My EV had been under water and I was afraid of
the coarseness of the original control scheme anyway, so I substituted a
"Scoota" controller from http://www.4qd.co.uk/ . From the
kids' perspective it's a major success, but from my perspective it's a
supervision nightmare! I.e., I didn't realize that I
was creating a "toy" that could push over my garage if the kids
weren't careful. So I think your idea of starting with something
smaller and lighter is GOOD...Bob
>>> "SolidTech" <SolidTech qwest net> 6/25/2002 1:18:36 PM >>> All, Hoping for some thoughts on feasibility (and refinement) of the idea of making a "better than retail" kid car. I know there's the plastic electric vehicles you can buy at your local toy/department store. They always seem a bit pricy for the mostly plastic thing they are. So... I was contemplating a simple go-cart style vehicle with 1/2/3 batteries, a controller, and an appropriate motor. I was checking in my shop and I have a 50 VDC nominal motor (that came out of a 9-track computer tape drive made by DEC) and I see there's various controllers on eBay. Questions: Is that electric motor (Ametek brand) even appropriate for the task? What would be a reasonable number/size of batteries? What would be appropriate for a controller? thoughts? - - joe Joseph Rock E-15 & MagnaTrac Hydro 5000 in Colorado |