Why not put a blade on it and mow the lawn at the same time. That is funny.
________________________________ From: EV <ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org> on behalf of brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 12:11 AM To: ev@lists.evdl.org Cc: brucedp5 Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: diy Selby 6whl 24V ts:8mph> (free-range pork-sausage) (v) https://hackaday.com/2018/08/25/the-electric-vehicles-of-electromagnetic-field-the-selby/ The Electric Vehicles Of Electromagnetic FIeld: The Selby August 25, 2018 Jenny List [images https://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/the-selby-featured.jpg https://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/hacky-racer-profiles_-the-selby-by-michael-west-0-50-screenshot.png View of motors fed with 24 V driving the rear wheels (two 12V group 24 PbSO4 sealed batteries) videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3slBr4n9g8 Hacky Racer Profiles: The Selby by Michael West Mark Mellors Aug 16, 2018 https://youtu.be/O3slBr4n9g8 Hacky Racer Profiles: The Selby by Michael West ] A couple of weekends ago on a farm in rural England with a cider orchard and a very good line in free-range pork sausages, there was the first get-together of the nascent British Hacky Racers series of competitions for comedic small electric vehicles. At the event, (Mark Mellors) shot a set of video interviews with each of the attendees asking them to describe their vehicles in detail, and we’d like to present the first of them here. The Selby is unique among all the Hacky Racers in being a six-wheeler. It’s the creation of (Michael West) of MK Makerspace, and it bears a curious resemblance to a pair of PowaKaddy golf buggies grafted together. The resulting vehicle has four driven wheels and two steering wheels, and though it is hardly a speedy machine this extra drive gives it what is probably the most hefty pulling power of all the contestants. In the video below it appears without bodywork, but we are told that something impressive will sit upon it when it appears at Electromagnetic Field. I should own up, that the Selby is a familiar to Hackaday, as I’m also an MK Makerspace member. I’ve seen it progress from two worn-out golf trolleys to its current state, and seen first hand some of the engineering challenges that has presented. The PowaKaddy buggies of that vintage are extremely well-engineered, with a Curtis controller that is still comfortably within spec even when driving four motors instead of two. Unusually for a Hacky Racer the power comes from a pair of huge lead-acid batteries, as these were the power source supplied with the PowaKaddy from new and it made little sense to change them. Gearing is fixed at golf-course speeds, and braking comes from a pair of brakes fitted on the motors. The motors themselves are simple DC affairs, with significant weatherproofing. Cutting and shutting the two PowaKaddys was straightforward enough, but introduced a warp to the chassis that was solved by your Hackaday scribe hanging on the end of a lever formed from a long piece of 4-by-2 while (Mike) and friends stood on the other end of the Selby. As a driving experience it’s exciting enough but lacks the speed of some of its competitors. Where it really comes into its own though is off-road, as the multi-wheel drive and broad treaded tyres power it across mud and offer powersliding opportunities on wet grass. We’ve covered a couple of Hacky Racers so far in our mini-series on the Electric Vehicles of Electromagnetic Field, and we’ll bring you a few more before the event. Meanwhile feast your eyes on a Sinclair C5, and an Austin 7 inspired mobility scooter conversion. [© hackaday.com] + https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a22790905/the-raider-is-an-offroad-scooter-for-soldiers/ The 'Raider' Is an Offroad Scooter for Soldiers Aug 21, 2018 279 HD4 weighs 250 pounds and can carry 462 pounds or two fully equipped soldiers. Two 1200 watt electric motors drive the EZRaider to speeds of up 43 miles an hour, and a 60 volt, 3000 watt hour battery allows it to travel up to 24 miles on a single charge ... https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/screen-shot-2018-08-21-at-11-16-11-am-1534875411.png For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20180831/fdfe8095/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
