Thread: electric billy/go kart

Hi perthnovice,
If by chance an electric car is what you refer to. I have some information. I am doing similiar for my no 2 grandson. It started out for no 1 grandson but 7 years has elapsed and the kid is nearly in high school.

Running gear other than the motor is what you seek if I read correctly.
Wheels -plastic rim -rubber tyre pneumatic wheel barrow wheels,I got them from super cheap years ago.
Steering- Kingpin type using 20mm nuts and allthread
and some round bar and 25 x 6 flat.
Drive is by bicycle chain and sprocket from motor.

No plans though all just chook scratchings on the bench top. Google up Real Life toys for inspiration.
Cheers
Grahame

Oatley Electronics has alot of good hardware for this sort of thing. They have a cheap 24v motor ( with gearbox and bike chain sprocket), speed controls and motorcycle throttle(if that is how you want to control the speed.
Sounds like a fun project. Good luck with it.
I wish my dad had made ME one.....lol

hey guys thanks for the replies seems i may have not made myself clear and dont worry it isnt the first time my fingers type what my brain didnt say anyway what i was after was a plan for a chassis one where all four wheels need to have fixing either side just the way a bicycle has once i have that basic shape i can adapt it to the right length and width i havent really thought about brakes yet and i still have the motorbike grip accelerator from the old scooters so should be able to adapt that to fit
but i will look up real life toys and see how i go for plans

cheer's guys
neil

Sounds like you are considering using one motor to drive one wheel, and same on the other side. Your drive wheels are then independently powered? That might work, if you can make sure equal drive is being applied to each side, otherwise you'll be steering with the drive wheels! Are you driving the bike wheels via their standard sprockets, as in each one seperately? Could be a ratchet problem, one will work & one won't, because of direction. Overall it might be better to just drive both wheels with one motor, by fixing an axle between the two. Mind you that's easier said than done... I've tried and the axle kept snapping off the weld, because of the hardened metal used in bike hubs and sprockets.
Here are a few links that may be helpful with configurations, but not actually electrically driven:
http://www.americanspeedster.com/
http://www.thegrannybike.com/quadcyc..._pictures.html
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classr...uadcycles.html


Cheers,

hi andy yeah never thought of the drive direction issue oh well better to get it nutted out here than have to repair another window in the shed
(another story) but i will go check out those links now and let you know how i go this is like everything i guess you think up the idea yeah that will work should only take a day or two YEAH RIGHT two years ago i bought a car the exact same make and model even the same colour to restore with my son so far it is in primer trust me to have to buy a car that has no manufacturer left in the states and is the only model of that car that most parts were never made for i'd like to find that mongrel who said life wasnt meant to be easy just for info it a 1969 oldsmobile delta 88 royale 2 door hardtop 7.5L 455CI ahhh one day