johnny_261
100 µW
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2015
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Hi Everyone,
I've built a working pro-type of an electric skatecyle. Took it for some testing yesterday and so far so good. Works very well on flat surfaces - haven't tried it up any hills yet.
Haven't gone very fast on it yet as my riding skills are still sketchy. Anyways, now that I know it works I'm going to work on packaging it up to make it look a little cleaner. Maybe add some lighting to make it look cool in the dark.
Anyways that aside, my mind is now starting to move onto a next project. What I'd really like to build is a board that can drift. When I say drift, I mean like a real car. I want both real wheels spinning with minimal traction so the back end slides out and then the front end controls direction (For the most part). In order to make this happen, what I'm envision is a board with a pivot in the middle, so that steering can be controlled not only by leaning, but also by rotation of the front or rear foot. Similar to how you steer a skatecycle or a snakeboard. Except I think I only need one pivot point as opposed to two. To get a good drift, both rear wheels need to be spinning and I was thinking of putting some abs piping over the wheels to reduce traction. The front wheel(s) would also need a drive mechanism as they would essentially be what is propelling the board forward to sustain a drift. The rear wheels will provide some forward momentum, but given they are going to mostly be spinning, it probably wouldn't be enough to sustain a long drift which is my goal.
With that concept in mind here are my questions:
- Are there any mechanisms out there that would work like a car axle so to speak. What I'm thinking is connecting a chain/belt drive to the motor and then the motor drives a gear/cog on the axle which then spins both wheels as the same time/same rate. Think of how a bike chain drive works except there are two wheels being driven instead of one.
- This is going to be a dual drive motor set up (one motor for the front and one for the rear). Any links on how to wire these? I only have used single motor so far, so don't really understand how wiring the transmitter works or the batteries. I would want to use two separate ESCs as I have one extra one lying around already. The batteries I'm currently using are two 3s batteries in series.
Also, I'm cheap. I but can weld and fab some simple steel stuff, so no expensive ideas! haha. I built the skatecycle out of my old ESB and scrap materials...so yeah, very cheap.
I've built a working pro-type of an electric skatecyle. Took it for some testing yesterday and so far so good. Works very well on flat surfaces - haven't tried it up any hills yet.
Haven't gone very fast on it yet as my riding skills are still sketchy. Anyways, now that I know it works I'm going to work on packaging it up to make it look a little cleaner. Maybe add some lighting to make it look cool in the dark.
Anyways that aside, my mind is now starting to move onto a next project. What I'd really like to build is a board that can drift. When I say drift, I mean like a real car. I want both real wheels spinning with minimal traction so the back end slides out and then the front end controls direction (For the most part). In order to make this happen, what I'm envision is a board with a pivot in the middle, so that steering can be controlled not only by leaning, but also by rotation of the front or rear foot. Similar to how you steer a skatecycle or a snakeboard. Except I think I only need one pivot point as opposed to two. To get a good drift, both rear wheels need to be spinning and I was thinking of putting some abs piping over the wheels to reduce traction. The front wheel(s) would also need a drive mechanism as they would essentially be what is propelling the board forward to sustain a drift. The rear wheels will provide some forward momentum, but given they are going to mostly be spinning, it probably wouldn't be enough to sustain a long drift which is my goal.
With that concept in mind here are my questions:
- Are there any mechanisms out there that would work like a car axle so to speak. What I'm thinking is connecting a chain/belt drive to the motor and then the motor drives a gear/cog on the axle which then spins both wheels as the same time/same rate. Think of how a bike chain drive works except there are two wheels being driven instead of one.
- This is going to be a dual drive motor set up (one motor for the front and one for the rear). Any links on how to wire these? I only have used single motor so far, so don't really understand how wiring the transmitter works or the batteries. I would want to use two separate ESCs as I have one extra one lying around already. The batteries I'm currently using are two 3s batteries in series.
Also, I'm cheap. I but can weld and fab some simple steel stuff, so no expensive ideas! haha. I built the skatecycle out of my old ESB and scrap materials...so yeah, very cheap.
