I would like to have some help, i got a childs car that i want to upgrade using 2x 350W electric scooter wheels
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jetpackjbd
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Do the scooter wheels bolt into the old wheel locations? It may be easier to install the scooter wheels where the original wheels didn’t get powered (such as the steered wheels).
If they don’t bolt into existing holes, you’ll have to make your own. Is the frame plastic or metal? If it’s plastic you might be out of luck; the wheels will come off or brake the frame.
As for powering, that’s a bit tricky. I’m trying something similar with a 3 wheeled scooter, you need to have two seperate motor controllers, one for each motor. You can connect the two motor controllers to the same battery and throttle though, so it’ll function like normal.
Keep in mind, you won’t be able to reuse the original power wheels battery. ~800W power draw is pretty significant. If you don’t have a battery that’ll work already, I recommend looking on batteryhookup.com. They’ve got cheap used battery packs, either premade or with cells you use to make a pack yourself. Two scooter batteries wired together should also work as well.
Also, the picture you sent is one motor wheel and one regular wheel, just want to make sure you’ve got two motors, right?
If they don’t bolt into existing holes, you’ll have to make your own. Is the frame plastic or metal? If it’s plastic you might be out of luck; the wheels will come off or brake the frame.
As for powering, that’s a bit tricky. I’m trying something similar with a 3 wheeled scooter, you need to have two seperate motor controllers, one for each motor. You can connect the two motor controllers to the same battery and throttle though, so it’ll function like normal.
Keep in mind, you won’t be able to reuse the original power wheels battery. ~800W power draw is pretty significant. If you don’t have a battery that’ll work already, I recommend looking on batteryhookup.com. They’ve got cheap used battery packs, either premade or with cells you use to make a pack yourself. Two scooter batteries wired together should also work as well.
Also, the picture you sent is one motor wheel and one regular wheel, just want to make sure you’ve got two motors, right?
Chalo
100 TW
The scooter wheels are for two-sided mounting, but all six of the car's wheels are mounted on only one side. I think that's the main problem you're going to have to reconcile. Maybe you can retrofit arched "forks" attached to the front kingpins in place of the wheel spindles.
There's not a lot of overlap in the Venn diagram of people who would want to do this project, and people who are capable of finishing this project to a satisfactory level.
There's not a lot of overlap in the Venn diagram of people who would want to do this project, and people who are capable of finishing this project to a satisfactory level.
jetpackjbd
100 W
Yeah, hoverboard wheels would be better suited for this, but I’m sure the scooter wheels could work as is if they’re not carrying a lot of weight
chuyskywalker
10 kW
I did up a powerwheels replacing the rear tires with these:
Had to manufacture a way to mount them, but you can find cheap hoverboards around which will have mounting plates you could likely repurpose since they all use roughly the same standard.
Gonna be a bit off having to replace just one set of the two rear tires, might not sit right.
Some folks will simply overvolt the motors and that can work, for a while, but they over heat pretty easily (usually around 18v) and burn out. There are cooling sleeves you can add which help a bit, if you want to remain relatively stock.
You could also considered replacing the internal DC motors with something more powerful, but it's often difficult to get one that will fit properly, and even if you do, the plastic gearing in these setups isn't nessecarily designed to handle speed, so there's a potential that you can actually melt/break the plastic gears.
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What I will say is that, if you want to really beef these kinds of things up, you are 100% looking down the barrel at some level of fabrication and some serious DIY work. Simpler work can net some extra fun out of these, but there's only so far you can go before it's all custom work.
Had to manufacture a way to mount them, but you can find cheap hoverboards around which will have mounting plates you could likely repurpose since they all use roughly the same standard.
Gonna be a bit off having to replace just one set of the two rear tires, might not sit right.
Some folks will simply overvolt the motors and that can work, for a while, but they over heat pretty easily (usually around 18v) and burn out. There are cooling sleeves you can add which help a bit, if you want to remain relatively stock.
You could also considered replacing the internal DC motors with something more powerful, but it's often difficult to get one that will fit properly, and even if you do, the plastic gearing in these setups isn't nessecarily designed to handle speed, so there's a potential that you can actually melt/break the plastic gears.
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What I will say is that, if you want to really beef these kinds of things up, you are 100% looking down the barrel at some level of fabrication and some serious DIY work. Simpler work can net some extra fun out of these, but there's only so far you can go before it's all custom work.
Chalo
100 TW
All the more reason to make it 6WD.
What type off wheels should i get i got a budget around 500€, and do i still need to do a lot of DIY work?
If i would get 6 hoverboard wheels, do i also need 6 controllers then?, and what speeds am i thinking of?
The frame is a part plastic and a part metal, it is very strong because it has a loading weight of 110kg.
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