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Campus Commuter
First purchased a nonrunning electric kids gokart for $60 on facebook marketplace
Inspired by my friends who compete in the power racing series, I set out to make a gokart that I could commute to work on and stash inside my dorm.
Skills learned
-Mig Welding
-Manual Lathe
-Manual Milling
-Spot Welding
-Basic Circuit Design
-inverter Configuration
-Building BOM
-Battery health monitoring
-Calculating Speed and torque based on motor kv values, gear ratios, and power draw
Gokart clawing its way into the truck
Manually milled a wider keyway to standard size
Rewired battery to use bluetooth Daly BMS
Soldered 10g pvc coated phase wires to allow for high power input.
3 Part printed mount solution of inverter, dcdc converter, and battery power monitor
Motor Mount, Axle, Pillow Blocks, battery, Motor Controller, Brake mount, and Rotor mount all custom
Designed a printed battery enclosure with tpu cushion layer and embedded hex bolts for hot swapping.
Drilled and tapped a sprocket hub to mount 190mm mountain bike rotor
LV Electronics Suite
PWM Dimmed high/lowbeam headlights
Lightbar acts as low
High beam pod lights are mounted to steering knuckles so they turn with you.
Horn for safety
Tensioning Motor Mount
Bent Stainless steel component that allows for easy motor tensioning
Coming soon: Hardstop / bolt to set motor tensnion instead of manually pulling tension
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