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Originally Posted by freebeard
It's nice to see a running vehicle.
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Just to answer a couple questions - again I don't want to get off track here.
The original vehicle was the Cushman Trakster. The original design did float, but this one's "bathtub" was so abused and cut up, it would be a major amount of work to fix. I've already done a huge amound of fiberglass repair work just to fix the structural integrity.
The tests were run at a "fast walk" - about 3mph or so, using roughly 12V per motor. Calculations based on the motor's voltage capability are in the 18mph > 20mph range. So far all my calcs are very close.
Right now I'm designing the BMS for a 1/2 Nissan Leaf Lithium Ion battery pack for it. I'm also making a double H-bridge 4 quadrant controller for it. The original vehicle was very easy to control - I'm going to make this one even easier.
- E*clipse