Betty Cam It’s not necessarily about hp, it’s about torque. For example, an antique steam car puts out only 20 or so hp, yet has 800 ft lbs of torque. You still need hp, but torque is the most important thing.
This is a good demonstration of why locomotive drive engines are electric. Perhaps this cart could be made into a hybrid using a small gas engine to supply electrical power? That would take care of the range problem and retain the electric motor performance.
I'm referring to the power of electric verses gas motors which is seen in this video. The range comment is referring to the battery life verses the distance traveled on a tank of gas.
Yeah, because that's "true" for you, it's true for everybody... right? By the same token, I don't need a new hammer so of course nobody needs a new hammer. Obviously both your assertion about electrics and mine about hammers are invalid. 150 miles is plenty for a lot of people. In fact, it's plenty for over 90% statistically. Oh, and the shortest range Tesla (the S 60) went over 200 miles between charges... And that was software limited because the real range is over 250.
The motor I mean. If you mount it on Colin's world's fastest toilet you can probably be the first to do a wheelie while having a poo. Not sure how that would affect the plumbing though, you would have to ask Colin for that.
He needs to go and put it in a mobility scooter like Furze did though. This setup would be perfect for trolling people, as the engine noise wouldn't spill the beans and everything looks small enough to fit.
Yeah, but the challenge for Furze's GWR was to cram an entire internal combustion engine in the mobility scooter which is more impressive. But yeah, this would be quality, especially with full prosthetic makeup tootling round town XD
HOLY F Now THIS is what I'm talking about! I just got done with a slew of videos showing off their "fast electric gokarts" that actually accelerate almost as fast as an old lady's mobility scooter and can get up to a whopping 15 mph... THIS is what I was ACTUALLY looking for :D Glad I finally found a fast one! This thing is no joke! I want!
its amazing the drifting stability you have in such a seating position, i know the drivetrain is basically on the floor, but it seems like theres no issue of sideways tipping in gravel.
So you ran 8 packs of 8S lipos, but did you run those so 4 packs are in parallel (so 12S4P format)? Was trying g figure out voltage you were pushing at motor. Thanks for any input
It's an online classifieds, like a local ebay kind of... we actually use another site called Kijiji in Canada, but Craigslist is more well-known in the states.
you probably get this a lot but your a really cool RUclipsr and I love the stuff you do. you inspire me to make my own cool things and do cool projects. I've recently started making an electric skate board completely from scratch and when I was doing some research on the Electric moter I used I came across your assisted hover videos and as soon as I saw one video I was hooked and spent the complete rest of the day watching your videos. your a cool inspiring and awesome man, keep the good work up. we send our love from over here in New Zealand !!!
This new model should have two electric motors, two throttles, one for each hand, no life axle, one motor for each rear wheel. Better steering through dynamic input from the driver.
I hope you try out the concept. Maybe have some kind of a switch so the driver can choose skid steering or conventional driving. Best of both worlds at your finger tips. Skid steering option would add to the fun factor. Great job guys, can't wait to see the finished version.
(One more very important factor) The one thing that needs to be considered when using two engines, with no live axle and only ONE throttle. That configuration gives you a bit of understeer, because in a live axle system the inside wheel needs to spin faster than the outside wheel. This breaks lose the traction at the rear wheels making the front steering feel light. (a drifting feel) In the two engine, one throttle, this never truly happens giving the front steering a heavy feel. In a turn the inside rear wheel is always pushing against the direction of steering...... I have a two engine go-kart with a one foot operated throttle no live axle, the under steering is more pronounced than a live axle configuration that breaks lose around corners. I hope you consider all the factors before starting. Time, money and practicality are important.
might I suggest a build? I have a neat idea, a robotic gauntlet, your hand goes inside of the arm, and you use your fingers to pull different pistons, causing the fingers of the gauntlet to move
Why the hell would you want bluetooth on a motor controller? I'd rather run some wires than have the most dangerous part of the kart be remotely hackable.
the Hacksmith Pretty sure motor controllers are used for more serious things than go karts. Even then, i'd say someone who doesn't like the owner of the go kart would have incentive to hack the go kart.
I have a friend out by Lake Conestogo Conservation Area who used to do work on golf carts. I haven't talked to him for quite a while so I'm not sure he's still doing it. He did some mods like putting a lift kit and knobby tires to make one more of an off road utility vehicle. He had a gas powered one that he upgraded so much it could do wheelies as well. I have video somewhere from the day that he gave me and a few other people rides on it. If I wasn't living in an apartment I would be doing experiments with electric vehicles as I have some ideas for improving performance and recharging systems that I'd like to try out.
Go karts are raced endurance too, it'd nice to see a comparison between weight, performance (acceleration/decelleration times, geforce from cornering etc) and distance travelled on similar weights of fuel as I'd be willing to bet you'd do further on 20 kilos of petrol than you would of batteries. I love electric motors and the tech, but its just inaccurate to state that the one you have there would outperform any petrol equivalent when it'll only do it in specific situations. Both have got their uses and neither is better than the other yet due to their flaws.
Yeah but we were talking about outperforming in a specific feature -- in this case, power and torque. I think the battery tech is here for electric go karts to make sense, even for half hour to one hour length endurance races. As battery tech advances they'll take over completely =) Also remember an equivalent or more powerful engine would weigh many times more than this motor, so if keeping vehicle weight down is also useful, electric's pretty good!
I mean, we used to do 12/24 hour endurance races which were what I was thinking about. An hour is just little more than a standard race which wouldn't have used a full tank of fuel, or anywhere near. It would use a near a full battery though. I'm genuinely interested in whether electric tech has caught up enough to be viable for race situations for the common man and not just formula e stuff.
Since I started watching Formula E, I changed my love for internal combustion to electric motors. Those eFormula cars are awsome, as well as this kart!
the Hacksmith You're totally right. I just looked up a few that are intended to drive heavy tools like shredders and they are $980-1500 each. Since this is designed more for performance it could be up to $2000 or more.
So much torque that the limit is the steering and the tires and the stones of the driver. Damn these two karts are awesome! I'm curious if you would consider 4wd electric builds? I've got a friend who builds cross country electric longboards and his current is a 6,600 watt AWD electric beast
You can't have to much torque, or horse power. Only too little peddle control or inadequacy in the gearing and drive train department...Also almost no gasoline or diesel engine makes peak torque at redline.
I believe he did actually say power when talking about redlining a combustion engine - "...hit that redline, to give you that much power" at around 1:50. You are still correct, however :)
I find how it is funny how I have been with you sense under 80 k subs I think I joined around 70k and now you are nearing a mil like wow you are fabulous and keep up the great work dude.
Was talking to a guy at work the other day about electric cars and hybrids vs gas engines, pros and cons of each. The guy says to me (about electric cars and how quick they run outta juice), and I quote, "they run out so fast when you really get on the throttle. That's why they should invent some way for electricity to pour into the motor like a gas tank does for regular engines." I just kinda gave him this dumbfounded look and said... "You mean, like a battery?" LMAO And he just kept goin! "Yeah but like a gas tank has a fuel line and jets or injectors to spray the gas into the motor. Like that, but for electricity." I said, "You do know that gas is a liquid and takes up physical space, and electricity doesn't, right?" And he said, "No its not. That's why it's called gas. Because it's a gas. It only becomes a liquid when it gets sprayed into the engine. So if they can just build a special tank and fill it up like a gas tank, but with electricity, then u wouldn't run out so quick. And they could make electricity stations where u fill up the tank like they do with gas." About this time I realized I wasn't getting anywhere and just say there stunned and said, "Yeah man. That'd be a good idea." Pretty sure he thinks he just invented the electric car. U don't want to hear his theory on how hybrids work. Let's just say he's convinced the car combines "small lightning" into the gas to make it burn hotter, slower and cleaner. U know, electricity burns clean because its natural and u never see any smoke in the sky after a lightning strike... Yeah...
doesn't matter if it sounds manly it does wheelies that makes it manly same as buddy with the Tesla who whoops hellcats ya the car looks and sounds like a rc tampon but it's fast
That is super cool! You should open up a all electric go-kart race track! (although that would take a lot of time away from your channel... so maybe not! haha!)
I literally did the same modifications to a go cart I got for $25 last week. I made it in a day using a 5 hours power engine. Nut the sprocket is to small and I need brakes but this is helpful.
You know what would be awesome to see from you? Make a Silly String Mini Gun. That would be badass, you could test it on your friend without much risk, and it wouldn't cost too too much to make.
thank you. Its about time somebody put a powerful electric engine on a gokart. I would suggest dual electric engines for the bigger go kart if possible or you could just get one out of a wrecked Prius.
Really interested to see how the SAE Mini Baja car runs with that electric motor. I am on the team at my college, but we never get to experiment much as the competition regulations restrict the engine to the Briggs model 19 (model 20 starting this year).
you need two. one for the front and one for the back wheels. a bigger battery underneath the seat/floor will help keep the center of gravity lower so it won't roll very much even though that's not much of a problem in a kart.
I built one in high school. it used a 75hp motor and dragged a 1/4 mile at 83 miles per hour. given more drag strip it would have easily topped 120 as it was geared more for top end.
the motor test in my latest boat was 85 ft pounds torque, I improved the torque to 500 ft . . . . I love your gokart. . . . now lets take your kart for a ride without batteries . .
I am going to buy my daughter a Razor Electric Buggy for $350 in a few days. It'd be awesome to find something like what you've demonstrated for me to have fun with. I hate dealing with fuel motors, so I would definitely buy an electric buggy like the one in this video.
Nathan Boody Because the engine and the batteries are at the back, there is too much weight at the rare end, which makes the "Car" lift. Because of the lift "Wheele" they can't use all the power because then the "Car" would flip
Dan Koldenhoven If they have an engine at the front to and move all the batteries to the front there will more weight in the front. With more weight in the front there are more grip at the front tiers, and this grip will make the front wheels move the car more forward and fix the wheele problem
Most of the components are pretty over-sized, so not too worried about that -- we'll be doing lots of hilly tests with the dune buggy version, this kart didn't have any suspension so it wouldn't be great for offroading
I'm trying to build a similar go kart but when I emailed that company about that motor they don't sell them. Now I'm not sure what other motor to go with
Think that with 8 wheels with a motor on all wheels, or tank tracks (made out of rubber) to get more traction so it do not spin so much when accelerating, that may become a very fast acceleration, I wonder how fast you be able to get out of a thing like that.
@1:44 umm no actually an engine doesnt put out max torque at the redline its actually much lower ranging from 2-4k depending on the engine (stroke v bore n such)
I have (had) a gocart made from high performance slalom racing gravity racer, the gas engine sucked, but the frame is super stable, titan floored I think, with this engine it would be universal missile. It has only 10cm ground clearance, and suddenly only front brakes from now on, but kinda big alloy wheels with big round and sick tires. Your engine is ridiculous. :)
hey you guys are from waterloo as well. sweet sheet. i need a shop to work in.. maybe we can share the cost of a rental garage or share the cost of bigger equipment or work out some sort of arrangement we both can benefit from
We're pretty well set right now, found a property (now my home) with a 1300sqft garage in the back, built in the 80's for a trucker =) I'm afraid we don't really have room to share though, but if you ever wanted to collab on a project that might be a possibility
the Hacksmith you can text me at 5197229699 or localbroadcast@hotmail.com. I am building a cnc machine / 3d printer / plasma cutter rig, but kind of lack the space needed to really have it in a functional space... I have most of the parts already needed for it, and I know i have for sure 100% of the materials needed to put the basic frame structure together for it (extruded aluminum and steel tubing). Would you be interested in having my CNC machine set up in your space, and you could have use of it whenever you wanted, until I get a more suitable space for it myself? I wouldn't really want to collab on the building of the machine as I've put a lot of thought into it already and would like to maintain ownership of the machine, but like i said, you could use it while its in your shop. what do you think of this idea?
I have had the idea of a high speed electric reverse trike. Has the idea ever crossed you mind? I was thinking something a bit exotic with ground effects etc. Is this a ridiculous idea?
Awesome! We definitely need that motor! :D
The Real Life Guys ah ihr auch hier
I love you videos. And do you think a 1/8 hp can push 70 pounds
Betty Cam It’s not necessarily about hp, it’s about torque. For example, an antique steam car puts out only 20 or so hp, yet has 800 ft lbs of torque. You still need hp, but torque is the most important thing.
The Hacksmith, Colin furze und The real life Guys einfach beste RUclipsr
But does it have a cup holder? 😮
Haha and AC + seat heating lol
Yes, but while in use you can only hold the steering wheel with 1 hand.
ie: the driver is the cupholder
David -flamingsword1 don't need one, this is one of those hold my beer situations
It has a beverage spiller.
Gotta have that gyro stabilized cup holder on a gimbal.
Apply that to a Golf cart and I'm sold.
Why? If you like golf that's already pretty boring... wouldn't want to make golf exciting by shooting from hole to hole at high speeds! ;-)
som Br
you can register a golf cart as a street legal vehicle
In Florida I know this to be true.
Early xd
This is a good demonstration of why locomotive drive engines are electric. Perhaps this cart could be made into a hybrid using a small gas engine to supply electrical power? That would take care of the range problem and retain the electric motor performance.
trains can wheelie? and what range are you referring to?
I'm referring to the power of electric verses gas motors which is seen in this video. The range comment is referring to the battery life verses the distance traveled on a tank of gas.
Chuck Coy it's a go cart man no cares about fucking range
@@ChuckCoy lol... good luck fitting an 11kw generator on the kart!
Are you referring like an alternator of some sort to recharge the batteries as it goes?
Who else thinks the cart sounds like a great big RC car?
More than gas power, you need an hefty engine to outdo an electric engine. Just take a look at Tesla cars..
Just like golf carts, they make gas ones too so...
Michel Linschoten electric right now ain't shit when you can only go 150 miles before you would have to charge again in something like a Tesla.
Yeah, because that's "true" for you, it's true for everybody... right? By the same token, I don't need a new hammer so of course nobody needs a new hammer.
Obviously both your assertion about electrics and mine about hammers are invalid. 150 miles is plenty for a lot of people. In fact, it's plenty for over 90% statistically.
Oh, and the shortest range Tesla (the S 60) went over 200 miles between charges... And that was software limited because the real range is over 250.
BANANAHAMMER420 Bumper cars this fast would be fun!
This has more torque than my Honda
You should make a spot on the back to hold a person in the exo, then you could transport the exo into the battlefield
4:04 I love how it looks like Tony Stark was doing a presentation XD
Next time you go to the UK you should lend this to Colin. Would like to see a toilet do a wheelie.
+Piepje444 lol how would I get this to England? Besides, we already scrapped this one :p
The motor I mean. If you mount it on Colin's world's fastest toilet you can probably be the first to do a wheelie while having a poo. Not sure how that would affect the plumbing though, you would have to ask Colin for that.
You obviously don't want any backsplash when the wheels hit the ground again, that would make this idea pointless and ridiculous.
Hahahha
Let's just say... Drifting would become a much more "interesting" sport..
WOW, I would love to build something with a system like that.
Great price for that frame. Nice
atleast you wear helmet unlike furze
don't underestimate the safety tie
the tie is legendary eq, adding more than 100 armor and all elements resist up to 500 points, also 1000 hp and regen speed 20% max hp.
Safety Tie AND shirt. Never forget the shirt which is there in case the tie fails!
He needs to go and put it in a mobility scooter like Furze did though. This setup would be perfect for trolling people, as the engine noise wouldn't spill the beans and everything looks small enough to fit.
Yeah, but the challenge for Furze's GWR was to cram an entire internal combustion engine in the mobility scooter which is more impressive. But yeah, this would be quality, especially with full prosthetic makeup tootling round town XD
Not even wearing a safty tie...dude, that's really irresponsible!
:D
1:22 "It was at this moment..." 😊😊😊
Kudos to the awesome build! Looks like so much fun 😃
You should make a two person gocart that splits into two dirtbikes/motorcycles.
HOLY F Now THIS is what I'm talking about! I just got done with a slew of videos showing off their "fast electric gokarts" that actually accelerate almost as fast as an old lady's mobility scooter and can get up to a whopping 15 mph... THIS is what I was ACTUALLY looking for :D Glad I finally found a fast one! This thing is no joke! I want!
When you dont know how to counter steer
Thank you! Drove me nuts!
And your tires are bald
its amazing the drifting stability you have in such a seating position, i know the drivetrain is basically on the floor, but it seems like theres no issue of sideways tipping in gravel.
Oh man! You have got to make it look like the batmobile
Oh YES. I just did the same to a kid's BMX - mad wheelies at any speed! Love how just nuts brushless electric motors can be on small vehicles.
Looking for the motor on the site, it appears they only sell the charge controller? 🤔
grateful nope they sell to distributors you have to send them an email and ask for what you want
WOW ! For an electric motor that thing COOK'S !! Hoe long do the batteries last in a single run ?
I would love to get my hands on that motor with speed controller I have a great idea for it. I wanna put it in a jet ski
So you ran 8 packs of 8S lipos, but did you run those so 4 packs are in parallel (so 12S4P format)? Was trying g figure out voltage you were pushing at motor. Thanks for any input
where did you pick that up for $500
+fin walker Craigslist... We said so in the video
Cool, sorry we dont have that in the UK
It's an online classifieds, like a local ebay kind of... we actually use another site called Kijiji in Canada, but Craigslist is more well-known in the states.
it sounds cool
see some videos about Craigslist they are scary
you probably get this a lot but your a really cool RUclipsr and I love the stuff you do. you inspire me to make my own cool things and do cool
projects. I've recently started making an electric skate board completely from scratch and when I was doing some research on the Electric moter I used I came across your assisted hover videos and as soon as I saw one video I was hooked and spent the complete rest of the day watching your videos. your a cool inspiring and awesome man, keep the good work up. we send our love from over here in New Zealand !!!
Thanks man!
This new model should have two electric motors, two throttles, one for each hand, no life axle, one motor for each rear wheel. Better steering through dynamic input from the driver.
+julio lausell skid steering! That is actually maybe the plan :)
+julio lausell skid steering! That is actually maybe the plan :)
I hope you try out the concept. Maybe have some kind of a switch so the driver can choose skid steering or conventional driving. Best of both worlds at your finger tips. Skid steering option would add to the fun factor. Great job guys, can't wait to see the finished version.
(One more very important factor) The one thing that needs to be considered when using two engines, with no live axle and only ONE throttle. That configuration gives you a bit of understeer, because in a live axle system the inside wheel needs to spin faster than the outside wheel. This breaks lose the traction at the rear wheels making the front steering feel light. (a drifting feel) In the two engine, one throttle, this never truly happens giving the front steering a heavy feel. In a turn the inside rear wheel is always pushing against the direction of steering...... I have a two engine go-kart with a one foot operated throttle no live axle, the under steering is more pronounced than a live axle configuration that breaks lose around corners. I hope you consider all the factors before starting. Time, money and practicality are important.
live axle wouldn't correct the issue...it would have the same one.
Niiiiiiiiiice! Next up: An actual flying car! You're truly a futurist, dude! Keep going strong! #Hacksmith
where can I get that helmet at 0.29
RizeZonda here is their website. you can find the flat black masei 610 for less than 189 on other sites .
www.masei-helmets.com/products
might I suggest a build? I have a neat idea, a robotic gauntlet, your hand goes inside of the arm, and you use your fingers to pull different pistons, causing the fingers of the gauntlet to move
Needs better tyres on it, those are foooked
Chucked the whole thing. We must start over!
the Hacksmith what voltage does the motor run if its around 74 or 94 the I would work amazing with a 30amp hour
RetroResto needs bigger tires
would help to have some tread on the rear tires
you would probably just flip is faster lol
That electric Baja is going to be sick!
Why the hell would you want bluetooth on a motor controller? I'd rather run some wires than have the most dangerous part of the kart be remotely hackable.
+Hatagashira it's short range for diagnostics and changing settings like acceleration and ramp up, not active for controlling
Well as long as you can fully disable it, then...
It's very short range... besides... whose gonna hack a go kart? lol
the Hacksmith Pretty sure motor controllers are used for more serious things than go karts. Even then, i'd say someone who doesn't like the owner of the go kart would have incentive to hack the go kart.
lol
I have a friend out by Lake Conestogo Conservation Area who used to do work on golf carts. I haven't talked to him for quite a while so I'm not sure he's still doing it. He did some mods like putting a lift kit and knobby tires to make one more of an off road utility vehicle. He had a gas powered one that he upgraded so much it could do wheelies as well. I have video somewhere from the day that he gave me and a few other people rides on it. If I wasn't living in an apartment I would be doing experiments with electric vehicles as I have some ideas for improving performance and recharging systems that I'd like to try out.
One way it won't outperform a petroleum/diesel engine(yet..): mileage.
+Danja Bis it's a go kart. It doesn't have to
Go karts are raced endurance too, it'd nice to see a comparison between weight, performance (acceleration/decelleration times, geforce from cornering etc) and distance travelled on similar weights of fuel as I'd be willing to bet you'd do further on 20 kilos of petrol than you would of batteries. I love electric motors and the tech, but its just inaccurate to state that the one you have there would outperform any petrol equivalent when it'll only do it in specific situations. Both have got their uses and neither is better than the other yet due to their flaws.
Yeah but we were talking about outperforming in a specific feature -- in this case, power and torque. I think the battery tech is here for electric go karts to make sense, even for half hour to one hour length endurance races. As battery tech advances they'll take over completely =) Also remember an equivalent or more powerful engine would weigh many times more than this motor, so if keeping vehicle weight down is also useful, electric's pretty good!
I mean, we used to do 12/24 hour endurance races which were what I was thinking about. An hour is just little more than a standard race which wouldn't have used a full tank of fuel, or anywhere near. It would use a near a full battery though. I'm genuinely interested in whether electric tech has caught up enough to be viable for race situations for the common man and not just formula e stuff.
its the range where gas has it beat for now
Since I started watching Formula E, I changed my love for internal combustion to electric motors. Those eFormula cars are awsome, as well as this kart!
+Fabricio Zárate yeah they're awesome
how much is that motor/controller pack
I'm guessing just under $500. I could be wrong.
+acephantom903 probably a lot more....
the Hacksmith You're totally right. I just looked up a few that are intended to drive heavy tools like shredders and they are $980-1500 each. Since this is designed more for performance it could be up to $2000 or more.
hahaha... a lot more.
So much torque that the limit is the steering and the tires and the stones of the driver. Damn these two karts are awesome! I'm curious if you would consider 4wd electric builds? I've got a friend who builds cross country electric longboards and his current is a 6,600 watt AWD electric beast
You can't have to much torque, or horse power. Only too little peddle control or inadequacy in the gearing and drive train department...Also almost no gasoline or diesel engine makes peak torque at redline.
I believe he did actually say power when talking about redlining a combustion engine - "...hit that redline, to give you that much power" at around 1:50. You are still correct, however :)
Heaps of power from that little motor. Very good mate 👍
But does it have a bottle opener?
it has an ashtray and sausage can holders.
love the new buggy project. make sure you put 2 of those electric motors on it. or one per wheel
Is this GYMKHANA 10 ?
Yessss!!! That would be fun.
I find how it is funny how I have been with you sense under 80 k subs I think I joined around 70k and now you are nearing a mil like wow you are fabulous and keep up the great work dude.
+Dayne Schicktanz thanks man!
mkae it 4wd! 60hp electric gokart XD
the performance and torque look awesome but I have to say as an American I do miss the rumble of an internal combustion engine
Nothing beats a mild cam V8
Swizzle
+RustyCanadian except an electric motor.
I think that golden motors are cheaper
Golden?
the Hacksmith so whene is the gogarttrack comming? lol
+Mr. Duck my property isn't big enough :( we know someone with a motocross track in their backyard though!
the Hacksmith oou nice
+the Hacksmith www.goldenmotor.com
Check out "BLDC motor"
Was talking to a guy at work the other day about electric cars and hybrids vs gas engines, pros and cons of each. The guy says to me (about electric cars and how quick they run outta juice), and I quote, "they run out so fast when you really get on the throttle. That's why they should invent some way for electricity to pour into the motor like a gas tank does for regular engines." I just kinda gave him this dumbfounded look and said... "You mean, like a battery?" LMAO
And he just kept goin! "Yeah but like a gas tank has a fuel line and jets or injectors to spray the gas into the motor. Like that, but for electricity." I said, "You do know that gas is a liquid and takes up physical space, and electricity doesn't, right?" And he said, "No its not. That's why it's called gas. Because it's a gas. It only becomes a liquid when it gets sprayed into the engine. So if they can just build a special tank and fill it up like a gas tank, but with electricity, then u wouldn't run out so quick. And they could make electricity stations where u fill up the tank like they do with gas."
About this time I realized I wasn't getting anywhere and just say there stunned and said, "Yeah man. That'd be a good idea."
Pretty sure he thinks he just invented the electric car.
U don't want to hear his theory on how hybrids work. Let's just say he's convinced the car combines "small lightning" into the gas to make it burn hotter, slower and cleaner. U know, electricity burns clean because its natural and u never see any smoke in the sky after a lightning strike...
Yeah...
The real question is... Does it sound manly compared to a gasoline engine?... no. therefore by basic reason and logic... its inferior
NAH FAM
Jag_Meister lol just put a playing card in the spokes
yeah lol
doesn't matter if it sounds manly it does wheelies that makes it manly same as buddy with the Tesla who whoops hellcats ya the car looks and sounds like a rc tampon but it's fast
twas a joke m8
Andrew Peterson beta fish live around 5 years
The fact that is light weight and the driver is skinny bones help as well.
so does this mean you're making a batmobile baha
...maybe
please
(Half-joke idea time.)
Imagine the Ebike powered by this thing.
get a Honda 400ex quad. much more fun, I promise you
I agree I have an 05 400ex :)
Jeff Williams yeah but this is totally unique.
Jeff Williams any schlub csn go out and buy a toy, but s guy who can create is much cooler in my eyes.
Agreed
how long can you go on those lipo packs with decent fun-power?
that's nice but...
can it do a burnout?
It lacks front brakes, but yes of course it could
It lacks on basically everything a car should have
Pedro Rocha xx
That is super cool! You should open up a all electric go-kart race track! (although that would take a lot of time away from your channel... so maybe not! haha!)
Electric engines, so much better than gasoline ones!!!
Torque is just so much more important as far as every day driving goes. Top speed is only needed on half mile drag races and race tracks.
yep that's why teslas can accelerate pretty damn quickly despite being designed for luxury
For as long as the batteries last.
Theres pros and cons they cant really be better than one another
Nathan Boody gas engines are good as long as theirs gas in the tank... difference between gas and electric is bats don't cost 3$ an amp to recharge
You should put that motor into a motorbike frame!
I literally did the same modifications to a go cart I got for $25 last week. I made it in a day using a 5 hours power engine. Nut the sprocket is to small and I need brakes but this is helpful.
you should lengthen the frame and kick back the driver position. give you hard launches and faster cornering.
That's some serious drift for that go kart!
You know what would be awesome to see from you? Make a Silly String Mini Gun. That would be badass, you could test it on your friend without much risk, and it wouldn't cost too too much to make.
Sick I’m building a 6000watt one with a 72volt 40ah battery can’t wait it will be so fast
I was watching you for a long time, its realy cool that you were in the german television. Keep up the amazing work.
this is what were gonna have to use when we run out of oil
That first helmet was really awesome!!!
i used to be on a SAE Mini Baja team (SCC/Davenport University 2002) so im very interested to see that swap into the baja frame
I run asi controllers in my projects. Currently bac4000 and a LightningRods XXL bigblock with 200ft lb of torque. Aswome your neighbor works for them.
thank you. Its about time somebody put a powerful electric engine on a gokart. I would suggest dual electric engines for the bigger go kart if possible or you could just get one out of a wrecked Prius.
That's the plan! Two motors that is =)
the Hacksmith two Prius motors?
Haha no, can't get those easily... two of the motors from ASI -- or maybe one of their bigger ones they make =)
thins is going to be awesome! that little thing was a beast even with bald rear tires lol
Would love to see AWD, maybe mount motors on the hubs?
Finally! Power Wheels for us grown kids!
We used to build electric go kartsWith a car starter motor and 24v truck batteries.Very Fun and fast
I hope the pit crew got a chance to ride too.
Nice toy.
Yup we all took it for a spin!
Really interested to see how the SAE Mini Baja car runs with that electric motor. I am on the team at my college, but we never get to experiment much as the competition regulations restrict the engine to the Briggs model 19 (model 20 starting this year).
Yeah way more fun when there are no limitations!
you need two. one for the front and one for the back wheels. a bigger battery underneath the seat/floor will help keep the center of gravity lower so it won't roll very much even though that's not much of a problem in a kart.
I built one in high school. it used a 75hp motor and dragged a 1/4 mile at 83 miles per hour. given more drag strip it would have easily topped 120 as it was geared more for top end.
+Gerg C niiice
Make a hovercraft with 10 of those super jets you're currently using on your fly project.
We have thought about doing a simple hovercraft!
If you need anything from me, let me know! My budget for productions is currently way lower than yours, however. :)
That Thing fucken Launched! Wasn't expecting that
Super cool! I'm currently building one myself.
Is your 54ft-lb measured at the motor shaft output or your axle? whats your gear ratio?
That baja bug looks like a jacked up smart car.....
Ok I would definitely buy the finished version! Especially with the suggested upgrades!
Is that an SAE mini Baja car at 1:30?! I'm totally building my own once I get it if school!
Yup! Watch the Batman Tumbler playlist to see us convert it!
I would love one of these motor setups for a drag e-mini bike complete with wheelie bars and all
the motor test in my latest boat was 85 ft pounds torque, I improved the torque to 500 ft . . . . I love your gokart. . . . now lets take your kart for a ride without batteries . .
let's take your boat for a cruise without gasoline.
the Hacksmith
take look . . . my boat electric powered
i can make your kart go without batteries
dude electric drive . . . boat
I am going to buy my daughter a Razor Electric Buggy for $350 in a few days. It'd be awesome to find something like what you've demonstrated for me to have fun with. I hate dealing with fuel motors, so I would definitely buy an electric buggy like the one in this video.
imagine racing with these on a speedway track
You could make it AWD if you have an engine in the front too, like a Tesla P90D. That might fix the wheelie problem
What wheelie "problem"?
Thats awesome!
Kristian Mikkelsen ? AWD won't fix the wheelie aside from it adding a little more weight to the front end
Nathan Boody Because the engine and the batteries are at the back, there is too much weight at the rare end, which makes the "Car" lift. Because of the lift "Wheele" they can't use all the power because then the "Car" would flip
Dan Koldenhoven If they have an engine at the front to and move all the batteries to the front there will more weight in the front. With more weight in the front there are more grip at the front tiers, and this grip will make the front wheels move the car more forward and fix the wheele problem
i dont see any wheelie problem :)
Great for level ground, how about up the hill and down in a power to heat dissipation test, without burning the circuits off?
Most of the components are pretty over-sized, so not too worried about that -- we'll be doing lots of hilly tests with the dune buggy version, this kart didn't have any suspension so it wouldn't be great for offroading
electric wheelies is the name of my next band
I'm trying to build a similar go kart but when I emailed that company about that motor they don't sell them. Now I'm not sure what other motor to go with
Think that with 8 wheels with a motor on all wheels, or tank tracks (made out of rubber) to get more traction so it do not spin so much when accelerating, that may become a very fast acceleration, I wonder how fast you be able to get out of a thing like that.
@1:44 umm no actually an engine doesnt put out max torque at the redline its actually much lower ranging from 2-4k depending on the engine (stroke v bore n such)
roughly
I have (had) a gocart made from high performance slalom racing gravity racer, the gas engine sucked, but the frame is super stable, titan floored I think, with this engine it would be universal missile. It has only 10cm ground clearance, and suddenly only front brakes from now on, but kinda big alloy wheels with big round and sick tires. Your engine is ridiculous. :)
$500 for this kart frame, you kiding me !
Nice video, impatient to see the next one comming
hey you guys are from waterloo as well. sweet sheet. i need a shop to work in.. maybe we can share the cost of a rental garage or share the cost of bigger equipment or work out some sort of arrangement we both can benefit from
We're pretty well set right now, found a property (now my home) with a 1300sqft garage in the back, built in the 80's for a trucker =) I'm afraid we don't really have room to share though, but if you ever wanted to collab on a project that might be a possibility
the Hacksmith
you can text me at 5197229699 or localbroadcast@hotmail.com. I am building a cnc machine / 3d printer / plasma cutter rig, but kind of lack the space needed to really have it in a functional space... I have most of the parts already needed for it, and I know i have for sure 100% of the materials needed to put the basic frame structure together for it (extruded aluminum and steel tubing). Would you be interested in having my CNC machine set up in your space, and you could have use of it whenever you wanted, until I get a more suitable space for it myself? I wouldn't really want to collab on the building of the machine as I've put a lot of thought into it already and would like to maintain ownership of the machine, but like i said, you could use it while its in your shop. what do you think of this idea?
Excessive torque is the reason I love big thumping single cylinder trail bikes.
Now I want to see a Go-cart with one 33hp Alien Power systems brush less per wheel!!! It would actually be somewhat affordable
I have had the idea of a high speed electric reverse trike. Has the idea ever crossed you mind? I was thinking something a bit exotic with ground effects etc. Is this a ridiculous idea?
That'd be kinda cool!