as a welder im used to channels absolutely buggering up welds on projects. thank you for having good welds. (slightly too hot maybe?) but really nice beads man, keep building stuff!
You are indeed fortunate to have all of those tools, a stick welder, a clean garage, a 3D printer, a Go-Pro camera, easily accessible parts. I'm envious. Cheers.
Also mount foot pedals to the frame so they don’t have to follow the wheel. Preferably before the bars get jerked out of his hand and he twists his ankle.
@Martin Luther trains have virtually no traction and can achieve speeds of 200mph on engines with power you see in production cars. The metal wheels allow them to reach those speeds. Grip=drag. You dont want to be sliding all over the place, obviously, but the math checks out.
Austiwawa, you did a great job with both the FWD and RWD setups, but this is one of those situations where it'd have been best to ignore the idiots in the comments section. Most the people saying you should do RWD have never actually drifted anything before, and have no idea how the physics behind it works. The only thing doing RWD accomplished was making the trike slower and harder to control. Despite what the commenters were saying, you were actually drifting with FWD.
SlammedHemi Except in extreme cases (and even then, pretty much only with AWD), go watch a professional drifter on a track built for drifting and pay close attention to the front wheels. Take note how those wheel retain grip pretty much the *entire time.* The rear wheels are the only thing sliding around. If the front wheels also lose grip, the driver no longer has any control over steering or stopping, unless he/she manages to steer into the skid and regain static friction. The reason a car needs RWD to drift is because the rear tires are still very grippy compared to the front tires. Other aspects like the suspension, weight distribution, and center of gravity also affect how easily you can drift. With the drift trike, the rear tires are always slippery, the weight distribution is almost completely in the back, and there's practically no suspension (where center of gravity doesn't matter so much). So in his setup, regardless of what wheels are powered, most of his angular momentum will cause the rear wheels to keep close to their trajectory every time he turns (in other words, the rear wheels will always drift). Meanwhile, powering the rear wheels will _never_ result in the front wheel to slip, because they don't have enough grip. So all that being said, by powering the rear wheels (which again, are always slippery) the only thing he did was reduce his ability to drive away from a collision and slow down his ability to accelerate.
actually, powering the rear can totally affect the "drift" mechanics of the trike. with the FWD you only have the back wheels being tugged around, trying to chase the front, but in the RWD you actually use the power to keep yourself drifting (pushing the trike) as well as to make transitions smooth (FWD causing a bit of a jolt when the rear wheels return to grip). The RWD opens up many different drift dynamics rather than the FWD since you no longer rely on the momentum for drifting. I do think a little more grip would be optimal, however, to both take advantage of these benefits as well as adding safety.
Work. Play. Repeat. Actually in this context, you're still wrong. I can't stress this enough: the dynamics of how a drift trike with slippery plastic wheels is *completely* different than a full-size RWD car with rubber tires. The wheels on the trike are almost _always_ slipping, making it harder to build up speed and momentum. The less momentum you have, the less "sideways" you'll be riding. In a full-sized RWD drift car, the rear tires still have a lot more static friction, allowing you to get up to speed. Once you break free from the static friction, that's when you start drifting. In a car, applying power to the rear wheels helps keep static friction at bay. But that's not how the drift trike works. You hardly need any force at all for the drift trike to break free from static friction.
Also, drifting is basically a controlled slide. It's not defined by which wheels are putting power down. The drivetrain you use depends on the vehicle type, as Peter said. In RC drifting, they commonly use AWD cars, because the speeds the tiny wheels are capable of spinning against their neglegable weight makes RWD nearly impossible - they just spin out all the time because they can break traction too easily. For front wheel drifting (and yes it is a thing), rear wheel traction is broken by shifting weight towards the front, using slippy tyres, or both.
Interesting that your solutions to energy loss through heat was to have a water cooled motor, did you explore the thought of using heat sinks on all of the frictional parts for regen? You could also put a pair of dynamos on the front wheel which will also provide regeneration of energy as a sort of range extender or maybe have the power directly fed into some super capacitors for a large power dumps directly into the motor for Tesla P100D like acceleration. Of course it will mean removing the pvc covers off of the rear wheels but with the added boost of the curs like super capacitor system affording you large dumps of energy with no damage put onto the main battery cells it should still easily drift. That's a really cool little build, I'd love to see how far you can make something travel on a single charge but of course fully utilising the wasted heat energy from the rotational parts and of course adding the all important dynamos for even more range extension. Really enjoyed this build and I can't wait to get into building my own electric toys/vehicles.
That is a pretty novel concept having that water jacket around the motor. I like your welds. I certainly want to do something similar with my everlast welder
Wow man your amazing bro , you make be just throwing it together in some aspect but your doing it in a pro manner and very clean finished products. Keep it up 😉
I think having front wheel drive trike is still classed as a drift trike, if you look at earlier videos of drift trikers they're solely using momentum from going down hills and using their body to push the back end out. When you did the front wheel driven trike you got the same result without downhill. Driving the rear wheels you spend more time getting the trike up to speed due to the wheel spin where front wheel where the grip is you have more time drifting on 1 battery charge.
*Is it possible to insulate the inside coils and fill the motor compeletly with water inside?* _Although I think that would kill the bearings but a little anti corrosion might work!_ Great Video as per usual.
In that loop you are mixing metals radiotor maybe coper , motor aliminium, that will couse corosion fast and bad, also need use aditive to kill bacteria in water, and use destiled water.
You might want to flip the direction of the water pump. You want the heat to be dissipated before it goes to the pump, to avoid any melting issues. It will probably be fine though, there may not be that much heat coming from that motor.
Build a hydro ! I have a hydro on my drift trike all it is a disk break connected to the rear axel with the break servo 180° with a Handel that comes up on a joint connect to it . It is mint , easy to do and makes drifting so much easier
Really satisfied with the building process. I like how you used the clamp to push in the notches that held future screws in place, and your welds are really nice. Although the only issue I had was you running that pump dry for a few seconds, but wHO CARES ABOUT THAT YOU GOT A BADASS WATER COOLED ELECTRIC DRIFTING TRIKE..?!
Hi austiwawa ...inspiration videos. I am a Tech teacher and want to make a budget version to inspire my students. and your car alternator idea intrigues me. Were you happy with your go-kart ?....any hints and tips?
I have a 16 foot lifeboat built in 1915 and have been thinking of an electric water cooled motor for it. What is the model of this motor and what are your thoughts on it for this application. Currently it is powered by a 1932 Montgomery wards air cooled gas motor 2.5 hp. Plenty of power but it is geared to low pulley sizes are off. Not enough rpm.
I think the previous commenters got hung up on the drift terminology missed the "big wheels" effect you were going for. Awesome build none the less! Bring back the front wheel drive and have fun sliding :)
Reservoir location should always be highest, unless you like stuck bubbles. Also, be a badass and put encoders on the front and rear and use a micro controller to control throttle for specificly controlled amounts of front to rear slip.
Haha sounds like one off them water pump reservoirs used in fish tanks and so on can't really hear it when you drifting though that things got some power to man 😎
Great video as usual. I’d love to you Put the hub motor back on and make it an All wheel drive trike! Also did you put a pressure relief valve on the cooling system? May not get hot enough to need one but you never know.
Add another battery pack (if the budget permits it) and throw the motorized hub back on the front, and of course keep the pvc sleeves on. 😎👍 Great job though! The blue looks super clean and that electric hub looks wicked af! 😈
Now THAT is a drift trike! Very cool man! I don't know if you were just under-throttling, but for me, it looked a little underpowered though ... Nice build dude! Congrats!
*austiwawa* I am sure many people are going to say "put the electric front wheel on also!" That way it will accelerate fast as well as drift. Plus you will probably have one of the only 3wd drift trikes.
That's a self primping diaphragm pump it can handle a little dry time I have one powering a water cannon on my mini tugboat it takes 30 seconds to run water from the back to the front hasn't died in two years of regular weekend usage
Turn radiator over as you will have an air lock in it cause its not able to be blead. And that kink in the hose where it comes off your pump needs sorting. Not like it cooling an engine but will help
Neat! I'd really like to see some data such as ambient temps, peak temps, top speed, max load in watts, etc. Also, are you planning on adding fans? Even computers use fans on those radiators.
Hey dude, Awesome video! I was wondering if you could get some temperature readings from the from the radiator while riding. See how hot the motor gets with and without cooling.
Replacing the front wheel motor and making it awd might make that trike sustain oversteer alot easier with more control. It would also reduce strain on the rear motors, but it will probably need a bigger battery. You would have to figure out how to control two motors correctly with one throttle unless you want two which would be interesting
It's back it's back big wheels is back talk about bringing back memories when I use to peddle my boney Hart out just to make the donut know all I can do is just turn the wrist I can get use to that 😊😊😊😊 😉👍💪
Use reinforced hose. That stuff will kink worse with temp. Home Depot sells cheap stuff with fiber. Add a biocide to the water or a little commercial automotive coolant
i would set up a from stop speed up time because that instant torque (from what i understand about electric motors is that they have crazy torque) it might snap off that light weight sprocket or bend it. and maybe cut off a piece of PVC tube and cover that kink?
I realize this is 🇺🇸 and you can do what you want.... But please put the guard back on that grinder when using cutting discs. When they explode.... Yes, WHEN, they usually take a hand or a face with them. Google it for some great pictures 🤣
in the controller there is a shunt that limit the amount of current in the controller, if you put a little bit of solder on this shunt the controller will be more powerful and with the watercooled motor it will be ok
you know what might help with the speed and control, wraping the rear wheels with duct tape, if it doesn't work itll be a bit hard to get off but i cant see why you cant give it a try
Much Respect Sir but why do you assume the temp is acceptable without testing with a temp sensor or thermometer? Please use Non water Coolant like Evanscool coolant which will not corrode the motor housing
Los Ojos De HotSpanish I would try to find a local metal yard. I have a couple near my house and I’m in a fairly small town. One steel yard has a killer deal on “heads and tails” from the steel manufacturer, which are the first and last bits of plate steel from the mill that are usually too bent to be used for most commercial applications, but for something like this it would be perfect 👌🏻
Tons of power going to the rear wheels, which are lacking traction. Maybe... take off the PVC tubes and see if you can still drift. Or get up to a higher speed before initiating the drift. That doesn’t seem manageable, given the lack of traction though. Aside from my recommendations, thank you for the quality, and relatively unique content!
Nice work. Realy great. An advice for drifting. I don´t know if it will help but Throttle it in waves. In rear wheel drive cars you do that when drifting. Do other drifters think it could improve his drifts on his trike? Propably you will not be seeing this comment but if you do please try.
well, this is inspirational, however i miss the “here’s the tools you’ll need” part, for those like me who just wanna try to build it and, for example, dont have shed.
Hey, austiwawa what about an upgrade on the alternator-powered go kart project? you can grab a 12v brushed controller on asian wholesale sites (doesn't need to be rc-related) use the 3s lipo on the controller and the controller on the field coils because if you change the voltage/tension on them it changes the revolutions/volt ratio(known as Kv ratio) using 12v on the rotor means max torque (idk about 4s lipo) and if you lower that tension/voltage, the eletromagnetic rotor will be easier to run and it will go faster
Wow that is cool at things got so much torque it's not funny would you say the voltage was on that and how long do the batteries last oh by the way cool hat keep it a good work
what about your (Car Alternator) make some more projects with same type of car alternator motor like Electric bike and this time use (lithium ion) battery. It would be damn cool and by the way love your projects keep up the good work
Original “drift bike” is a pedal version with the pedals on the front wheels.. I agree on the drifting, rear wheels part.. but..... pfffff (I like both)
as a welder im used to channels absolutely buggering up welds on projects. thank you for having good welds. (slightly too hot maybe?) but really nice beads man, keep building stuff!
i too was glad, that he used the right electrode, and not welding the stainless steel with the ordinary steel electrodes :D
Uses 6013 lol
lmfao
Im learning as a welder.
I am barely a hobby welder and I could tell there was some skill there.
You do a helluva job with that stick welder!
You are indeed fortunate to have all of those tools, a stick welder, a clean garage, a 3D printer, a Go-Pro camera, easily accessible parts. I'm envious. Cheers.
Looks really cool. A tip for you: Mount a mudguard on the front wheel so small rocks and other debris won't destroy the radiator.
Also mount foot pedals to the frame so they don’t have to follow the wheel. Preferably before the bars get jerked out of his hand and he twists his ankle.
Keep the hub motor, get rid of the sleeves, run twice the batteries and see how fast you can get it
Technically, the less friction on the wheels, the faster the top speed.
@@melody3741 you won't get to the top speed if you cant get traction
@@dakotadriggers8838 also true. Probably thin bicycle type wheels would work best
@Martin Luther we've already went over this. Stop being condescending
@Martin Luther trains have virtually no traction and can achieve speeds of 200mph on engines with power you see in production cars. The metal wheels allow them to reach those speeds. Grip=drag. You dont want to be sliding all over the place, obviously, but the math checks out.
Austiwawa, you did a great job with both the FWD and RWD setups, but this is one of those situations where it'd have been best to ignore the idiots in the comments section. Most the people saying you should do RWD have never actually drifted anything before, and have no idea how the physics behind it works. The only thing doing RWD accomplished was making the trike slower and harder to control. Despite what the commenters were saying, you were actually drifting with FWD.
And what exactly are the physics behind it DK?
SlammedHemi
Except in extreme cases (and even then, pretty much only with AWD), go watch a professional drifter on a track built for drifting and pay close attention to the front wheels. Take note how those wheel retain grip pretty much the *entire time.* The rear wheels are the only thing sliding around. If the front wheels also lose grip, the driver no longer has any control over steering or stopping, unless he/she manages to steer into the skid and regain static friction.
The reason a car needs RWD to drift is because the rear tires are still very grippy compared to the front tires. Other aspects like the suspension, weight distribution, and center of gravity also affect how easily you can drift. With the drift trike, the rear tires are always slippery, the weight distribution is almost completely in the back, and there's practically no suspension (where center of gravity doesn't matter so much). So in his setup, regardless of what wheels are powered, most of his angular momentum will cause the rear wheels to keep close to their trajectory every time he turns (in other words, the rear wheels will always drift). Meanwhile, powering the rear wheels will _never_ result in the front wheel to slip, because they don't have enough grip.
So all that being said, by powering the rear wheels (which again, are always slippery) the only thing he did was reduce his ability to drive away from a collision and slow down his ability to accelerate.
actually, powering the rear can totally affect the "drift" mechanics of the trike. with the FWD you only have the back wheels being tugged around, trying to chase the front, but in the RWD you actually use the power to keep yourself drifting (pushing the trike) as well as to make transitions smooth (FWD causing a bit of a jolt when the rear wheels return to grip). The RWD opens up many different drift dynamics rather than the FWD since you no longer rely on the momentum for drifting.
I do think a little more grip would be optimal, however, to both take advantage of these benefits as well as adding safety.
Work. Play. Repeat.
Actually in this context, you're still wrong. I can't stress this enough: the dynamics of how a drift trike with slippery plastic wheels is *completely* different than a full-size RWD car with rubber tires. The wheels on the trike are almost _always_ slipping, making it harder to build up speed and momentum. The less momentum you have, the less "sideways" you'll be riding. In a full-sized RWD drift car, the rear tires still have a lot more static friction, allowing you to get up to speed. Once you break free from the static friction, that's when you start drifting. In a car, applying power to the rear wheels helps keep static friction at bay. But that's not how the drift trike works. You hardly need any force at all for the drift trike to break free from static friction.
Also, drifting is basically a controlled slide. It's not defined by which wheels are putting power down. The drivetrain you use depends on the vehicle type, as Peter said. In RC drifting, they commonly use AWD cars, because the speeds the tiny wheels are capable of spinning against their neglegable weight makes RWD nearly impossible - they just spin out all the time because they can break traction too easily.
For front wheel drifting (and yes it is a thing), rear wheel traction is broken by shifting weight towards the front, using slippy tyres, or both.
Interesting that your solutions to energy loss through heat was to have a water cooled motor, did you explore the thought of using heat sinks on all of the frictional parts for regen?
You could also put a pair of dynamos on the front wheel which will also provide regeneration of energy as a sort of range extender or maybe have the power directly fed into some super capacitors for a large power dumps directly into the motor for Tesla P100D like acceleration.
Of course it will mean removing the pvc covers off of the rear wheels but with the added boost of the curs like super capacitor system affording you large dumps of energy with no damage put onto the main battery cells it should still easily drift.
That's a really cool little build, I'd love to see how far you can make something travel on a single charge but of course fully utilising the wasted heat energy from the rotational parts and of course adding the all important dynamos for even more range extension.
Really enjoyed this build and I can't wait to get into building my own electric toys/vehicles.
Dude that's freaking amazing. I wish I had the skills to do that to my drift trike. You've got talent!!!
That thing is killer. TIP. use some candle wax (bees wax is better) on the grinder/cutoff wheels when working with aluminum. Cuts so much faster.
probably my favorite part is showing people you can stick weld stainless steel. Nicely done!
That is a pretty novel concept having that water jacket around the motor. I like your welds. I certainly want to do something similar with my everlast welder
Wow man your amazing bro , you make be just throwing it together in some aspect but your doing it in a pro manner and very clean finished products. Keep it up 😉
Great build! It'd be interesting to see what this thing can do without the sleeves over the rear wheels. :)
I think having front wheel drive trike is still classed as a drift trike, if you look at earlier videos of drift trikers they're solely using momentum from going down hills and using their body to push the back end out. When you did the front wheel driven trike you got the same result without downhill. Driving the rear wheels you spend more time getting the trike up to speed due to the wheel spin where front wheel where the grip is you have more time drifting on 1 battery charge.
Mad as bro, You done something in this ride that will keep me conning back, thank you mate, Look forward to more content.
*Is it possible to insulate the inside coils and fill the motor compeletly with water inside?*
_Although I think that would kill the bearings but a little anti corrosion might work!_
Great Video as per usual.
great mechanical engineering. Why did not use a watercooled alternator? I just bought a 2.5 kw mercedes clk alternator for 25 box... watrcooled.
In that loop you are mixing metals radiotor maybe coper , motor aliminium, that will couse corosion fast and bad, also need use aditive to kill bacteria in water, and use destiled water.
doesn't matter that much, he doesn't cool a cpu with micro channels... motor cooler is just a pipe. and i think it is a aluminum radiator.
You might want to flip the direction of the water pump. You want the heat to be dissipated before it goes to the pump, to avoid any melting issues. It will probably be fine though, there may not be that much heat coming from that motor.
Build a hydro ! I have a hydro on my drift trike all it is a disk break connected to the rear axel with the break servo 180° with a Handel that comes up on a joint connect to it . It is mint , easy to do and makes drifting so much easier
The pipe bomb water tank is excellent. Great video.
haha thank you!
Really satisfied with the building process. I like how you used the clamp to push in the notches that held future screws in place, and your welds are really nice. Although the only issue I had was you running that pump dry for a few seconds, but wHO CARES ABOUT THAT YOU GOT A BADASS WATER COOLED ELECTRIC DRIFTING TRIKE..?!
Hi
austiwawa ...inspiration videos. I am a Tech teacher and want to make a budget version to inspire my students. and your car alternator idea intrigues me. Were you happy with your go-kart ?....any hints and tips?
I have a 16 foot lifeboat built in 1915 and have been thinking of an electric water cooled motor for it. What is the model of this motor and what are your thoughts on it for this application. Currently it is powered by a 1932 Montgomery wards air cooled gas motor 2.5 hp. Plenty of power but it is geared to low pulley sizes are off. Not enough rpm.
I think the previous commenters got hung up on the drift terminology missed the "big wheels" effect you were going for. Awesome build none the less! Bring back the front wheel drive and have fun sliding :)
Fantastic work, dude! It turned out amazing! 😮
That thing looks like it has power! You should try a top speed run with it by taking off the sleaves.
That project looks clean.
Reservoir location should always be highest, unless you like stuck bubbles. Also, be a badass and put encoders on the front and rear and use a micro controller to control throttle for specificly controlled amounts of front to rear slip.
Haha sounds like one off them water pump reservoirs used in fish tanks and so on can't really hear it when you drifting though that things got some power to man 😎
Those safety boots look as good as my flip flops
That stick welding though 😍
I just bought a cheap stick welding machine, it's so much more fun than MIG!
Great video as usual. I’d love to you Put the hub motor back on and make it an All wheel drive trike! Also did you put a pressure relief valve on the cooling system? May not get hot enough to need one but you never know.
I agree. Could it be wired to select front-wheel, rear-wheel and all-wheel drive?
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a small 1mm hole in the centre of the water reservoir cap would do the job
Leave the front hub in when in rear wheel can have regeneration braking
Neat fabrication a good welder too
it came out AWESOME!!!! Good job
Take advantage of that clear tubing add some color to your water :D
Add another battery pack (if the budget permits it) and throw the motorized hub back on the front, and of course keep the pvc sleeves on. 😎👍
Great job though! The blue looks super clean and that electric hub looks wicked af! 😈
You gotta respect the stick! Great job man!
Hi your probably very warm in the winter due to your fur on your arms. Nice bike my neanderthal friend!
your welds look amazing
Now THAT is a drift trike! Very cool man!
I don't know if you were just under-throttling, but for me, it looked a little underpowered though ...
Nice build dude! Congrats!
Yeah... that's what happens when you put power to the slipping wheels... so no shit it's underpowered. The old setup was better.
Thank you! Definitely not under powered. I have pretty much no traction with those PVC sleeves!
*austiwawa* I am sure many people are going to say "put the electric front wheel on also!" That way it will accelerate fast as well as drift. Plus you will probably have one of the only 3wd drift trikes.
U shouldn't run a water pump dry it could destroy the pump
I figured it would be fine running it dry for 10 seconds
I has taught this as well, but I don’t understand why it would be the case with modern pumps? Especially small ones.
That's a self primping diaphragm pump it can handle a little dry time I have one powering a water cannon on my mini tugboat it takes 30 seconds to run water from the back to the front hasn't died in two years of regular weekend usage
It's only really an issue if your system leaks and you don't notice it went dry for several hours.
Put some strips of rubber
Turn radiator over as you will have an air lock in it cause its not able to be blead. And that kink in the hose where it comes off your pump needs sorting. Not like it cooling an engine but will help
Neat! I'd really like to see some data such as ambient temps, peak temps, top speed, max load in watts, etc. Also, are you planning on adding fans? Even computers use fans on those radiators.
Hey dude,
Awesome video! I was wondering if you could get some temperature readings from the from the radiator while riding. See how hot the motor gets with and without cooling.
Great builds champ. You could have left the front hub in there. wire it up to a thumb throttle and you have directional control ;P
Nicely done!
Makes me wondering to what temperature water in your cooling system has reached. And what's the max operating temperature of the motor.
Replacing the front wheel motor and making it awd might make that trike sustain oversteer alot easier with more control. It would also reduce strain on the rear motors, but it will probably need a bigger battery. You would have to figure out how to control two motors correctly with one throttle unless you want two which would be interesting
is it possible if you still attache motor hub and use it as generator to charge the battery, so you can have longer ride time?
That radiator alone won't do much. Add two fans please! :D
That’s awesome, would you share stl files for radiator mount? Also what fittings did you press in there
Wow this is not even the coolest trike and yet you bloody well nailed it well done 💪😎
lol fwd drift trike.....nice recovery i must say!
Would be nice to have a link to that motor. Can't find anything near that size on eBay.
I was thinking what about an awd setup so speed, no grip and grip, and everyone is happy
It's back it's back big wheels is back talk about bringing back memories when I use to peddle my boney Hart out just to make the donut know all I can do is just turn the wrist I can get use to that 😊😊😊😊 😉👍💪
Use reinforced hose. That stuff will kink worse with temp. Home Depot sells cheap stuff with fiber. Add a biocide to the water or a little commercial automotive coolant
i would set up a from stop speed up time because that instant torque (from what i understand about electric motors is that they have crazy torque) it might snap off that light weight sprocket or bend it. and maybe cut off a piece of PVC tube and cover that kink?
But can you make the trike 3 wheel drive? Have the front motor on a thumb throttle?
Nice build bro.! Lose the hard tires but really sweet
I realize this is 🇺🇸 and you can do what you want.... But please put the guard back on that grinder when using cutting discs. When they explode.... Yes, WHEN, they usually take a hand or a face with them.
Google it for some great pictures 🤣
You should add water cooling to the water cooling motor and then add a water cooler to the water coolers water cooler.
in the controller there is a shunt that limit the amount of current in the controller, if you put a little bit of solder on this shunt the controller will be more powerful and with the watercooled motor it will be ok
jEAN AnNd'rè no no no SHUNT
@@airplanegobrr why?
Should make it all wheel drive would be sick
Filler/expansion tank should be at highest point of the flow to bubble off system properly.
Awsome. Like that h20 cooled motor.
Great build. What's the name of the app u use to design it
brilliant!!!
im impressed .... fantastic.
you know what might help with the speed and control, wraping the rear wheels with duct tape, if it doesn't work itll be a bit hard to get off but i cant see why you cant give it a try
looks so much fun
Much Respect Sir but why do you assume the temp is acceptable without testing with a temp sensor or thermometer? Please use Non water Coolant like Evanscool coolant which will not corrode the motor housing
Trike is just fine front wheel drive
Waw very hight torque how mutch watts this motor???
Cool stuff!
now it's time to go AWD!!
Where do you buy your sheets of metal from, the one where you take of the white protective film?
Los Ojos De HotSpanish I would try to find a local metal yard. I have a couple near my house and I’m in a fairly small town. One steel yard has a killer deal on “heads and tails” from the steel manufacturer, which are the first and last bits of plate steel from the mill that are usually too bent to be used for most commercial applications, but for something like this it would be perfect 👌🏻
Is the front hub better or the rear motor??
Plz make play list of your builds. much ez to watch them all.
Tons of power going to the rear wheels, which are lacking traction. Maybe... take off the PVC tubes and see if you can still drift.
Or get up to a higher speed before initiating the drift. That doesn’t seem manageable, given the lack of traction though.
Aside from my recommendations, thank you for the quality, and relatively unique content!
looks great man, i would have just taken the word drift from the title to make people happy. but each to their own :)
Haha thank you!
What the machine you are using and control?
Nice work. Realy great.
An advice for drifting. I don´t know if it will help but Throttle it in waves. In rear wheel drive cars you do that when drifting.
Do other drifters think it could improve his drifts on his trike?
Propably you will not be seeing this comment but if you do please try.
Great quality, as always!
Solid video my guy
Thanks Ben!
well, this is inspirational, however i miss the “here’s the tools you’ll need” part, for those like me who just wanna try to build it and, for example, dont have shed.
how much do you want for a pair of them clamps along with the radiator info>?
I would add Iodine or even car coolant to make sure nothing grows in that water and clog up the loop.
Hey, austiwawa
what about an upgrade on the alternator-powered go kart project?
you can grab a 12v brushed controller on asian wholesale sites (doesn't need to be rc-related)
use the 3s lipo on the controller
and the controller on the field coils
because if you change the voltage/tension on them
it changes the revolutions/volt ratio(known as Kv ratio)
using 12v on the rotor means max torque (idk about 4s lipo)
and if you lower that tension/voltage, the eletromagnetic rotor will be easier to run and it will go faster
you are doing good stuff best wishes
You should make a kit for this just the plastic and metal pieces not the motor etc. people can buy those themself!!!!!
What about thermal throttle? How do you know when motor is overheating.
Wow that is cool at things got so much torque it's not funny would you say the voltage was on that and how long do the batteries last oh by the way cool hat keep it a good work
Thank you! I will talk about battery life in the next video.
what about your (Car Alternator) make some more projects with same type of car alternator motor like Electric bike and this time use (lithium ion) battery.
It would be damn cool and by the way love your projects keep up the good work
Original “drift bike” is a pedal version with the pedals on the front wheels..
I agree on the drifting, rear wheels part.. but..... pfffff
(I like both)
You have to install water reservoir above radiator.
pretty fricken cool.
Full wheel drive now?
80x80mm rad is enought. And get a impeller pump, not membrane. Then you will get a quiet system.
What are the specs on the motor?