Hey Community , i really don't do enough fun projects. As you may notice many of my projects have a utility function. Squeegee mops, jarvis vacuums, smart marine fish tank is... well smart lol. So this is just for fun and I hope others enjoy it. I have already contemplated using it as a demonstration tool to get kids interested in technology. . Dang it! This is just for fun , ok I'll try not to get to serious with this. My friend Marty was talking about being able to drive the power wheels around while his kid was in it around the neighborhood. Or if his kid was driving and got to far he's just a button click away from stopping it. We found a free power wheels that had seen some rough years and we gave it a complete makeover. It looks better than new, new Gel cells from power sonic , smart charging and more. I gave it a cool high grass stripe camo.pattern and gave it to his son for his birthday. I'll post a couple pics. He's on the fence about doing the further mods so i searched craigslist.org for another power wheels that had been loved a little too hard. Searching for something with space and power I wanted I set my heart on a f150 , Toyota 4x or jeep 4x4. I didn't find a 4x4 model but f150 was the next best as it had dual gearboxes with rs585 motors. Also a good gel battery and charger was included. Here come some pics...
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Time to migrate the project from my buddies house to mine. I fit the whole project disassembled into my car.
soon as I have a speed controller ordered I will share it.
I've always been considering similar projects for the EZ-B, every time I see my nephew's ride on bike I want to throw an EZ-B in there and scare him by having it move on it's own.
Better still, I saw this last year, it was soooo tempting!..
Awesome project Josh. I can't believe I haven't commented on this yet. But since I have I'll try to offer some words of wisdom.
If someone wants to do something like this I recommend the garage sale - rummage sale scene. I find lots of cool things really cheap. You can get a power wheels (generic term) for dirt cheap.
@Josh,
The turning radius will be what gives you the most headache. What or how did you say the steering was being accomplished? servo gearbox?
Yea used power wheels are cheap. I bought this one for 40. A friend James decided today he would do something cool with his daughters pink jeep she outgrew , before he gave it a lift he gave it a ride around the yard lol.
I literally LOL at that.
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=43377
Here is the motor controller I'm using for the two rear brushed motors. I can't imagine they will draw more than 10 amps each at any point so 45 amps should be plenty.
I couldn't resist. We got 6 or 7 inches last night of snow. I was already bringing the truck back to my house.