Homemade Electric Buggy, Ep 1: Steel Tube Chassis
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Published 2021-03-30
In this video I begin building my homemade electric buggy/crosskart. Crosskarts are basically large, powerful go karts that are typically raced on dirt and ice rally tracks, sometimes also called ralley karts. I'm not a pro racer, so mine will be designed with a bit more ground clearance for ripping up the off road trails around my home instead, and will sport a 55 kW (74 hp peak) electric powertrain consisting of a liquid cooled ME1616 IPM motor from Motenergy, a KLS96601-8080IPS controller from Kelly Controller, and a custom built 102V/14kW LiFePO4 battery.
A breakdown of how I made the chassis and with what materials can be found at my blog:
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Crosskart specs:
Motor - 55 kW (74 hp) liquid cooled Motenergy 1616
Battery - 96V, 9.6 kWh LiFePo4
Controller - Kelly KLS96601-8080I/IPS sinusoidal wave
Transmission - Chain drive w/ Honda CR-V limited slip differential, CV axles
Wheelbase - 77" (196 cm)
Track - 60"
Suspension - front & rear independent double wishbone w/ coil over shocks, 8" (200 mm) travel
Ground clearance - 10" (280 mm)
Wheels & tires - 22x7-10 front, 22x10-9 rear, Wanda sport tires
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All Comments (21)
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Your frame building is in the best tradition of the AA Fuel dragsters back in the Don Garlits's era!
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Nice, this will have the strength of a tank with all these cross-members !
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this frame thoe strong looks straight outa my dream car builder
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Excellent design and execution! With so many cross-members and reinforcing, I bet you are planning to make jumps with it :-) Can't wait to see how it evolves in the coming videos!
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That looks strong, great start
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That's a beefy chassis! Nice work!
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Ce châssis de malade,ça risque pas de bouger ,bon boulot 👌👍
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Been enjoying your channel for years, keep up the great content!
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That looks like a nicely designed and very strong chassis, looking forward to the next video!
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Beklenen şey geldi. Ellerine sağlık usta. Tarzın çok hoş. Video için tekrar teşekkürler.
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I enjoyed this style of build video. I like that you showed the process for bending, cutting and fitting for a few parts, just to show how its done, then went ahead and built. I never really liked the ones where they show the process for every individual piece. Thank you.
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Exquisites und ausgefeiltes Arbeitsprinzip
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This vehicle looks fun. Subscribed! You are doing some sweet electric builds. Keep it up.
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Looks amazing!
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You are a talented machanic. Good luck forever.
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Hey James what a amazing work! But good luck welding all these acute angles!
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The new awesomeness on the way
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This .. is just amazing!
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Hey James i was wondering if there is going to be an update video on the electric street fighter bike?
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Awsome job..you inspired me to get going on my build
