- Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:47 pm
#122562
I have been wanting to build a car for my son and daughter for a very long time. I purchased the Toylander plans only to realise that I would need to buy a couple acres of land for them to be useful. I set about designing a new smaller car but I don't get a lot of spare time so progress was slow. I found this site only last week, read like crazy and decided to go the Power Wheels route for the time being. I jumped online and found a guy selling two 5 year old (I would guess) Power Wheels Eliminator cars in a very sad state ($140 for both). I purchased them last Sunday night and at this point I have power washed, scrubbed and flame treated and undercoated one of them ready for painting. I am going to paint the boys Eliminator black and red and the girls black and pink. The color choices are not mine, they are the kids choices.
I must say I have been extremely surprised at the quality of the Power Wheels Eliminator, they are built extremely well. Its unbelievable these cars are into their 6th year of abuse by young kids and still going strong.
My plans so far:
I have a number of mobility scooter and electric wheelchair parts remaining from other projects and I am thinking that instead of using the stock wiring I would install a speed controller (from a wheelchair) and associated electronics. I am quite well versed in this stuff having been involved with RC, electronics, coding and robotics for quite some time. This should allow me to use 24 volt but I will then limit the throttle to keep the speed within what the kids are capable of handling. This should allow me to use thinner wire 10-12g than 12v as the amps will be lower. Doing this mod will also enable me to make things simpler and potentially move the electronics to another car if required. I will keep documenting progress.
I must say I have been extremely surprised at the quality of the Power Wheels Eliminator, they are built extremely well. Its unbelievable these cars are into their 6th year of abuse by young kids and still going strong.
My plans so far:
I have a number of mobility scooter and electric wheelchair parts remaining from other projects and I am thinking that instead of using the stock wiring I would install a speed controller (from a wheelchair) and associated electronics. I am quite well versed in this stuff having been involved with RC, electronics, coding and robotics for quite some time. This should allow me to use 24 volt but I will then limit the throttle to keep the speed within what the kids are capable of handling. This should allow me to use thinner wire 10-12g than 12v as the amps will be lower. Doing this mod will also enable me to make things simpler and potentially move the electronics to another car if required. I will keep documenting progress.
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