Tuesday, March 31, 2009

3rd Reflection

This week i have not gotten a chance to work on my project because i was in San Francisco on an Adventure Ed trip.
I finished my interview and have an audio recording of it.
on a scale of one two ten (one being slow and ten being fast) i have been going at about .5
im concerned that my dad may not purchase the motor in time, and i will not have a electric go cart.

Friday, March 6, 2009

2nd Reflection

I have been doing some research online, in regards to electric motors, and i believe i have found a good motor package. the link is here. the particular package i have been thinking about is the 24-36 volt kit, it comes with a motor a controller and a throttle. I have only had one meeting with my mentor. I have not changed my proposal at all. I have interviewed a specialist in electric motors, Tim Economu, the interview is very large and i still need to make it into a word document. So i have my go cart, and i have two very powerful batteries but that's it. Apparently i need brakes and some new fuses, to avoid welding my go cart to its wheels.

1st Reflection

I'm not quite sure how to do this, so I'm just writing what I've done so far. So far i have purchased a small gas powered go-cart. One of the other things i have done is visiting a specialist in electric motors. In my next post i will add the text from the interview.