I Bought an ATV and Made It Electric

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  • čas přidán 12. 05. 2022
  • This is an electric quad bike made from an old frame bought from Marketplace and an electric motor donated from a viewer. I used a 300A electric speed controller and lithium polymer batteries from an electric surfboard to build it.
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    My Rama Dama Doo - Sven Lindvall
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  • @wagbagsag
    @wagbagsag Před 2 lety +852

    You'll need a support bearing on the other end of the motor shaft if you want to run more power. Without it you're relying entirely on the bearing in the motor to resist the sideways force on the shaft caused by tension in the chain. That's a significant lever arm

    • @NGC1433
      @NGC1433 Před 2 lety +10

      Or drive the shaft back through the rotor and turn the motor around, so that chain applies force much closer to the mount.

    • @FarmerFpv
      @FarmerFpv Před 2 lety +51

      @@NGC1433 No, you still want a support shaft. Brushless motors especially pancake motors were not designed for having sideways force on the shaft at all. They are meant to spin balanced props. He would need an inruner motor if he plans to run without a support bearing. Even then it's always better to have one as the petrol engine has a gearbox with a fat shaft real close to the casing which supports all the side force. The shafts are strong ad designed for that application. The bottom line is he needs bearing support if he's going to run any serious power and wants it to last for a while.

    • @ignasanchezl
      @ignasanchezl Před 2 lety +2

      this

    • @ericzajac5237
      @ericzajac5237 Před 2 lety

      My first thought!

    • @rpgallagher7628
      @rpgallagher7628 Před 6 měsíci

      Great idea and explanation

  • @YourAverageGamerPC
    @YourAverageGamerPC Před 2 lety +448

    Pains me to see that tiny sensorless controller running that motor, looking forward to part 2

    • @redbaronrefining5322
      @redbaronrefining5322 Před 2 lety +18

      Agreed haha only way to even try to get away with running a sensorless setup in applications like these would be to add a torque converter for some slipping, and to allow for the esc to start to detect the feedback on bldc after “X” rpm’s.
      Sensored is absolutely the way to go, it’s much more efficient, and the amount of torque gain from precise control is night and day.

    • @SetitesTechAdventures
      @SetitesTechAdventures Před 2 lety +15

      No idea what you guys are talking about. I wish I did.

    • @Liace159
      @Liace159 Před 2 lety +6

      Pretty sure the battery for pump of the watercooling loop ran out and therfore killed the esc. I hear no pump running right after the incident
      Rip ESC..

    • @roodick85
      @roodick85 Před 2 lety +1

      @@SetitesTechAdventures the shiny bit that controls the motor

    • @redbaronrefining5322
      @redbaronrefining5322 Před 2 lety +6

      @@Liace159 plus the improper gearing and sensorless controller means that poor esc was working massively overtime.
      I’ll be honest though, still love the video, not criticizing as I would have done the exact same thing just to get it moving around while I waited for the big boy esc to show up.
      The only difference I would have made if I may suggest, is #1, run a dc to dc buck converter to power the water pump off the main batteries, use different batteries in general. I build custom lithium batteries for everything from my 165KW home solar battery, to small desktop projects. By using the lipo cells without either a bms, no temperature monitoring, no balancing, or under voltage protection, it’s potentially dangerous. I’m sure the esc has a low voltage cutoff, just kind of sketchy to rely solely on that to keep the batteries within spec between voltage, overall current draw, and temperature.
      If interested, I’ll make some suggestions for some either modifications to your current lipos, or how to build an even bigger battery cheaply that’s safe, reliable, and can handle the power demands easily

  • @usalaxbro11
    @usalaxbro11 Před 2 lety +640

    Previous Electric Go-Kart mechanic here:
    First issue I see is as you pointed out, the ESC has no idea where the motor is in its rotation. That black wire coming off the motor is the encoder signal that the ESC uses to determine the position of the motor. We had issues if the encoder became out of sync or out of calibration or even just outright die, the motor would do funny things like make noise or stutter in it's rotation. This is probably why the first controller you used did not work, it was looking for that signal and couldn't do much without it.
    Our karts used a motor controller/inverter known as a Sevcon. They are about $300-$500 USD online for the models we had and our karts ran at a nominal 48v and max amperage of 100 amps. 100 amps was programmed as it was just below the max 120 amp output of the 16 nominal 3.2v LiFePo4 batteries in series to create the 48v. There is an alternative that has become popular that the kart manufacturer switched to known as Curtis controllers. Both controllers are pretty well-designed and we had little issues with the Sevcons, we did have one Sevcon that the battery terminal melted but that I had determined it was due to a loose/bad connection. I left the company shortly after they got a new fleet of karts that used the Curtis system so I can't speak to the their long term use but a lot of online shops that sold motor kits, included a Curtis controller.
    The only problem with using one of these controllers is the programming cable or software was the expensive part. The programming cord for the Sevcon alone was about $1000 with free software. If you did decide to use one of these, the only issue I can see if you used these is that they are not consumer friendly and require some knowledge of programming the controller to work properly with the motor. I never had to do that, the controllers came pre-programmed and we had a backup file to write to the controller if we ever had to. Though I will mention both of them had a calibration tool for the encoder that would walk you through how to calibrate the encoder so that it was in sync. The Sevcon was a more manual process that you had to take "logs" of the data and put it into the software and it would tell you what to set the encoder to and the Curtis had a one click button and it would go through the calibration process automatically without user input.
    If you were to pick one, I'd suggest the Curtis of the two.
    There is another controller that I can't remember the name of but I recall Colin Furze used one on his drift trike and that seemed a lot more user friendly and didn't require expensive software or programming cables.
    Gear ratio should not be an issue here as our karts had a ratio of 3.636 and had no issue of spinning the tires out from a stand still and I'd assume the weight of the karts aren't too far off the weight of your ATV. It comes down to programming the controller to how much power and torque it uses to get up to speed.
    If you would like to ask any questions, I'd love to help as much as I can. But I am no expert of the programming side, only the few settings I would have to go in and change like max RPM, throttle input, or calibrating the motor encoder. I'm pretty sure I still have the PDF files of the parts somewhere and could get you exact part numbers of various things like the TPS sensor, batteries, etc.
    EDIT: I do have those PDFs :)

    • @kevinsellsit5584
      @kevinsellsit5584 Před 2 lety +11

      Thank you for your help here. I just gave him some gems of truth I learned along the way as well. I am wondering about the gear ratio as well. Not so much that it is a problem but that all the motors I had which were sensored traction motors designed to run at low rpm all had very large windings. By large I mean the winding wire was 14-16 gauge single strand. I noticed his motor has fine strand wire and I'm wondering if it is designed to operate at much higher RPM. I hope we can help him to accomplish this with less challenges than you and I have had along the way.
      One of the easy to program controllers is the Alltrax brand and the Kelly controllers are also good. I have used 3 of the 4 with good success.

    • @Dogburt_Junior
      @Dogburt_Junior Před 2 lety +2

      Sevcons are definitely popular.
      Endless-Sphere approved.

    • @ahaveland
      @ahaveland Před 2 lety +2

      @@kevinsellsit5584 I suspect the fine strands are connected many in parallel to improve packing density, and the number of turns would be in the tens *not* thousands!

    • @philbarrett3739
      @philbarrett3739 Před 2 lety +16

      You are an absolute hero (in terms of YT comments) to write such an in depth comment to help assist. I'm genuinely touched by the effort you've gone to when most comments can't even take the time to appear grammatically correct.

    • @kevinsellsit5584
      @kevinsellsit5584 Před 2 lety

      @@Dogburt_Junior OG ... V is for Voltage

  • @angst_
    @angst_ Před 2 lety +276

    you should use the original gas tank as the water reservoir.

    • @seskalarafey9285
      @seskalarafey9285 Před 2 lety +9

      Also Radiator to cool the Water down for long runs. Would an PC Water-cooling radiator work, too?

    • @fluffigverbimmelt
      @fluffigverbimmelt Před 2 lety +2

      @@seskalarafey9285 dumping the heat into the chassis somewhere would be nice. Lots of metal to get rid of the heat

    • @blahorgaslisk7763
      @blahorgaslisk7763 Před 2 lety +4

      @@fluffigverbimmelt I'm not sure how much heat is generated that can be taken care of using the water cooling system, but dumping it into the chassis is probably not going to do it for two reasons first of all the chassis is made of steel which has pretty poor heat conduction.
      And second is that the chassis is made of round tubing. That means there's not much surface area to radiate or cool down through convection. And cool down it needs. Just because there's something like 50 pounds of steel to heat up doesn't mean you can just sink the heat into it. That would just accumulate the heat. No the water has to be cooled down. A 240mm PC radiator would probably perform decent but bigger is in this case better. But it shouldn't be to hard to find an old MC radiator which should provide ample cooling if it's needed.
      Now the expansion tank doesn't need to be all that big. All it's supposed to take care of is the difference in water volume due to thermal expansion. There's really no need to have the water flow through it if you got an inline pump. Just put the expansion tank somewhere high and connect it to the cooling loop at the highest spot using a T-connector and you're done.

    • @markp8295
      @markp8295 Před 2 lety +4

      @@fluffigverbimmelt Metal is a good conductor, but steel has a relatively low specific heat capacity. Water is the cheapest high heat capacity fluid.

    • @JamesBeaucoup
      @JamesBeaucoup Před 2 lety +1

      I came here to say this too, its literally made for it

  • @StephanWahlen
    @StephanWahlen Před 2 lety +252

    I'd say first change the gear ratio. That will yield the biggest results and should limit how much current is needed, right?
    My guess is that the motor can spin much faster than ever needed, so changig gear ratio will not have any real downsides.

    • @j3sb7t
      @j3sb7t Před 2 lety +36

      also using a speed controler that uses the sensor on the motor will make a big difference

    • @dryaldibread2327
      @dryaldibread2327 Před 2 lety +17

      No the sensor is extremely important, since the electric motor is running super inefficient without it. Basically it works against itself now, since the timing of turning the electromagnets on is completely off.

    • @ulwur
      @ulwur Před 2 lety +11

      @@dryaldibread2327 not really. The ESC uses feedback from the windings to figure out the phase. That's why it works so badly at start from standstill. It's common on escs for RC flight as propellers don't produce much drag in the beginning.
      But running it like this might kill the motor if the ESC fails to detect the zero crossing.

    • @ErtsenPlayGames
      @ErtsenPlayGames Před 2 lety +6

      lets say he get 80kv motor (not KW ...KV meaning rpm per volt)
      so u get
      48v x 80KV =3840rpm x circumference of the tire = around 143.6cm ~ 56.5 inch
      3840 rpm x 143.6cm x 60min (because its rpm we need per hour) divide per 1 km = 330.85kmh YUP almost 331kmh
      divide that with 3.18 gearing = around 104kmh max speed
      FAST
      but
      if he will use sensored mode it will work waaaaaaay better
      PS
      U can get VESC for 100V + for around 100-200$

    • @rhadiem
      @rhadiem Před 2 lety +1

      Motor can give more power, needs a better ESC + Batteries then check the gearing.

  • @Skyentific
    @Skyentific Před 2 lety +91

    There is something magical in the electric vehicles. I really want to make one for no reason :)

    • @androiduberalles
      @androiduberalles Před 2 lety +4

      @Andrew Cowell bUt ItS zErO eMiSsOnS!

    • @Slushee
      @Slushee Před 2 lety

      Yooo! I didn't know you watched Simon! Cool :D

    • @twhottechstuff4075
      @twhottechstuff4075 Před 2 lety

      It's called FIRE :D

    • @couchpotatoes5158
      @couchpotatoes5158 Před 2 lety +5

      @Andrew Cowell no one cares about your conspiracies

    • @bonafide9085
      @bonafide9085 Před 2 lety +2

      Electric is the way to go, so much fun. I have built my ebike, and I’m using it almost every day except winter. There is a short video of the build in my channel if you are curious.

  • @besenyeim
    @besenyeim Před 2 lety +36

    I think, for that motor, an additional bearing at the end of the shaft is a necessity.
    And I strongly suggest FOC. Unfortunately, I can't suggest driver for that motor.

  • @maxbursell3513
    @maxbursell3513 Před 2 lety +15

    You need to use a VESC for this kind of use case instead of a regular ESC. VERY IMPORTANT!
    PLEASE research VESCs before buying any new ESC.
    When using this size of motors, the ESC/VESC has to be specialy calibrated to that particular Motor. Otherwise, the whole system will burn out at some point because of the high amp draw and voltage. You can do that with VESC, and not with ESC.
    a hobby ESC is made to output as many amps as needed to do whatever the PWM signal from the radio tells it to do. Even though it says 300A. That doesn't mean that it will cut or limit power at 300A draw to save itself from being damaged.
    with a VESC you can program an Amp limit draw, and it will adjust the voltage accordingly. Kinda like when you change lipo batteries. This will also save the ESC from amp draw spikes when starting up or doing hard accelerations.
    This is the key to not constantly burn out ESCs like you seem to do quite often :)
    Use the sotware called "VESC tool" program the VESC

    • @conjo1795
      @conjo1795 Před 2 lety +1

      This should be the top comment

    • @KiloVoltBikes
      @KiloVoltBikes Před 2 lety +1

      @Pandacat 666 what he needs is a setup actually designed for purpose , The motor, controller and battery system are tiny - most small kids quads run on 24v or even 36v .
      he needs a qs138 , 300A controller minimum and say a 72v battery - something similar to what we use on our Electric Quad conversions

    • @maxbursell3513
      @maxbursell3513 Před 2 lety

      @Pandacat 666 VESC is just a type af ESC. So you just chose an VESC with voltage and amp ratings that are appropriate for the build.

    • @JPEight
      @JPEight Před 2 lety

      @Pandacat 666 You’re the one talking nonsense.
      Trampa make some of the best VESC, their 100v 250A version would be perfect for this.

  • @DirtyApronBoy
    @DirtyApronBoy Před 2 lety +14

    I enjoy your vids cuz it seems like you're making something for yourself rather than for views. You use whats at hand and make it work until you can get the right part. showing mistakes is great. keep up the great work.

  • @cloudpandarism2627
    @cloudpandarism2627 Před 2 lety +6

    OMG here we go! tooo happy to see my old motor 😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

    • @cloudpandarism2627
      @cloudpandarism2627 Před 2 lety +2

      simon i know what controller you can use and its much cheaper than flir and co!
      plus you will be able to use the sensored mode which will give you so much torque that you rip that plastic gear sprocket thingy clean of haha

  • @maakuw
    @maakuw Před 2 lety +1

    I NEVER NEVER NEVER watch the ads.. but that map ad had me drooling. I watched it twice!
    This project is amazing! Thx for going hard on this video!!

  • @pikepunk1
    @pikepunk1 Před 2 lety +64

    I feel like this is going to be one of your better vehicle projects. Avoid fire and you'll be in good shape!

    • @tomasmatuschek
      @tomasmatuschek Před 2 lety +2

      Running from the fires might also get him in good shape, though.

  • @1NewEggFan
    @1NewEggFan Před 2 lety +5

    Great job! I love seeing the struggle/learning/failed attempts. It happens to us all, but often the internet makes it look like that's not the case.
    Keeping it real + having fun + getting to make stuff everyone else wishes they had time to.. Keep up the great work, and thank you for the entertainment!

  • @bobhawkey3783
    @bobhawkey3783 Před 2 lety +5

    Just bought a gas powered quad bike but would have gone electric in a heartbeat. Your skills are amazing and these projects are a tinkerer's dream. Would love to see you mod a personal water craft! Keep doing what you do for those of us who cannot. 🥰 Also, you realize you have done what major ATV manufacturers can't seem to do, with their huge engineering departments.

  • @AntonMakesStuff
    @AntonMakesStuff Před 2 lety +18

    Look up Fardriver or Kelly controller, they make "real" motor controllers (made for electric vehicles) which don't go up in flames as they have over current protection. The controllers are actually not more expensive than high power RC controllers, they are around 3000-5000 SEK. They are more tricky to set up, but they are sensored, have FOC and are just better and more reliable in every regard

    • @fiftysixmedia7787
      @fiftysixmedia7787 Před 2 lety

      i second that - ive been watching another channel who have converted a yamaha raptor with a liquid cooled motor & fardriver controller looked awesome

  • @coalt
    @coalt Před 2 lety +2

    Very cool as always! Maybe strap a little fire extinguisher to it.

  • @redbaronrefining5322
    @redbaronrefining5322 Před 2 lety +8

    Before I even watched, I liked. I’ve had my eye on a 50kw outrunner very similar to this, and was wondering when I’d find someone to use a big boy one, how it does with temperature, and how well it’s protected as far as iron filings and dust getting into it over time from kicking up dirt on the road.
    This thing is gonna be badass man! Thanks for the upload!

  • @ErikThiart
    @ErikThiart Před 2 lety +7

    We need more electric ATV builds, this feels like something viable, that I can attempt. Unlike every other youtuber building electric hummer and retrofitting Teslas and Etrons etc. Out of touch with reality, this however, this is something.

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 Před 2 lety

      go for a bike 4 wheelers are trash

    • @fiftysixmedia7787
      @fiftysixmedia7787 Před 2 lety

      ive been watching this also \m/ czcams.com/video/m3RPiqePXic/video.html

  • @hazonku
    @hazonku Před 2 lety

    can't wait for part 2 of this! Excellent progress so far for something just thrown together with parts you mostly already had on hand.

  • @Alexander-pk1tu
    @Alexander-pk1tu Před 2 lety +2

    Cool project man. Can't wait for part 2. I would love to see the final build to have a nice professional built quality

  • @jordanj9361
    @jordanj9361 Před 2 lety +3

    0:23 "So I started removing all the parts I didn't need." I love how the first thing he removes is the wheels😂

  • @VH-ew7oq
    @VH-ew7oq Před 2 lety +3

    Cheap tire pro tip: jack up a car, slide the tire underneath, stack boards on 2 sides so when you lower the car the weight strips the tire right off the bead. Maybe not necessary for little atvs or lawn mower tires but hey.

  • @chrischris8550
    @chrischris8550 Před 2 lety +1

    Nice thing about the small motor and lack of fuel storage is that you have somewhere to clip a small fire extinguisher!
    Just remember to wear gloves that are flame proof when testing!

  • @Creative_Electronics
    @Creative_Electronics Před 2 lety +1

    I just love your videos and the projects you make! Awesome project again Simon!!

  • @Pryside
    @Pryside Před 2 lety +18

    Maybe use a sensored motor controller like the 75/300 VESC or one from sabvoton or the asi bac, they will run your motor way smoother and with great startup torque and are even cheaper then the one you showed at the end :)

    • @MrKevCrafter
      @MrKevCrafter Před 2 lety +1

      Du auch hier, nice :D

    • @quinnfoster4671
      @quinnfoster4671 Před 2 lety +2

      Better than the 75/300 would be the little FOCer for only $300. There are other good options as well.

    • @franzupet4406
      @franzupet4406 Před 2 lety +1

      VESC IS BASED

    • @maj8326
      @maj8326 Před 2 lety

      @@quinnfoster4671 FOCer is cringe the best is BESC G2 100V/400A Based Vesc💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

  • @ahaveland
    @ahaveland Před 2 lety +4

    There are many non-hobby ESCs / controllers / inverters that are designed for automotive apps like this, such as Sabvoton, Kelly, Phaserunner etc, though i think the latter only goes up to 4kW.
    As you know, you really have to have Hall sensors!
    Still, it's fun watching you discover new ways of breaking things!

    • @thetesseract2237
      @thetesseract2237 Před 2 lety +2

      I have a few phaserunners and they run best at about 75 amps continous upto 96v. I've blown a few constantly using the max 96a even with appropriate heatsinks

  • @alexadser2232
    @alexadser2232 Před 2 lety +2

    We missed you man! Such a cool project, looking forward to part 2!

  • @thomasmroz
    @thomasmroz Před 2 lety +2

    Still one of my favorite YT channels.

  • @Average_J
    @Average_J Před 2 lety +3

    Hey man! Cool project 👌 You HAVE to adjust the gear ratio! When you dubble the voltage, you dobble the RPM of the motor. You should try something like a 1:10 gear ratio. Electric motors like higher rpm than gas engines. You should be able to do burnout’s with this setup 💪🤩 Greetings from Norwegian bro 👊🤠

    • @ahaveland
      @ahaveland Před 2 lety

      Outrunners don't really like high RPMs -- they can explode because of the immense centripetal force the bell needs to withstand. Not good if your nuts are nearby...

    • @Average_J
      @Average_J Před 2 lety +1

      @@ahaveland hehe 🫣. Ok, higher RPM than this poor motor gets. These usually in RC planes and the prop need some rpm to get flying. And yes, I would not put my balls around any diy motor project 🤣

  • @bagibadoo439
    @bagibadoo439 Před 2 lety +3

    Max power of an BDLC occurs generally around 50% of no load RPM (peak efficiency at 80%). If you run the motors at say 20% of that you're not going to get anywhere close to the max power output (except heat). If that wasn't the case, you would get 1 gazillion Nm at 1 rpm to with 12 kW power (power=torque × angular speed)

    • @oadka
      @oadka Před 2 lety +1

      Good point!

    • @bagibadoo439
      @bagibadoo439 Před 2 lety +1

      For context in this case; For simplicity assume it's 100kv motor. No load RPM at 48v = 4800 rpm. Peak power at 2400 rpm or 40 rps . Gear ratio = 3. Rear axle will rotate 13 rps. Assume tire diameter of 0.5 m => ideal speed 21 m/s = 75 km/h. Discounting all losses friction, wind, resistance, rotational inertia. People often forget about the wheel diameter and just focus on gears (it's a 0.5 m wide gear!). A ATV tire is 5 times larger than a gocart tyre, can't size the gear ratio similarly. A proper gear ratio (10?) is better to focus on instead of a larger ESC since a lot of power with this design will just go to heat. Sure lower top speed (35 km/h?) but MUCH healthier for the system and range.

  • @magnusandersen8898
    @magnusandersen8898 Před 2 lety

    Can't wait for part 2!
    Super cool project

  • @rhysperry111
    @rhysperry111 Před 2 lety +2

    Just wanna say I really noticed and think the production quality in this video is amazing. Keep it up, you're doing amazing man

  • @AuthenTech
    @AuthenTech Před 2 lety +3

    its the perfect amount of jank and fun 👊

  • @kevinsellsit5584
    @kevinsellsit5584 Před 2 lety +3

    Awesome! That motor is insane! The problem with this project is cost. As you now know the ability of the controller to deliver ... say 500 Amps at 100 Volts is amazing. What it can't do is deliver 1000, or even 500 amps at 24 volts for 30 seconds.
    Once the HUGE investment in a battery that can actually deliver 500 amps at 100 volts is made the motor and controller will throw you forward so quickly it will only need to make that high amperage for a few seconds. And you will need to hold on tight.
    Be very careful playing with these current levels. You are dealing with more electricity than I use to weld 1/2-inch plate steel.
    You know what a MOSFET is, and now you know why we call them Metal Oxide Fire & Smoke Emitting Transistors instead of Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors.
    P.S. You are not the only one to learn the hard way ... my collection of catastrophic fire controllers is quite impressive ... until you calculate the $$$.

  • @AyalaRamos
    @AyalaRamos Před 2 lety

    Thanks for sharing the progress and putting videos' out more often than waiting for the fully developed project!

  • @AJHewson1
    @AJHewson1 Před 2 lety

    Love your projects! I’d love to see a video recapping all the ESCs you’ve used over the years as an education for the rest of us as to what works and for what applications. Would help foster other successful projects from the rest of us 😊

  • @zaccaldwell
    @zaccaldwell Před 2 lety +8

    Seeing a fire while sitting on batteries has to be one of the scariest things.

  • @d3vastat0r89
    @d3vastat0r89 Před 2 lety

    At least the forest didn't burn down. It's a cool vehicle too :) Looking forward to part 2.

  • @rondo122
    @rondo122 Před 2 lety

    another great video! super nice projects Simon, thanks for sharing!

  • @JustLovett0
    @JustLovett0 Před 2 lety

    The camera use and cinema design in this video is amazing

  • @maxi8462
    @maxi8462 Před 2 lety

    This is some awesome camera work the angles, camera quality, and the editing

  • @JacksonGarage
    @JacksonGarage Před 2 lety

    Wow! Nice job. I’m adding this to my list of projects!

  • @lazyplumber1616
    @lazyplumber1616 Před 2 lety

    No experiment will ever succeed without a little bit of fire. Awesome vid man.

  • @grahammcnally4799
    @grahammcnally4799 Před 2 lety

    That was an amazing idea. Very cool electric ATV. You threw that thing together in like no time. Looking forward to seeing you soup it up.

  • @mediumsmoke7823
    @mediumsmoke7823 Před 2 lety

    Great video! Really liked that kind of video style! Well cut and easy to watch! Keep going like this :)

  • @jonnykurtz0596
    @jonnykurtz0596 Před 2 lety

    I'm about to start building my own electric go kart and this video is not only ABSOLUTELY AWSOME! But it's also really helpful to me, I'd absolutely love to see another video on this with improvements and gears, I'd really love to see how you do it!!

  • @CuriousNerd
    @CuriousNerd Před 2 lety

    Amazing dude! I enjoyed watching the whole video and waiting for pt2. Now i have to make one of this!

  • @MetalClub
    @MetalClub Před 2 lety

    Dude, your videos are amazing. Thanks for sharing and keep it up!

  • @damedcamera
    @damedcamera Před 2 lety

    That’s awesome man!! Glad you didn’t get hurt 👍 can’t wait for the next video!!

  • @somedudewithakeyboard
    @somedudewithakeyboard Před 2 lety

    Great project. Waiting for part 2.

  • @joegroom3195
    @joegroom3195 Před 2 lety

    Nice! There's a lot of potential there! Look at adding a jackshaft to help with the gear ratio. They're used a lot on go-karts. It'll also let you move the motor around to a better position and relieve a little stress from the 3D printed part, which I'm AMAZED held up so well!! Can't wait to see the next video on this! Good luck!

  • @mesuthan
    @mesuthan Před 2 lety +1

    When you seated those batteries I was like "Sure this lad likes grilled eggs." and after seeing the fire I blasted a hard laughter.

  • @madsrcbuggy
    @madsrcbuggy Před 2 lety

    That's a cool video! I'm playing with the thought of building an electric RC snowplough, so this project is helping build some basic knowledge, and it's very entertaining, too!

  • @wylafpv641
    @wylafpv641 Před 2 lety

    Always love your uploads. Keep up the good work…..always entertaining!

  • @niceride
    @niceride Před 2 lety

    Nice edit. This is a fun and educational video 🙂 with just the right touch of snarky sarcasm. Good quality!

  • @tomleonard6177
    @tomleonard6177 Před 7 měsíci

    Cool project. A number of years ago I modified a Kawasaki kz305 to electric with a Curtis controller and motor combo good for up to 72 volts and built my own battery from 18650 cells. It was fun but the range was limiting so I got an old quad and did basically what you did. I also hit the lack of torque you saw so I added a jack shaft to give me better gearing. (I could not go bigger on the back sprocket because I would have been hitting the ground and other parts of the sprocket grew larger. Now I can pull garden carts and I added a hitch ball on the nose and I move my homebuilt teardrop camper around with the quad. Nice little workhorse.

  • @hanslain9729
    @hanslain9729 Před 2 lety

    So much fun. Thanks for sharing!

  • @MCsCreations
    @MCsCreations Před 2 lety

    Fantastic start, dude! 😃
    Looking forward to see more about the project!
    Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

  • @killerpenguin660zzz
    @killerpenguin660zzz Před 2 lety

    great project, looks fun!

  • @shehulsuratwala2684
    @shehulsuratwala2684 Před 2 lety +1

    Use E-bike battery pack, charging system. Make it nice and little more safe.
    It's an interesting and fun project. Waiting for version 2 with improvements

  • @DSdvdDS
    @DSdvdDS Před 2 lety

    Another fantastic video, this time making an ATV of all things! Keep up the great content!

  • @synrene
    @synrene Před 2 lety

    can't wait for you to get out working this looks so promising and would love to follow your guide to make one

  • @michaelschecker2716
    @michaelschecker2716 Před 2 lety

    NICE !!!
    Use controller with hallsensor input
    Use support bearing so motor axis do not bend and get broken soon
    Instead of a printed plastic part for the smaller Pulley use a Planetary Gear Box
    Use its slower turn for easyer start

  • @MatteoDiGaetano
    @MatteoDiGaetano Před 2 lety

    Love your projects as always!! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @Adam_Carbone
    @Adam_Carbone Před 2 lety +1

    I remember when you first showed the giant beastly brushless motor originally in a video a little while back, so it is cool to finally see this thing in action!

  • @jrlowry5515
    @jrlowry5515 Před 7 měsíci

    I love it! Please keep posting? Your a real inspiration to me . Thankt

  • @Jasonv8z
    @Jasonv8z Před 2 lety +2

    Use a VESC for speed control. It has FOC control and current limiting which make it suitable for moving people around. VESC is also much cheaper than the speed controllers you are looking at. You can use gokart sprockets to get enough reduction. Use something bigger than #25 chain like #219.

  • @grantclark4139
    @grantclark4139 Před 2 lety

    Dude I missed you, glad to see your crazy projects again!

  • @guinaoartesao
    @guinaoartesao Před 2 lety

    It turned out too cool. Congratulations.👏👏👏

  • @gyorgykarsagelencser7921

    Great, can't wait for part 2

  • @DomOikos
    @DomOikos Před 2 lety

    crazy and fun, as always, nice work dude !!

  • @Foilmagnet
    @Foilmagnet Před 2 lety

    Love your vids. They always make me want to build something crazy

  • @hotrodhonda
    @hotrodhonda Před 2 lety

    That was fun. Good video! keep up the good work

  • @ChristopherCricketWallace

    living the dream, man. Keep on building!

  • @jimhofoss9982
    @jimhofoss9982 Před 2 lety

    higher voltage controller will increase motor speed. A jackshaft with extra gearing will be necessary….cogged primary belt from motor to jackshaft would keep the noise down. fun project!

  • @adamreynolds3863
    @adamreynolds3863 Před 2 lety

    Come on part 2! that is an awesome project!!

  • @Hybert_
    @Hybert_ Před 2 lety

    Awesome content, great montage, keep it up

  • @pinoyrcmaker72
    @pinoyrcmaker72 Před 2 lety

    This is amazing build, you done a great job bro😊

  • @brodyc5686
    @brodyc5686 Před 2 lety

    love your vids and i hope this project goes as planned. stay safe and i cant wait to see this thing rip!!!

  • @Urza1
    @Urza1 Před 2 lety

    Nice video, you derserve a comment, here is one. Looking forward part 2. Good luck!

  • @GuildOfCalamity
    @GuildOfCalamity Před 2 lety

    Great video (and editing). At least the motor survived!

  • @klausnielsen1537
    @klausnielsen1537 Před 2 lety

    I also very much appreciate it. What and idea! And you pulled it off. Great video and stay safe 😁👍

  • @leonarias6489
    @leonarias6489 Před 2 lety

    Impressive. This gave me an idea to work on something like this with my son.

  • @locke_ytb
    @locke_ytb Před 2 lety

    I'm really excited for that motor to be running better. Seems like a pretty useful and practical ATV for future projects I guess.

  • @domothepilot
    @domothepilot Před 2 lety +1

    great project! looking forward to next episode. One thing: between the motor mount and the sprocket you have a huge moment arm. as soon as you use some power/torque, the motor bearings are gonna suffer. maybe stabilize the shaft on the opposite side of the sprocket with a bearing. good luck!

  • @Neomax25
    @Neomax25 Před 2 lety

    love your videos chap, keep it up ☺️

  • @Roman-cz3ws
    @Roman-cz3ws Před 2 lety

    Good luck for the next part 👍😎🖖

  • @merttoprakli9675
    @merttoprakli9675 Před 2 lety

    Yet another awesome video

  • @michaelchownyk5255
    @michaelchownyk5255 Před 2 lety +1

    I have experience building various electric vehicles and what I know is the gear ratio needs to be between 9 to 1 and 10 to 1 to the rear wheel from the motor. You need more reduction simply put.
    I am converting the Can-Am 650 outlander to pure electric using a giant permanent magnet DC motor and 8 kilowatt hours of NMC lithium.

  • @ZockenmitYoshi
    @ZockenmitYoshi Před 2 lety

    Amazing video man, exactly what i needed rn 🙏💪🏽💪🏽

  • @blainethompson6510
    @blainethompson6510 Před 2 lety

    Keep up the innovation young man

  • @abdullaal-bader46
    @abdullaal-bader46 Před 2 lety +1

    You are a great engineer

  • @abrenos3744
    @abrenos3744 Před 2 lety

    you are getting way better, keep it up.

  • @joran4612
    @joran4612 Před 2 lety +1

    You should create ur own battery with 18650 cells or 21700 so that it fits in the frame and you can choose the specs exactly like you want with the ratio between power, capacity, money, voltage

    • @richardszalai1419
      @richardszalai1419 Před 2 lety +1

      Despite it being more flexible and supposedly cheaper, it is dangerous as hell, most battery fires are due to self fabricated ebike batteries when people convert bikes to electric without the proper technological background, it seems easy but both the design both the manufacturing(or assembly) has to be really carefully done, and even then it is a big fire hazard. I do have experience with 18650 cells in batteries, and I wouldn't honestly wouldn't trust a battery done by myself, i have the knowledge to do it safely, but assemblying, that is some brutally easy to fuckup shit. You have a scratch in any of the foils, you can short the batteries, and li-ion doesn't like that that much, spot welding isn't as easy as it seems, you HAVE to be sure that it is properly connected, 1 loose connection can destroy the battery in a big fire, or if they are half loose, you can't observe it, but over time mechanical stress from vibration can break the contact if the welder is not high quality/not set up correctly, and this is just scratching a surface, not even talking about overcurrent-, overtemperature-, overcharge-, undercharge-protection, sadly lithium is really fucking reactive with oxygen, cannot be put out by water, sand isnt that effective also, it burns much much hotter than a regular fire people are used to, and pretty much the only option is to run and wait until the lithium is burnt away. Lipo batteries have the same properties, and they are more prone to just start burning, but bought from an official retailer is much more safer than fabricating a li-ion by yourself without a high level of understanding of both chemics and electorincs. It is fine for small project, putting a few cells to power an iot device/arduino/esp, but I wouldn't start building a bigger bike one, you need to have a lot of materials and tools to be safe, which probably comes out more expensive small scale than buying an actual bike battery.

  • @lordswant9321
    @lordswant9321 Před 2 lety +1

    Really cool project

  • @BeamerTheFox
    @BeamerTheFox Před 2 lety +1

    should try to fab up a chain tensioner on the bottom or top side of the floppy part of the chain, itll make it alot safer.

  • @TheosEpicVideos
    @TheosEpicVideos Před 2 lety

    I love the trial and error.
    So many people don’t do things these days, cause they ‘don’t know of it will work’ instead of just having fun with something.

  • @augusto.ulisse
    @augusto.ulisse Před 2 lety

    This is awesome 😎 keep it up bro

  • @eduardphotography2751
    @eduardphotography2751 Před 2 lety

    I was just travelling through sweden and the lakes reminded me of your videos

  • @user-bq5cd4ru4y
    @user-bq5cd4ru4y Před 2 lety

    Hello! You vitally need a step-down gearbox for this electric motor. The brushless electric motor has sufficiently high revolutions of its rated power. For its implementation, large revolutions are needed, which a direct drive to the sprocket and chain will not allow. You need a step-down gearbox with a ratio of at least 1 to 5, but it is better of course to calculate the optimal revolutions required by your electric motor. At the same time, the load on the motor control controller will also decrease and it will heat up less, as the operating current will drop. Good luck with the project!