ScottCar A Go-Kart for a special child

Description

I build this car for our autistic Son. Scott has 11 years now and he loves bobby-cars, but he is too tall now. A go-kart is not an option, because he does not know how to handle pedals and brakes. So I decided to build something between both cars.
He can move forward this design with his feet, like a bobby-car. In case it goes downside hill, the car will detect the speed and slow down automatically with an electric braking system. In case of emergency you can use the remote control to stop the car.

This is an open source project and runs under GNU General Public License version 3.

Components

1 × Arduino Nano

2 × BD 745C Discrete Semiconductors / Power Transistors and MOSFETs

2 × BD 746C Discrete Semiconductors / Power Transistors and MOSFETs

1 × Siemens Motor with a screw drive

1 × 12V Battery 7.5Ah

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Mounting the frame
Alain Mauer • 06/18/2017 at 08:19 • 3 comments

This weekend I finally found the time to cut, drill and screw the first parts of the frame.
Looks promising.
Finally the first results
Alain Mauer • 06/06/2017 at 08:26 • 0 comments

This weekend, I found the time to work on this project. The first aluminum parts are finished.
More pictures will follow.
The wheels
Alain Mauer • 05/13/2017 at 10:04 • 0 comments

I will use 400mm wheelbarrow wheels for the go-kart. Now I have to find a solution to attach the brakes.
First aluminum profile
Alain Mauer • 04/29/2017 at 18:42 • 0 comments

Today I found 2 aluminum profiles. They have a length of 2m. The dimensions are 40mm x 20mm x 2mm
Now I need to buy 2 profiles of 30mm x 30mm
Shock absorber, Brake discs and the H-Bridge parts
Alain Mauer • 04/26/2017 at 12:01 • 0 comments

Finally the parts are here:
The motor and the first parts
Alain Mauer • 04/09/2017 at 15:37 • 0 comments

For the brake system I will use this Motor from an old project of mine A motor with a screw drive. It's very strong and fast enough for my idea
For the controller, I will use an Arduino Nano and a breadboard for the hbridge.

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Discussions

Ulysse wrote 04/20/2017 at 21:49

go Alain, go!

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Alain Mauer wrote 04/21/2017 at 08:22

Yes, yes and yes :) I´ll do my best :)

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Morning.Star wrote 04/20/2017 at 18:38

Best wishes to you and Scott, I hope this goes smoothly and works out well for him. Thats going to be a special gift for him, he's a lucky boy to have a dad who can.

Good luck :-)

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Alain Mauer wrote 04/21/2017 at 08:26

Thank you. We try to help him and us, as much as we can. I just finished his new room, with a modified bed, camera system and his ScottTv.

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Morning.Star wrote 04/21/2017 at 16:10

With great responsibility comes power - AKA How to be a Superdad. ;-)

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samern wrote 04/19/2017 at 18:41

Outstanding. I would love to see how it turns out.

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samern wrote 04/19/2017 at 16:38

This project deserves 1000 likes!

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Alain Mauer wrote 04/19/2017 at 18:31

Thanks a lot. Comments like this makes us happy. I've already started to organize the material. Hopefully I can start in the next 2 weeks with the build, so the car will be finished for Scott's birthday by the end of June.

Regards

Alain

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Dusan Petrovic wrote 04/20/2017 at 13:06

Nice. Hope that car will be finished before Scott's b-day!

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Alain Mauer wrote 04/20/2017 at 13:18

I'll do my best, Wheels, brakes and screws are already ordered. :)

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ScottCar A Go-Kart for a special child

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Mounting the frame

Finally the first results

The wheels

First aluminum profile

Shock absorber, Brake discs and the H-Bridge parts

The motor and the first parts

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