No way! When did you get it?

@SkippyRockGame yesterday it's the 02 G500 I was looking at your video and I'm like that's the G wagon. The lockers don't lock did you get them to work?

Thank you!

For e.g, add a working DRS for a rear spoiler?

Making a front wing😅

Making a smooth nose

This thing goes plenty fast especially considering who built it! But I’m more going for a particular aesthetic than for pure speed. But I’ve already got plans for my next build rolling around in my head.

Electric & Co, it’s there qs138 90H kit!

@@SkippyRockGame Thanks!

You can buy them from Murphy door.com. But. It seems to just be a generic kit available anywhere. Google book latch and you should be able to find one

Thanks for the products! I do need to call you guys about adapting sprockets for this diff to change tooth number

!!!!! Ok. I looked at my receipt. It was listed 39.99 discounted to 29.99. I screwed up my voice over!

I do. It still just takes forever with lots of different grits!

That’s awesome. I’m currently trying to find a sprinter van for a build! I want it to be able to travel and camp. And maybe haul this thing to events! Yes. It really went 50. And honestly if the programming was right on the controller, it would go faster. But it doesn’t need to, 30-40 is really where it’s fun and not terrifying. I have close to $5000 in it. The motor and controller combo was 1300, and the battery another 1000. This is versus using gas which would just be a couple hundred dollars. The parts from renegade cyclekart were about 1200, you could save some by making your own. Then metal. Wood. Wheels. Pain. Epoxy. Nuts and bolts. All that little stuff adds up for the rest of the cost.

I had to get my daughter to bribe her with treats to make it look like she actually listened to me!

@SkippyRockGame 🤣🤣

Thanks!

Thanks! The wood on the first one really was more of a place holder so I could get the size of everything figured out. It would have been lighter to make like an aluminum tub and a could have support rails for the shell. I’ll likely build a second one after I finish this and for even lighter and sleeker. Thank you for watching and the comments!

You aren’t going to like the second video…

@@SkippyRockGame checking it right now

Hey! I represent that remark!

Part of this was my wife didn’t want me to spend any money. So I promised I would build everything from my stock of stuff. Those casters came with some stainless steel shelves I put in my basement for storage that I didn’t want mobil.

Oh yeah! That’s a good idea

Hopefully because it’s new! And soon it will hit 1 million!

Believe it or not, I did that in one take!

I haven’t thought much about it as it currently hasn’t given me any trouble! But it’s 5 years old now so I suspect any time I’ll start having issues.

@@SkippyRockGame Tesla replaced my lead-acid battery after four years under warranty. I'm going to ask about R2/R3 low-voltage batteries at a Rivian event on the 15th. R1 uses lead-acid.

I’m glad you liked it! Carbon fiber would be way lighter than what I built! Maybe I can figure out fiberglass for my next version.

@@SkippyRockGame form a 1/8" shell of some material (ply. veneer, composite board, cardboard,...), then cover with 7oz cloth and epoxy. epoxy is benign, easy, and super-strong. I've built catamarans with similar 🙂 Likely I'll built her as monocoque shell, both frame and "body"! Lighter is better, yes?

And this one has some weird traction control thing. I want to figure out how to turn it off.

What if I just wrap the entire thing to look like a dinosaur?

Do they need to be straight up and down? Should the leaf spring sit on the rail? Or should it hand down a little?

I think I can add regen with some controller settings. I’m trying to figure that out for the next video!

@@SkippyRockGamethat vould be awesome

I’ll add a link. I bought all the electrical stuff from electric and Co. It’s there qs138 90h kit.

I’m working! Im trying to figure out how to make cushions. Anything to avoid the more sanding I need to do!

That’s what the guy used I bought the plans from and that’s what I know how to work with. I’m looking into aluminum welding though!

why not

It’s still a fun and easy car to drive. You just have to have the radio going to cover up the squeaks and whistles, and now I have one less one to worry about!

I’ve seen the real whistlendesiel test on a Tesla. It would NOT have passed

Thanks!

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Yeah. Maybe wrap it then leave a racing stripe of wood. I don’t want to paint it though. I don’t want anything permanent.

@@SkippyRockGame Yes, it makes sense. Just don't do like me and protect the wood as soon as possible. I made a recumbent bike out of wood, a hollow frame, epoxy and fiberglass, laminating maple like skateboard decks. It was beautiful and comfortable. I went for a walk to test it. It rained and stained all the wood...

Man. That sucks. The epoxy and fiberglass I’ll be using is marine grade. So it should be good for water. But UV is bad for epoxy. So if I leave it just wood. I’ll have to varnish the entire thing.

​​@@SkippyRockGameAfter drying I covered it with a thin layer of epoxy. The bike is stored out of the sun and I cycle on the beach on the weekends for a few hours, so after almost 10 years everything seems to be fine. Just a little yellow on the outside. I follow a channel where a couple has been building a wooden catamaran with a beam of about 65 feet for 3 years. They do everything themselves and with very simple equipment. One detail is that the guy is over 70 years old. They went around the world a few years ago in a boat like that. They have a lot of experience and usually waterproof with epoxy diluted in alcohol, then apply a layer of UV varnish. If you're curious, the channel is "Guruçá ao sabor do mar". It's a Brazilian channel. They record the process in great detail from the beginning. There's tons of content there.

Thank you for watching!

Can you watch the video in reverse?

@@SkippyRockGame can you please upload the video in reverse xD

Yeah. I edited it out apparently. Electric and Co, qs138 90H with votol em150/2, battery is an eBay 72 volt 25 AH battery. But I’ve upgraded to electric and cos 76volt 24 amp hr battery.

I did! But it’s pretty quick and kind of disappears in the time lapse

This series was my first go at building a go kart from scratch, and yeah. I just based the size around me. So I could kit but it was still small.

So the cyclekart is a class of vehicles that are suppose to replicate old race cars and the guidelines are pretty ridged on size. But you could easily build this with the same wheel base just with the petals closer to the seat! But, I see you commented on my other go kart series. And yeah. That was just a fun build a go kart to my shape and I didn’t have any guidelines I was following!

Google the word. It’s a class of replica race cars.

Haha! That is my life’s goal! To bring Mariokart to life!

Apparently they use to be cheaper when you could find used ones. Also, that included the tires and tubes!

That’s awesome! Let me know what motor and controller you end up picking. There are a lot of choices out there.

⁠@@SkippyRockGameI don’t have a crazy budget, but I’ve went with 48V 1000W. It should be able to go around 25mph which I’m all for. I’m not gonna race in this thing lol 😂. Keep up the good work!