Our homemade Go-Kart. A very early project. So far, I haven’t found the time to write much about it.
Some notes:
- Built together with my cousin at the age of 17/18, just for fun
- At the time we had absolutely no experience or knowledge about engineering or welding
- Built over a period of one year
Because of a combination of some well-done planning (didn’t know what system engineering was at the time), investigation of actual go-karts and Google we were able to come up with a surprisingly good result.
It is a wonder the welds can keep everything together and with the help of standard parts coming from commercial go-karts it is working just fine. However, the mechanics for breaking and accelerating could be better. Same with the center of mass. That thing is a little off due to the motor on the side.
Some data
- Top speed of ~50km/h (not measured, just a feeling)
- Weight: Heavy
- 4 stroke engine:
- 6.5PS (Not that much. But it is very reliable and still fun)
- Petrol
- Automatic transmission (wet clutch)
- Custom chassis
- Electric starter
It’s a shame it’s I haven’t used it for a long time but the thing is you can not just go and take it out on the road. Maybe in the future, we will take it apart again and design a better frame for it. I always wanted to build something like a dune-buggy for some offroad fun. That would certainly make it easier to find some spot to drive around.