2008 Team Paradox 2102 Robot

FIRST General Forum
#1

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not really. Tomorrow is “scooter day” at my school, and my friend and I thought it was a great idea to retrofit a CIM to my old Razer scooter. It’s pretty awesome…

and really sketchy…

So, how have you all been passing the time since shipping?

#2

heh. That was a good couple of hours. Here is a basic list of what you’ll need for your very own ghetto moped

1 scooter
2 belt sprockets + belt
1 CIM motor
Aluminum Sheet Metal
2x4’s
Bravery
ductape
wire
TIG welder, or more ductape

Here’s what we did:

  1. Build one new wheel mounting bracket to fit the sprocket in, weld it to chassis
  2. Build motor plate
  3. Run out of argon/patience & ductape the rest together
  4. Wire a 40amp fuse + switch
  5. Stick some more wood for a place to stand
  6. Enjoy

-Ace
2102

p.s. It can go around 6 or 7 mph, wear your helmet and rubber soled shoes just incase

#3

Sketchy is the correct term. Good job! :slight_smile:

#4

you so are going to electricute your self:ahh:

#5

wow, i wish i had that idea before you got it xD

im sure you will win if there is a contest :smiley:

#6

no, but we totally fried the motor and bent the 8th inch aluminum holding the wheel in.

It was fun while it lasted…

#7

How do these motors get fried? Won’t they operate at stall for some time before damage? Looks like a sweet scooter though.

#8

Nice scooter, is the wood plank for standing on and how stable is the scooter itself>

#9

The motor is fine, we just busted the sprocket. Anyways it was pretty awesome, we’ll work on version 2 once competitions are over.

#10

It was really funt to ride but extremly sketchy. The wood is for tentioning and for placement for your feet (we tensioned it by pushing the plank down)

#11

Wow thats wicked sick. Very nice… hope you won scooter day with that beast.

How fast did it go?

If you’re looking for an idea for next time… maybe a motorized piece of furniture instead? Maybe a lazy-boy? :]

-q

#12

scooter day isn’t really a competition, so there wasn’t much winning to do, but it was definitely sick. It wasn’t all that fast, but oh well.

And as for the lazy-boy, we’ve already thought of it ;). a desk would be really sick too.

#13