On 07.12.2018, at 13:46, Philip Poten <philip.poten@gmail.com> wrote: I actually recently acquired a few of those motors from ripper with the intent of building a cart that lets me carry stuff from Obi to my workshop. I guess the motor control stuff should be pretty universal, but I have yet to look into it, if I would want to build it myself or just buy something off the shelf from ebay.
I’ve been making RC planes for decades, and have a bit of experience with the ESC’s for the new-school motors that have hit the scene in the last few years .. maybe there’s some knowledge there we can crossover ..
An open source scooter would be the tits. Like, seriously cool. Also, I'm currently learning to TIG weld :P
Yeah, I really think an open source scooter would be seriously great too ..
(but I have no clue about mechanics)
Lets think about if we can do this! (But probably I’ll get a Ninebot ES2 some day soon anyway.. seems like it fits the bill, although I’m now lusting after an Egret which is .. quite a bit more than my budget, but still .. lust .. https://www.my-egret.com/?lang=de#/ ; -- Jay Vaughan seclorum@icloud.com