expresso wrote:yes 11, 12 mph is very fast - too fast for most times - i may end up lowering my speed after all the fuse of wanting to go faster and faster - i will end up lowering speed at some point. live and learn
Can your powerchair do 12mph? If you do decide to lower the speed will you somehow change the gearing which would give you more torque I would guess?My powerchair is 6mph, which is plenty fast for me as I'm a fairly new occasional powerchair user. Even though I've set the seat as low and far back as possible, and have 10 degrees of seat dump I still feel nervous going down drop kerbs, especially if the road surface has dropped or broken up near the kerb.
My large scooter does 15kph (about 9.3mph) and I feel much safer riding that. I think it must be because of the longer wheelbase and handlebars. Out of interest this afternoon I measured the wheelbase of my Salsa R2 which is 19 inches approx, and the large scooter is 39 inches, so just over double the wheelbase.
Back on topic of this thread, I'm particularly interested in converting my scooter to lithium first. I use it an awful lot for runs to the supermarket, DIY store, visiting friends. It's road legal and big enough to be safe on the road.
But I really like the Salsa too especially now I've done some seat mods on it. It fulfils a different purpose to the scooters. It's so much more manoeuvrable and I can access small shops and public transport which I can't with the scooter.
- Footplate is folded back out of the way to aid standing up.
The Prismatic lithium cells look much easier to work with than lots of Headways. Are there any disadvantages of prismatic blocks as opposed to using the individual headway cells?For the scooter conversion I would need to make two Group 24 battery packs, maybe Group 27 if there's enough height under the bodywork?
When I was reading through this thread this morning I thought I saw BM mention that he was going (or thinking of) fitting these to his Salsa?
PS: I don't know you manage to sit comfy in your chair for 35 miles, it's an incredible distance . I start to get really uncomfortable after about 1 hour or so and have to stand up (I've not got an SCI and can manage to stand and hobble a bit).