foghornleghorn wrote:Have you been out in it, or does it need charging / the weather is shit?
I'm still trying to post pics of chair so hopefully someone can help, not having much luck.
The chair itself is an abomination of a creation and goes against all my engineering knowledge entirely! Having said that, it's a bloody scream if you have the balls to crank it up. The rear wheel steering is an experience like no other after using a rear wheel drive for so long. This chair would climb a mountain if you wanted it to, nothing gets in its way! I live on the steepest hill you can imagine and it blasts my 23st up at 10mph easy! However, controlling the beast is a feat in itself, sway one way a little too much and your in trouble. I tried on the quiet roads here and scared myself to death with the back end kicking out like a bloody drift car without the power slide!
It's also not been looked after even though the electronics are very much unused. So, anything metal has seized or rusted (no stainless in sight). The seat was entirely rotten and U/S so has now been binned and replaced with a temporary custom setup (pics to follow as I'm sure will raise an eyebrow or two)
I removed the footplate contraption which in theory actually works well with decent adjustment but is so poorly welded I could not get it back in the frame (I'm talking inches out, not mm's).
That's where I'm up to now unfortunately as I feel like I've been 10 rounds with Mike Tyson trying to sort this thing. Oh, the plastic body panels which give it the Optimus look are a disgrace and had to be ditched as diabolically made and just rattle uncontrollably.
Tomorrow will be an off road test to see if this thing is a keeper or not, anybody fancy it??