Hey Everyone,
I kinda found this site by accident as I was looking for a 48volt controller for brushless motors to drive a joystick controlled buggy/cart. Not like a dune buggy or anything, it's just a cart to take hunting to help carry gear and hopefully game back out of the woods. At first I hadn't intended on it being large enough or heavy enough to actually ride, need it light so it can be lifted into the back of the truck by one person if need be. I started with the idea of a used mobility scooter but steering is mostly uncontrolable unless you're actually on the vehicle. After playing around with a powered chair that seemed to be my best option as it could be controlled with something as simple as one of the wii numchuck joysticks. Burgerman, when I seen your chair with the huge atv tires I had to stop for a read. The chair is amazing and super cool. I'm still working out the details of my project I think gearing is gonna be an issue for me , I only need the cart to travel at decent trail walking pace but after thinking more about the whole setup I'm leaning toward the possibility of mounting a removable seat maybe like the pedestal mounted fishing seats so maybe it could be ridden at least for portions of the hike. At any rate thank all of y'all for having me on here and thank y'all for all the hard work, designing, engineering, testing and mostly for sharing all the great information available on this site. Hopefully I'll be able to get my little project going with everything I've gained from being here.