Myself and 7 friends have decided to go Bar Stool racing in the summer so we all agreed to build our own ready for mid May when we'll be using the carpark of a friends pub to race and raise money for charity.
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that looks awesome!
There must be a thread for the build progress
You never know we could help with the design to make a winner!!!
Question is - what motors you using? a Electric wheel chair or a Mobility scooter?
Ziggy
There must be a thread for the build progress
You never know we could help with the design to make a winner!!!
Question is - what motors you using? a Electric wheel chair or a Mobility scooter?
Ziggy
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Heavy duty battery and the starter motor from a black cab(taxi).
Races have a 1 minute time limit, thats just enough to stop the starter motor burning out ..
I'll post a few pics once I start building it.
Races have a 1 minute time limit, thats just enough to stop the starter motor burning out ..
I'll post a few pics once I start building it.
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I can't wait to see the outcome of this.
I can't wait to see the outcome of this.
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Please do it after a few too many! And make videos .
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We did it once before about 12 years ago. No we didn't do it for charity that time, we did it because we could.
Rear carpark of the pub was blocked off, we drank till we couldn't see and still raced.
We all took extra batteries and chargers but put no limit on each race so most of the racing stools burnt out in the first hour. That wasn't really a problem as most of the racers were injured in the first 10 minutes but some of us continued untill the death(last orders).
This time there are size restrictions, time limits and crash helmets as were expecting the local press.
One extra thing we have this year is a reverse race every hour so the racing stools we make have to be able to go backwards.
Once we start building I'll start posting some pics and vids.
Rear carpark of the pub was blocked off, we drank till we couldn't see and still raced.
We all took extra batteries and chargers but put no limit on each race so most of the racing stools burnt out in the first hour. That wasn't really a problem as most of the racers were injured in the first 10 minutes but some of us continued untill the death(last orders).
This time there are size restrictions, time limits and crash helmets as were expecting the local press.
One extra thing we have this year is a reverse race every hour so the racing stools we make have to be able to go backwards.
Once we start building I'll start posting some pics and vids.
