By george on Unrecorded Date: Edit

i am at present designing a 6x6 wheelchair for the disabled with coventry univercity england, i have managed to build the main superstructure, but i am having problems with the drive train and steering mechanism. ive looked at different types of steering, can eny one advise eg: t-20 or enything else. if there is interest in my design let me know i will post a jpeg file on the site

By ISAAC EISENMAN (Tropicjungleboy) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

HEY GEORGE:

about how to power a wheel chair..forget about t-20..just instal TWO electric motor (one on each rear wheel) and with separate power control you can even spin on a dime!!!did you check the "electra" electric motor used to power remote control airplanes???those motors are very light and with great torque value...hope that this tips will help on your wheel chair design...
wheel chair will bounces too!!!!

By Ted Stanfield (Ted) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Hi everyone, I have a magazine from 1958 that shows something called a Mountian Cat. This was a small tracked vehicle that I believe is about the same thing you are building. It used a small motorcycle engine for power. From the article's brief discription I think it was driven from the engine to a solid axle by a chain, then there was a cintrifigul clutch on each end of the axle. These also had a brake on each clutch that allowed steering simply by pulling one of the two brake levers. It looked like the right brake lever was also a twist throttle. This vehicle was about 24" high and 3' long and used large diameter motorcycle tires with the sidewalls removed for tracks. The driver sat ahead of the engine with his feet protected by a angled skid plate. Hope this helps.

By Westy on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Dear George,

We have already converted the MAX II for use by the disabled.

We install 2 bucket seats with four point harnesses. The machine has a full roll cage as standard which we attatch an integral lifting hoist to powered by a warn A2500 winch.

We have done a mechanical steering conversion for paras and even a microcontrolled conversion that uses an electronic joystick to steer the machine for tetras!

email me at info@westlandspecialvehicles.co.uk and I can give you some pointers.