Built the kids powerwheels into a boat.

Quinc

Quinc

Buy a Superjet
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California
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Pro-pulsion

Pro-pulsion

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Ontario, Canada
Quinc said:
Exactly! was thinking about something that drops down in the back and then attaching it to steering somehow? Or would a rudder in the front work? @Vumad you have any ideas?
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Nah, what you do is take something that can sleeve more of those pieces of wood you have on the rear wheels, slot the sleeve about 1/3 the overall length with about an inch or so above the bottom edge, slot the inside wood piece the same, put a retaining bolt through both at the bottom of the slot so the wood can't fall out but can push back up in the sleeve while driving on the pavement. Constantly fluid rudders, they slide into the sleeves when the wheel rolls them down to the ground, they weigh enough that when they get to water the wheels rotate down, the rudders slip out of the sleeves, steering wheel action takes over :D
 
Quinc

Quinc

Buy a Superjet
Location
California
Pro-pulsion said:
Nah, what you do is take something that can sleeve more of those pieces of wood you have on the rear wheels, slot the sleeve about 1/3 the overall length with about an inch or so above the bottom edge, slot the inside wood piece the same, put a retaining bolt through both at the bottom of the slot so the wood can't fall out but can push back up in the sleeve while driving on the pavement. Constantly fluid rudders, they slide into the sleeves when the wheel rolls them down to the ground, they weigh enough that when they get to water the wheels rotate down, the rudders slip out of the sleeves, steering wheel action takes over :D
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Not sure I can knock that out in 2hrs on a sunday. :) But I like it!
 
Vumad

Vumad

Super Hero, with a cape!
Location
St. Pete, FL
Quinc said:
Exactly! was thinking about something that drops down in the back and then attaching it to steering somehow? Or would a rudder in the front work? @Vumad you have any ideas?
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Get a 4x4 model?

I think the easiest way to make steering, would be to add two switches that cut power to the motors individually. So when you want to go left, cut power to the left motor. If you want to turn quickly, make it so you can reverse power to the left motor.

I assume that is a peg pergo model but I am not sure. I know how powerwheels work. The shifter just flips relays like a light switch. One switches the power from series to parallel (6v each vs 12v both) and reverses the polarity. You can easily modify this setup on a powerwheels. I added a variable speed throttle by simply adding an e-bike controller after the selector, so it still give full, half and reverse but with variable speed, and at 18v (9/18).

The non-powerwheel models are harder to modify because they have computers. However, it would be very easy to wire a switch to cut power to one wheel, and not very hard to make it reverse the wheel.



Also, You are churning a lot of water in the middle. Shape the paddle more like a U so the axis of the wheel doesn't churn water in the middle. If you look at old paddle boats, they had rings that supported the paddles. The paddles were not solid like what you have. Cut out a disc (or 2) to support the paddles on the outside and the wheel will support them on the inside. Then you can add multiple paddles easily that don't churn water. I assume 8-12 paddles would be good.
 
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