New to the group. Someone told me to post my project on this forum and someone will be able to help! So I was in a hit and run and left dead on the side of the road. After a year and several hospitals later I am doing the best I can paralyzed from chest down. Finally got help and was fortunate to get an amazing track chair! I’m no engineer or electronic guru but I do know that powered scooters and wheelchairs have been using big heavy lead acid deep cycle batteries and large heavy brushed motors just like they have since the 1980s! Great technology for then but with the new brushless motors and all the different crazy awesome Lithium type batteries there is no reason that a track chair costing 20k$ has a top speed of 2.8mph doesn’t have enough power to climb through the ditch beside the street! Powers out on a 30 degree incline! Terrible! I’m really hoping someone can help out find the proper better motors batteries or controllers to get some more speed and torque out of this project! I’m not trying to set records or have a speed demon machine. Off road is rough so high speed isn’t necessary but 2.8mph, my mom walks faster than that when she’s in a hurry! If you made it this far thanks so much for hearing me out and I would really appreciate some possible ideas designs to fix my problem!
Thanks Curtis
Thanks Curtis
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