My Electric Haunted House Car

[ebinary]

"Terror on the Butte"

As far as I know, I am one of two people in the country who have a working haunted house ride in their garage (tell me if you know of any others). No, you can't commute on it. And yes, it has more problems than any of my real EVs. But, it is still the most popular of my inventions, especially with the 100 riders we had at our debut last year. It takes a suprising amount of power to move this type of car predictable around an extrememly curvy track (partially due to the lack of leverage when pivoting tight corners).

I've just finished converting it to use my bike's DeWalt packs as the power system, which should allow for constant operation (use 4 while charging the other 4).

Top Speed - walking speed
Capacity - 2 adults (depending on size of posteriors)
Motor - Surplus 30Ax36V gearmotor from MPJA.com
Drive train - 41 chain, single driven wheel + four undriven castors
Power: originally USPD 24V SLA, then 30AH x 36V NIMH D Cells, now 4 DeWalt A123 packs @ 33V (with another 4 for swapping)
Remote Control: 2.4GHz airplane system, with servo-relay, controlling 40A solid state relay

For those of you interested in the car - these video's are most interesting:

Early prototype chassis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCAg-JdKMvI

Behind the scenes look at the Haunt Car route: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IcC0YFu2WE

For those of you interested in the ride itself (designed to entertain young kids, not teens), check here:

The Complete 2007 Haunted Ride: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rCg_EgNmPE

Example of movable scenery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkrJM4W8kRM

And the complete blog on how we created it:

http://ebinary.spaces.live.com



Whatta ya think - Can I make it across canada on this?

 

[pwbset]

Haha! That's awesome!

 

[dogman dan]

Once again, proof that EV'ers are too cool.

 

[ebinary]

Once again, proof that EV'ers are too cool.

Thanks! When I moved to town, I told my wife "i want to be the crazy guy at the top of the hill with the electric vehicles". I think that, by virtue of living at the top of the highest hill, and having Shredder, the Montague and this Haunted Darkride, I have finally achieved my goal. 8)

 

[Zoot Katz]

Once again, proof that EV'ers are too cool.

Thanks! When I moved to town, I told my wife "i want to be the crazy guy at the top of the hill with the electric vehicles". I think that, by virtue of living at the top of the highest hill, and having Shredder, the Montague and this Haunted Darkride, I have finally achieved my goal. 8)

It would have been much less expensive to just wear a helmet like mine. :wink:

 

[ebinary]

It would have been much less expensive to just wear a helmet like mine. :wink:

I think that is exactly what I'm missing!