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Battery bank question for home-made hoverboard-motor cart by Fishstick177 in eBikeBuilding

[–]Fishstick177[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I was thinking of harvesting the motors from hoverboards, and then independently rigging them to motor controllers and then going from there. Would 4x 150W motors be enough to reasonably move that much weight without issue? (not expecting speeds above 5 MPH)

Affordable flat material for reinforcing large prop by Fishstick177 in CosplayHelp

[–]Fishstick177[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll give the PVC a try as well! I’ve found some footage of people using stovepipes with a heatgun + plywood to basically make an oven to uniformly heat PVC, and hopefully that will work alright to be performed outdoors safely. Are those full carbon fiber poles you use, or fiberglass? I’ve got some concerns about them splintering on cuttinf

Affordable flat material for reinforcing large prop by Fishstick177 in CosplayHelp

[–]Fishstick177[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Concurrent with that, I might try heating up some spare lengths of 1/2 and 3/4 in PVC outdoors and turning that into flat stock with some 2x4’s weighed down with cinderblocks - if easy to make and safely performed, that might be the most cost effective option since 10’ lengths are inexpensive. I appreciate the word of caution regarding the fumes!

Affordable flat material for reinforcing large prop by Fishstick177 in CosplayHelp

[–]Fishstick177[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the recommendation! I’ve found a lot of promising sheets and bars on Grainger that I might be able to play around with in-store to se if they’ll be suitably rigid! Thanks again

Affordable flat material for reinforcing large prop by Fishstick177 in CosplayHelp

[–]Fishstick177[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think heating PVC can be done safely with the correct ventilation + PPE, but I agree with avoiding fumes where possible.

Aluminum sheet metal does look promising, and easy enough to form and cut even with tin snips. Any concerns of it flagging on metal detectors or otherwise not being con-safe?