The wild eyed teenager came flying over the hill with his go kart. With no regard for speed and danger. The teenager seemed to be defying the very laws of nature. That is until he decided to take a 90° turn at high speed and flip the go kart on its […]
The go kart looked great. The go kart engine ran great. The 7.5 horsepower engine seemed to just pour forth the power and the go kart had the appearance of being one awesome go kart. That was until the go kart was driven tended to understeer severely. In fact the […]
Worm gear drives seem to be the simple solution to the vertical engine problem: a simple driver attached to a worm gear box and a 90° orientation coming of the gearbox and all you have to do is hook up the output shaft to a go kart. The initial analysis […]
If you have studied the internet and the various options for making go carts they all vary between a five-point method or eight point method. In either case we’re going to try to summarize the methods into simple steps so that a go kart can be put together in a […]
That is a strange title “Going around corners with mechanisms.” What do I mean by that? Sometimes what occurs when developing a go kart the logistics of connecting pedals to throttle system becomes challenging. The challenge usually comes in that the pedal is on the opposite side of where the […]
On gasoline engines the primary method for causing the fuel air mixture to become ignited is to use a spark. The spark is generated using high-voltage electricity which jumps across a gap in the engine combustion chamber. We all understand this process that the spark plug must give spark and […]
The father and son were having a great day at the Wisconsin Dells enjoying a sunny afternoon riding roller coasters waterslides and of all things: go karts. The father and son team were having a blast in their two-seater go kart. As the ride came to an end the go […]
The Eiffel Tower back in the later 1880s was a technological achievement in its day. Standing over 1000 feet tall. It was made of cast iron plates and bolted together. The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be erected and stay in place for a world’s fair and then taken down […]
