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Building a wheelchair with off-the-shelf parts is exciting and challenging. Our biggest obstacle is connecting the wheel to the motor in a way that it has a braking system. As a non-mechanical person, I don't totally get the hows and whys of it, but I do get the part about how bicycle wheels don't drive backwards. So, our engineers are working on how to solve this problem as cheaply and easily as possible. | Building a wheelchair with off-the-shelf parts is exciting and challenging. Our biggest obstacle is connecting the wheel to the motor in a way that it has a braking system. As a non-mechanical person, I don't totally get the hows and whys of it, but I do get the part about how bicycle wheels don't drive backwards. So, our engineers are working on how to solve this problem as cheaply and easily as possible. | ||
− | + | For the motors, lots of used treadmill motors are for sell on ebay. We're going to get one and play around with it. | |
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Customize an interface? | Customize an interface? | ||
Stay tuned for the next chapter and feel free to add ideas. | Stay tuned for the next chapter and feel free to add ideas. |