I've built both and the front wheel drive gives you more control of the drift and gets up to speed much faster. I would suggest a rear brake though. I mounted bicycle disc brakes to the hubs and used hub extensions to set the wheels farther out.
yes the front motor is better!!! but really better. ans electric too. the bigs drift trikes like in usa, are poor idéa, to put all the masses on the rear, and the rear weel are the weels motorized with a 4 stroke engine, is a poor idéa... (ok in usa 1/3 of the population are so big, is possible is the problem lol) and after he put a big front weel because the masses is on the back.. (rrr!!!)
Can I suggest flipping those pillowblocks over on the rear axle. This will lower your center of gravity. It will be less prone to flipping. Right now it's way too high IMO unless your going for an off road drift trike.
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stylac Ya this configuration seem to be common. This is avavilbe in a commercially available drift trike. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_IJwjctqVEE.html
Jon Vannatto, technically that makes it a "slide trike" as drifting is defined by a rear drive and using wheel speed to break traction and control the drift angle. Either way its neat and looks fun, but being front driven it'll pull you through and kind of defeats the skill associated with real drifting.
Evil Me Good point. I'm suprised with the rotating rear axle layout he has as it seems like he could just pull parts from the electric gocart and make it a proper drift trike.
Bonjour de France, merci pour ce partage. Quelle est le moteur, controleur et batterie que vous utilisez? Quelle est la taille de la couronne et le pignon poteur? Merci
I built one of these about 3 and half years ago. The front drive works fine and is an easy way to get a fast trike up and running. All the guys complaining that it isn't a "real" drift trike are obviously forgetting that these things started as pedal-powered and front wheel drive. All the RWD ones end up doing is spinning in circles which seems pretty boring to me. Definitely recommend rear brakes as the front one on its own was definitely not enough for mine (although it's obviously not much use when you're running the pvc).
That rim brakes is going to be interesting. Too bad the motor and fork do not have disc brake mounts. And a not sure a rear brake would work with PVC sleeves on.
After watching your video Converting a Car Alternator into a Go Kart Motor I decided to make a motor out of an alternator which I am doing. I have some questions about the build though. I will be using it as a motor for other uses. I want to fix an on/off switch, a kill switch, and an external regulator so I can adjust the speed. First have been successful in that project when not "redlining" the alternator rpm speeds?
You practically made a go kart axle having it front wheel drive will wreck it a drift is when your back tire is spinning to fast for the amount of traction you have so your rear end slides out
You don't remove the neck bolt all the way. You loosen it and tap the bolt lightly. That way when you remove it the threaded licking wedge comes out with the neck and it doesn't fall down the nec k tube.
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