12-18-2002, 08:13 AM
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Asia-Link Racing
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Auto Charger
I am not for sure if anyone has tried this but I just built a prototype auto charger. What I mean by auto charger is that I can drive my car over the charger and it charges. This was accomplished by adding 2 flexible wires from the bottom of the car so that when it is drove over the charger it makes contact. I use some thin metal strips for the charging rails and wired that to a 3-AAA battery holder. I will be adding this feature to my track so that when I am running low on juice I can just go into the pit and auto charge with out touching my car. I will post some pics for everyone to see how this was accomplished. Please note that this is a prototype so the look of it is not very pretty.
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12-18-2002, 08:21 AM
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Pic
Here is the bottom of the car.
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12-18-2002, 08:22 AM
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Asia-Link Racing
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Here is the auto charger prototype.
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12-18-2002, 08:42 AM
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I are smart....
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Sounds like a good idea but you'd have to put some guide rails so that you drive right into the charging area.
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12-18-2002, 08:45 AM
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That is the plan. In the charger pic you can see that I have stacked up some Lexan so that the tires will be guided onto the charger. The track version will have a wall that will help guide the car + the charging strips will be much longer so that you will not have to stop on a dime when trying to charge.
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12-18-2002, 08:48 AM
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Im a cat, miow.
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What a brill idea! imm not sure about the trailing wires under the car cos of poss short circuits against metal,
but as u say, its a prototype.
But this is a brilliant idea!
Never having 2 get out of the chair!
Heres some pics of a car charger i have 4 another car-
When u place the ccar on it,the platform goes down and the car sits on the charging plates.
If u made something like this and put ramps on it u could drive on and off!
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12-18-2002, 08:50 AM
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Im a cat, miow.
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pushed down
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12-18-2002, 08:51 AM
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scottyboyfun, I am looking for many suggestions from everyone. As for the metal contacts on the bottom of the car...They do not touch the ground when the car is being driven. But I do understand that a better idea is in need. Thanks for the tip.
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12-18-2002, 08:52 AM
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Im a cat, miow.
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with car on, the wheels press the platform down.
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12-18-2002, 08:58 AM
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Im a cat, miow.
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I didn't c ur pic earlier,that idea isnt too bad! i can c that the strips wouldn't easily short!
You haven't got 2 much work to do I reckon!
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12-18-2002, 09:02 AM
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Im a cat, miow.
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with car on, the wheels press the platform down.
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12-18-2002, 09:06 AM
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Good idea, but change the wire thing.. put it on the charger insted and put some long kontakt under the car so you wont get shortcut.. i dont know if you got me.....
One thing about it, i only think it will get some sec of charging... you will have to drive in to the "pit" all the time, right??
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12-18-2002, 09:15 AM
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This isn't just drive over and go. You would have to stop on the charging strips to get a full charge. The purpose of this is that one would not have to touch the car during a race. The down side of this is that every car would have to be modified to get this to work. If I am the only one with this mod then I would have the advantage.
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12-18-2002, 11:01 AM
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Looks realy cool keep us updated
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