Has anyone been successful getting insurance for an art car? I'm trying to take a new car to a small festival in Oregon next week but I can't find anyone who will give me the time of day. I've talked to Crimson but haven't found what I'm looking for yet.

I agree it would be better with a larger accumulator, I'm just a bit limited with space immediately near the nozzle. I could probably fit a 5lb tank close to the nozzle, but a 20lb tank accumulator would have to be a little farther (~8 feet from the nozzle or so). Any idea if this would still work o...

Hi all, I'd like to upgrade from my 1lb canister flame effect to a small 20lb tank poofer. I'd like to keep things small - can I use a 1lb canister as an accumulator for (regulated) pressure from a larger tank? Perhaps this is too small of an accumulator to even both, would I have any problem runnin...

If you stick with a single motor, any 0907 (48V) or 4201 (72V) generic PMAC synchronous (not PMDC) will meet your original 4KW you linked. Token - out of curiosity, would you happen to have any experience with PMAC controllers? It seems like using regular BLDC controllers is a bad idea, and the onl...

dustyfux - thanks for the info, my car will definitely have a keyed kill switch. If you stick with a single motor, any 0907 (48V) or 4201 (72V) generic PMAC synchronous (not PMDC) will meet your original 4KW you linked. Oh cool, I didn't even realize they made PMAC motors in that same form factor. I...

That is awesome. Do you have selectable gears? Where do you get giant tires like that?

Thanks, makes sense. 1. Tire - Tell what your vision is on tires. Wide and flat. Two tires, 20" x 8" wide (I was wrong above). They're very close together in the rear, so it will do a little bit of skid steering but I think for all intents and purposes it's a trike with a very wide rear tire. 2. Got...

Seriously, we gave you a little shit about using electric drive with good intentions because we've seen it being troublesome on the playa, but I do really respect and admire anyone that scratch builds an MV instead of decorating a truck to look like a cardboard box or whatever. Well I was going to ...

Yes, I know you all have hard-ons for gas engines. I've read every thread you've commented in, Captain Goddammit. Trust me, I didn't embark on this project yesterday. A combustion engine isn't feasible for this project because of several constraints. Glad it works for you, though. Canoe - Thank you,...

Although it's tangential to the original question, the batteries are there for smoothing the load. Generators can't provide the sort of instantaneous power output that electric motors need, and running the generator at full-out 2000watts when nothing is drawing power is much more wasteful than havin...

Hi all, I'm building a small, hybrid MV. The car is built from scratch, about 7 feet long, and will weigh about 500 lbs including frame, batteries, generator, and body. I expect to be able to carry one driver and up to three passengers (so figure an additional 600-800 lbs, or about 1100-1300 lbs tot...