Enter Crüscooter

So for the 2.007 (MIT Design and Manufacturing I) Electric Vehicle Special Section I am building an electric scooter, because I live kind of far away and my current scooter just isn't fast enough.

Her name is Crüscooter, because it has Crüse Control 4 Cool. Basically, it can be operated by only kicking and braking like a regular Razor Scooter, and will maintain the speed you bring it to with a cruise control system. It will have an accelerator as well for overriding the velocity as well as riding it like a regular Electric Scooter.

Here's some initial Solidworks screenies:

A few weeks into the class already, I've gotten the basic dimensions down and decided to go with two batteries instead of three for 26.4V and a gear ratio of 72/14 (~5.14).

Here's a side view of the power train from the top.

Brake mechanism from the port side.

More detailed specs, finished solid model, and assembly pictures to come!

"In our time here at this school..."

"...we will Hack and Punt and Tool!"

tl;dr: I've decided to begin blogging about my various projects.

Enter DGonz.

I am Daniel Jesus Gonzalez, a sophomore in the MIT Class of 2014. I'm majoring in world domination via robotic minions 2A-6 (Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Controls, Instrumentation, and Robotics). I like to build things. I like dubstep and death metal and post-hardcore. I like musical theater (I want to be Hardk0re). I ordered my Brass Rat yesterday.

And ultimately I want to document my various engineering projects on this site to be able to look back and remember what I've learned, and don't really expect anyone to actually read this. I want to document my 2.007 (Design and Manufacturing I) C^2 Scooter project. And my BiCopter project. And other cool stuff I'll eventually build.

Cool. On to the next one.