Hey Guys, so weve been working
hard on the Batman Tumbler for the past few weeks now
and its finally ready for the first test drive.
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So the Baha is coming along awesome, we have got the frame completely painted now
The motors almost ready to be mounted, and we even have a seat
Before we are going to be able to test drive this thing, we're obviously going to need a steering wheel
So the challenge is, the location of the steering wheel right now does not work because iy'll hit your legs
Which is kinda difficult for driving, so what we have to do is, reposition it up a little bit by using a universal joint
but universal joints can be kind of expensive so we looked around the shop and we actually have a universal socket joint
which we're going to use instead, so what we need to do is find the location we want to place this along the shaft
then using a pillow block bearing mounted to part of the frame we can position the steering wheel at a different angle then from what it is right now
we think, probably around here at a slight angle will allow us to turn, now to get a full turning radius, out of the front end this Baha you have about 90 degrees, so thats the max rotation of the steering wheel
alright, so that's probably not going anywhere, but I'm going to tac weld it anyways just in case, to make sure it stays on there
alright now for the other side, so unfortunately we can't just hammer this into the pipe which means we are going to have something in between
but luckily I have some barstock that fits perfectly in to the socket adapter
aand again we can probably jam it into the pipe like what we did with this piece over here
thats still pretty hot
alright, so I beveled the edges of this again so we can hammer it right into the pipe without any problems
and there you go
and now
can just tac weld right there
attach it, tac weld
bam, we have a universal joint attached to a piece of metal pipe
actually do a little plug weld through the spot that uuh normally holds the ball bearing for the quick connect
and technically that's probably enough to hold it, but
might as well go around the edge too
perfect, two become one
cost of doing this, free, it was an extra universal joint we had laying around the shop
alright now to see where the steering wheel will actually be, I'm going to use a pair of vice grips
probably doesn't help that the rear end is on a jack stands right now
but as you can see, now
in the straight position
could be like this
but my knees are actually going through the floor
which means we still want to have it up a bit
and if we have it up, a bit
then we can go like this
and that's a lot more comfortable than hitting my legs like so
so, we are going to pick an angle we want for this height
these vice grips actually work pretty good
maybe just weld those on
*drilling intensifies*
*sonic spin intensifies*
alright, so the teams been hard at work and the Baha is almost ready for its first test drive
as you can see we can just turn it on with this switch here
that hits the main contactor
then turn on the little speedometer, and the computer
and
if everything is hooked up properly
*revs engine*
ooo, ahaha
alright, lets take it for a rip
*canada intensifies*
alright so that was a blast
so I think we need to install a seat belt before we test it further
and we are going to take it to a farmers field to really test how fast this thing can go
hope you guys enjoyed that little teaser of what this thing can do
just imagine what it will be able to do with two motors
alright, so now that we got the buggy running what kind of upgrades should we make?
we've been thinking about grappling hook guns, a crazy LED light bar, winches, paintball guns, paint ball turrets, all kinds of stuff like that
Leave a comment in the description below on what you think we should add to this thing
to make it worthy of Batman himself
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Wow that was way easier than I thought it would be.