Crossing the "T" and Dotting the "I"

 I'm on a streak, pushing out blog-post as if i'm possessed. My intention is to write about adding the fluff, basically making it look nice and complete. We left from the last three post's with a bare frame ready to mount, and a rough idea how to wire it up.  

Being my overexcited self i couldn't resit any longer and i had to make her run and drive. No need for fancy paint or diamond plate footrests nor lights or battery gauges. We need to brake her in, see if there's any more flaws or oversights.  so this happened indeed:

Luckily for me i was living with the perfect test driver in house, i must say i did my part also in shake down testing. My oldest really liked it, and was quick to remind any one how my shake down test went.

Mommy mommy, don't push the throttle to hard, or you'll do a wheel-stand and flip on your back!

Very kindly reminding my wife she married a hoonigan.  In all fairness i did flip it when riding it together with my oldest trying to pull a wheely.

By not using the hoverboard PCB i had no way of monitoring the battery voltage to see if it's empty or not. And i was't sure the battery pack had a working BMS (battery monitoring system). which protects it from being drained beyond the point you still can charge it. 
My Chinese friends from AlieExpress jet again came to the rescue with a digital universal battery monitor. which found it's place in the grip of the beer-crate. 

With the data logging fixed, it needed a proper seat, paint on the frame, tiding up of the electrics and of course light for occasional night driving. During christmas of 2022, it was completely stripped again and i constructed a simple paint both in my trusty shed. in order to paint the frame black and the fiddly steering rods,shafts and knuckles silver.  

i also fabbed a floor-pan from the aluminium diamond plate. which also housed the high-beam lights.

It took some proper Cardboard Aided design work to make a template, but came out okay.

Bending it needed some determination with the tools on hand. I bend it over the edge oft the workbench

 Still it needed a proper seat, The base is an 18mm piece of multiplex with the same outline as the crate surface. it's centered by two wooden pieces fitting exactly inside the crate. On top i used one layer of black high-density foam topped of with memory foam. Which was to be wrapped in skai (fake leather).

Only the tiding of the wiring was remaining and making proper handle bar controls. The motor drivers are now wired to brake constantly , unless we switch is pulled. Then its able to move on the throttle determined speed. I added a forward / rearward selector. 

Finally the job was done!

Or was it, sadly i had to add a remote controlled switch to by pass the speed-limiter, allowing me to drive and slide it for some summer evening fun. 

Not sure what's going to happen next. But this was quite the joy full journey in which i learned a lot.