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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs: January 2014
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs. A blog dedicated to follow Roberto's crazy thoughts and random projects. Thursday, January 16, 2014. Dismantling, cleaning, and welding CholoCycle. Hey guys, a lot has happened since our last blog post. We bought an AC-20 Motor. Which should arrive very soon. We also got a AC motor controller from SevCon. Someone tried cutting the frame. Motor model fits pretty well. Motor model picture from top. Motor model picture from the chain side. Look at that S...
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs: Cholocycle: upgrade components finally here!
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs. A blog dedicated to follow Roberto's crazy thoughts and random projects. Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Cholocycle: upgrade components finally here! After a long wait. over the last couple of weeks I have received some awesome new presents:. OMG SO MANY A123s! I'm using two 13s3p modules! Delta-Q Quiq 1kW charger! Let the preparations commence! I will be using 13s3p modules now (as opposed to 13s2p), this gives me 50% more energy and range than before!
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs: February 2013
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs. A blog dedicated to follow Roberto's crazy thoughts and random projects. Monday, February 11, 2013. As part of MIT IAP (Independent Activities Period) I took part in an Impractical Bicycle Dynamics Class. The class was led by Jack Whipple (D-lab Shop Manager) and Mars (Crazy Bike Expert), the point of this class was to create unconventional bicycles that were still somewhat rideable. 3 Chopper: A chopper style bicycle. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs: November 2013
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs. A blog dedicated to follow Roberto's crazy thoughts and random projects. Wednesday, November 13, 2013. CholoCycle: Engine take down and battery mock-up. CholoCycle Engine take down and battery mock-up. About 2-3 weeks ago we were fortunate to receive. We brought the frame back to MIT and the next day starting gutting the bike. We brought the frame back to MIT. And the next day starting gutting the bike. Taking out the carbs. Taking off the radiators.
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs: February 2014
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs. A blog dedicated to follow Roberto's crazy thoughts and random projects. Sunday, February 2, 2014. Cholocycle - Motor and Motor Mounts. Camilo and Victor spent lots of time making the clamps fit perfectly:. Camilo staring at the clamps. Victor posing for the camera. We then made renderings for the motor and its mounts (for prettiness sake). Rendered motor mount (soooo pretty). The AC-20 finally arrived! Shout-out to Travis at http:/ emf-power.com/.
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs: May 2014
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs. A blog dedicated to follow Roberto's crazy thoughts and random projects. Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Hey folks, its been long since the last update. This was a busy semester (but my last, yay! I spent the last couple of weeks debugging the sevcon controllers to work with my AC-20. I rigged up my testbed in the EVT room. Making sure to keep tires off the ground. Sevcon espAC with the bike. Putting the controller into the bike! During some auto-tune testing.
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs: May 2012
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs. A blog dedicated to follow Roberto's crazy thoughts and random projects. Sunday, May 20, 2012. Last friday was the very first annual Tech Dinghy Challenge at the MIT Sailing Pavilion! Next House (my old dorm) put together a team for this event full of craziness, sailing and burgers (how could I miss it! Points were awarded for burgers eaten, people in boat and crossing time. Here is a pic of us before putting the boat in the water. At some point I was...
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs: Chologoodies: Charger, Decals and Tach Sticker
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs. A blog dedicated to follow Roberto's crazy thoughts and random projects. Friday, July 4, 2014. Chologoodies: Charger, Decals and Tach Sticker. Still waiting for batteries and gen4 controller, so i have been distracted by adding some peripheral goodies to the bike. I'll let the pictures talk by themselves. Arduino nano wired in to interface with the tachometer (now a current meter). Joey putting the charging platform on the bike. There was an error in ...
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs: July 2011
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs. A blog dedicated to follow Roberto's crazy thoughts and random projects. Friday, July 15, 2011. Delft and the illegal bbq. Last saturday was a pretty packed and awesome day. We had planned to go sailing in Kaag again, however it seemed the weather was not cooperating with us, nevertheless we gave sailing a chance and departed to Kaag at about 1100, we got there and hopped on the 40 sec ferry again. We found a nice cozy spot near the central city squar...
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs: October 2014
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Thoughts of a curly Salvadorean sailor wearing Crocs. A blog dedicated to follow Roberto's crazy thoughts and random projects. Wednesday, October 8, 2014. Cholo @ MIT Maker Faire! Some pics of the EV-Allstars at MIT! Taken by Josh Ramos during MIT's first Maker Faire! Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Cholocycle: upgrade components finally here! After a long wait. over the last couple of weeks I have received some awesome new presents:. OMG SO MANY A123s! I'm using two 13s3p modules! Delta-Q Quiq 1kW charger!