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Clean Fleet Report
AUGUST 22, 2023
A DIY Electric and Hybrid Car Maintenance Guide Essential Tools and Tips to Get You Started This article may contain affiliate links. Essential Tools for Electric and Hybrid Car Maintenance Understanding which quality mechanics tools and other essential supplies you need is the first step in DIY maintenance.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 28, 2021
That successful mission in August 2018 was a huge step toward our goal of sending an amateur astronaut to the edge of space aboard one of our DIY rockets. The trickiest part, the double-curved "throat" section that connects the combustion chamber to the exhaust nozzle, requires computer-controlled machining equipment that we don't have.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
The handlebar-mounted controls connect with an Arduino, which interprets their settings and translates them into a PPM signal, which is applied to the electronic speed controller. The speed controller is connected to the motor and battery in the usual fashion, with an automotive-type blade fuse in line for safety. OK boomer," indeed.
Cars That Think
JULY 21, 2021
I added a DIY solder squid—a block with four flexible arms that I use to hold components in place while soldering—with a concrete base and an automatic solder fume extractor. The Grounduino provides screw terminals for hooking wires to the Nano and, as the name suggests, five extra ground connections (and five extra 5V connections as well).
Cars That Think
APRIL 26, 2022
So I read some World War II–era journal articles and learned about the magnetometers used to locate submerged German submarines. I connected this. This article appears in the May 2022 print issue as “A DIY Magnetometer.”. With that information, I constructed what’s called a fluxgate magnetometer. It can be purchased.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
The handlebar-mounted controls connect with an Arduino, which interprets their settings and translates them into a PPM signal, which is applied to the electronic speed controller. The speed controller is connected to the motor and battery in the usual fashion, with an automotive-type blade fuse in line for safety. OK boomer," indeed.
Get Electric Vehicle
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Fortunately, certain maintenance tasks are DIY projects and can save you money, as the average cost of car repairs ranges between $300 to $500. This article highlights some DIY car maintenance tasks you can tackle at home. Straight-end connection wipers require a screwdriver to depress a tab within the arm.
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