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DIY Electric Car Wiki - A Tremendous Conversion Resource

DIY Electric Car

Some of the members here will find this obvious but I've spoken with several people recently who had no idea that we have such a fantastic resource built up. For those of you who don't know, we have an electric car conversion wiki which has tons of info for beginners and pros.

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Can This DIY Rocket Program Send an Astronaut to Space?

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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. supporters are counting down until the historic day when an amateur astronaut will climb aboard a homemade rocket and wave goodbye to Earth, ready to take a giant leap for DIY-kind.

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Hacking Ham Radio for Texting

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MicroAPRS , which is an open-source and Arduino-compatible firmware package for DIY packet radio modems. NEO 6M-based GPS receiver that is popular with hobbyists for things such as DIY drones. First, I would need to nail down the hardware and software I was going to use. I chose a $10. Like my modem, the NEO has a serial interface.

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A Practical Car Care Guide for Your College Car

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There are resources available to help students manage tasks effectively, such as “ write my essays.” DIY Car Maintenance Doing simple maintenance tasks on your own can save you money and help you better understand your vehicle. Replacing Windshield Wipers.

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Where the President-Elect Candidates Stand on Key Issues

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Coughlin praised current IEEE programs such as TryEngineering, which provides teachers, parents, and students with a variety of educational resources including hands-on classroom activities. At Maker Faire conventions, people engage in hands-on DIY and STEM activities. She said the organization should offer more resources to teachers.

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Picking Your Dream Car for Conversion

DIY Electric Car

If you can build Lego and with the tech help and resources of this great DIY forum you can do it! The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style? Make it your style, have fun and prove them all wrong. You deserve this.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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There are also videos on Youtube where people change the pack the DIY way or the individual modules, but be aware to only buy individual modules from a trusted source. A capacitor needs to be soldered in the back of the speedometer and there are resources on the internet on how to do it. Rarely the dash can go dark all of a sudden.

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