Devlog #1: getting from idea to model + figuring out the frame

Idea

While I was procrastinating brainstorming project ideas for this challenge last week, I came across a video of that one spinning cat that goes o i i a on my Instagram reels. A couple reels afterwards, I got an ad for a Chinese-produced drift kart, and I realized that combining the two would make for a pretty cool summer project.

Preliminary sketches

I started off by doing some rough drawings of what I wanted to build and figuring out the most technically challenging part of the build: the drift mechanism. The kart doesn’t drift conventionally; it acts more like a powered caster cart.

First steps + what’s next

After figuring out how everything worked, it was time to CAD. For now, I cadded out a preliminary frame. For the future, I need to figure out the spacings for the steering/powered wheel module and CAD the rest of the chassis.