Gday!
Dom here, thought it would be cool to show you guys a project I have been working on for my final year of secondary school in Australia. The idea behind this was to effectively keep ride height at a constant during driving. The build was completed mainly as a display of the concept and is yet to hit the track. However I do have plans to get the kart out to a track one day. I am aware that it goes against a vast majority of technical regulations, but I thought it would be a cool project to achieve and demonstrate an interesting concept! Hope that it prompts interest and you people enjoy it!
Parts list:
2x L298N motor drivers
2x HC SR04 US Sensors
2x Linear Actuators @50mm stroke
1x Arduino mega
12V Battery
+Custom design and fabrication
Please feel free to ask questions or any suggestions for future evolutions!
Cheers! 
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What kinda of secondary school do you go to? 
This is high-level work
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Thanks man! really appreciate it!
I go to a private school in country Victoria
I see linear actuators. How do you plan on absorbing bumps?
It’s a motion sim rig for real life!
Good quality work…not sure I understand your theory of operation…?
Are you trying to prevent chassis twist, or trying to keep the ‘lower’ rail in the twist a constant height from the track? Or something else?
I’ll be curious to see your dissertation… Kudos for choosing a kart.
Oh man I’m torn. If it has suspension, technically it not a kart. But that is really interesting, cool and I’m glad you posted it. I think a lot of us will geek out on this.
Do you have any video?
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