Hybrid Scooter

DO-IT-YOURSELF-ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To provide a scooter user with longer-distance mobility. Billy Bowers configured a transmission and engine to be added to his electric scooter, creating a hybrid gasoline/electric scooter to eable him to take his scooter on longer trips without fear of having the batteries be depleted away from a source for recharging. It can hold half a tank of gas and travel for 50 to 100 miles without refueling or charging. The hybrid scooter has a top speed of 15 miles per hour. The motor is primarily for inclines and long runs, and electric power is used in a crowd.
MATERIALS: Engine and transmission. SKILLS REQUIRED: Automotive mechanics. TOOLS: Automotive shop tools. TITLE: Doing It Yourself. JOURNAL: Quest. REF: Volume 14, Number 1, January/February 2007. WEB: http://www.mda.org/publications/Quest/extra/qe14-1_do_it_yourself.html