COOL Mobility Prototype 3 Wheelchair

This is a cool 'sports electric wheelchair' weighing only 44kg or 103 lbs (including batteries), designed in Australia by Colin Johanson. It won the ABC TV "New Inventors" program "2006 Viewers Choice Award" and we are working on commercialisig it.

The video is worth the download to see the terrain that this amazing morphing electric wheelchair can negotiate, driven by Jonathan Jowers and filmed by Mark Duckworth, both of CATEA, Georgia Tech, Atlanta.

In the stretched outdooor mode it can even bounce up and down gutters. In the short indoor mode, it can negotiate really tight corridors and doorways. Check it out!

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Autos & Vehicles

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• power
• wheelchair
• electric
• sports
• coolmobility
• gizmobytes
• cool
• mobility
• powerchair
• dangerous
• radical
• disabled

[gizmobytes]

Distance capability is very subjective (depends upon surface, slopes, speeds, etc) and has not been tested as we are currently designing and building a new controller but after a lot of testing of curent test machine, we didn't need to recharge the pack in weeks! Once we have a new system, we'll collect performance data.

[dannistories]

Wow! I would've gotten stuck in the sand, and would've turned over on the cross-slopes. How high a curb can it climb? It sure outdoes my Jazzy 610! Love the way it can turn in such small, crowded places! I have to have a big space to turn around. Also love the way it reclines, for a break! Someone who isn't familiar with power chairs, or wheelchairs in general, isn't going to realize how unusual this chair is...let me tell you, most chairs can't handle steep slopes like this one. Amazing chair!

[gizmobytes]

Thanks Danni

Most standard wheelchairs claim that the heavy batteries make them more stable. May be so in static tilt tests, but in dynamic testing, we found the inertia of an almost tip was worse with heavy Arrow and it couldn't stay on side slope but just rolled downhill once top rear wheel lost traction.

[gizmobytes]

For this prototype, 12 kph but we are currently developing a new motor system that should have a top peed of 14kph from testing. Still being developed and final speed yet to be determined. Will need to be limited to legal speed for most countries of 10kph by controller programming.

[lcon3]

Is this chair heavy like those other power

chairs,I'm loving this chair.

[gizmobytes]

This prototype weighs 44kg (including battery) and so is easy to pick up, transport and uses less energy to propell it. Working on new commercial version now with new hub motors, controller and Lithium battery for even better performance.

[jaspr1999]

DAMN! Ok... I'm impressed!

I could've sworn that those casters would've caused a sudden unwanted stop. Awesome design!

I have a little manual sport and hit a dip just big enough for me to catch my footplate on and ended up going ass over teakettle. Good news I was fine... Bad news, it was in front of a pizza parlor and the most of the customers came out to see if I was alright. Funny thing was the first guy out there offered his hand to help me up. Nice guy, not too bright but nice.

[love18942000]

This chair is completely badass, I have been trying to find a power chair that would fit me (more my personality) and the current options I do not like. But this chair is exactly the type of chair I want and need; to the Tee. You keep up the production tests on this thing and you let me know when it might be available in the states.

[Ugroade]

Excellent design. I hope you are looking into making production models. 

[dukestudentshop]

Pretty Cool Guys

[321razor]

i need it too ! give me one model plisss :)

[Northisbest]

Very nice - quick turn...cool

[itswhatpushesU]

How much breaks down? Has anyone done it and loaded it alone? I am curious as to how long the battery lasts, or how far it takes you on a single charge.

I would give up my huge bulky Pronto and my Quickie for one of those!

[PISQUENA1able]

WOAUHHH IS AMAIZING....

[PIDACUFA]

Where to buy and how much?