At 69, this old man is going back to............

That is a good thing and your helping out the handicapped and ole timers like a some of us on here. Now when you design one that will 60' in the 1.25 area, contact me.

As these things go, at least one model of this chair is relatively fast, I think they were saying 12.X MPH? That is FAST is something that short, narrow and "glitchy" so far as steering

The motors in these things are HUGE........they resemble a condenser fan motor in say, a 2 1/2 AC outdoor unit

Here we go.........
http://www.wheelchairs.com/fast.htm
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