I have plans to engineer something like this but made from a preexisting design from AtomicZombie (who happen to have the DeltaWolf, with a significantly longer wheelbase). The car steering and back pedal brakes are parts of this design I can imagine going into mine, with a few important differences: 1. The frame itself will need to be nearly parallel to the ground to make a lower profile, which will help with the clearance against a shroud or fairing like most velomobiles employ. 2. The feature of turning in place with 180 degrees of steering range will likely need to be made more compact, simplified, and better fit towards the addition of said external shell. The steering wheel itself would also need to be a bit more ergonomic than it appears here. The spring load mechanism would be nearly impossible to add to my design in mind because the rear area beneath the seat and between the two wheels I’ve had intended on adding a system of propulsion which can accelerate the vehicle to 100-110kph; however it all depends on whether it will be long enough. For both parts of that to happen, The wheels will obviously need to be bigger, and even possibly have an even longer wheelbase than the DeltaWolf to allow the rider to be seated in a even more reclined position. As for the power source I’ve been debating between adding a high efficiency combustion motor of extremely small size (20kg or less) or an ethanol fuel cell with electric motors, or even using a flywheel. If anything all three propulsion systems could be used: the fuel cell, directly using ethanol, as the APU and cold-weather heater for the motor and able to power the front wheel with an electric motor, the combustion motor powered by the ethanol as well, and the flywheel to give the rider enough leverage to sustain high speeds at an extremely tall gear. The important part would be trying to get something like this to have the same performance as a typical car without weighing over a few hundred kilograms and being powered by propulsion barely powerful enough to propel a optimistically working lawnmower. Either way I believe such little power only being used to move a human (or torque to move a trailer or two) could do as much as cars which are so heavy they can cause permanent injuries, regardless of automation taking over the driver’s responsibility for that car. And by getting it to weigh less than 200kg (design empty weight of 50kg; 30kg of a typical recumbent tricycle plus the engine and fairing weight), it won’t injure people nearly as harshly, and will not harm a cyclist on a non-car road in the event of an accident.
Loves the steering design using universal joints. First I've seen in Charles Mochet's velocar design 1933. Francis Fauré who breaks the world record beats the upright.
wow, love the latest development, having only build go karts before, how did you attach the rear wheels to the frame so that they don't bend the axle bar inside the wheel hub?
Hi guy's, nice to see how things keep improving and with your videos also. Something to think about.. I could see and use something like this with a more reclined seat (probably not hard to do with longer springs?) and 2 wheels in the front that could also expand outwards..!! Email me or contact me on Facebook if you want to discuss this further.. Thumbs up, Keith
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I have plans to engineer something like this but made from a preexisting design from AtomicZombie (who happen to have the DeltaWolf, with a significantly longer wheelbase). The car steering and back pedal brakes are parts of this design I can imagine going into mine, with a few important differences:
1. The frame itself will need to be nearly parallel to the ground to make a lower profile, which will help with the clearance against a shroud or fairing like most velomobiles employ.
2. The feature of turning in place with 180 degrees of steering range will likely need to be made more compact, simplified, and better fit towards the addition of said external shell. The steering wheel itself would also need to be a bit more ergonomic than it appears here.
The spring load mechanism would be nearly impossible to add to my design in mind because the rear area beneath the seat and between the two wheels I’ve had intended on adding a system of propulsion which can accelerate the vehicle to 100-110kph; however it all depends on whether it will be long enough. For both parts of that to happen, The wheels will obviously need to be bigger, and even possibly have an even longer wheelbase than the DeltaWolf to allow the rider to be seated in a even more reclined position.
As for the power source I’ve been debating between adding a high efficiency combustion motor of extremely small size (20kg or less) or an ethanol fuel cell with electric motors, or even using a flywheel. If anything all three propulsion systems could be used: the fuel cell, directly using ethanol, as the APU and cold-weather heater for the motor and able to power the front wheel with an electric motor, the combustion motor powered by the ethanol as well, and the flywheel to give the rider enough leverage to sustain high speeds at an extremely tall gear.
The important part would be trying to get something like this to have the same performance as a typical car without weighing over a few hundred kilograms and being powered by propulsion barely powerful enough to propel a optimistically working lawnmower. Either way I believe such little power only being used to move a human (or torque to move a trailer or two) could do as much as cars which are so heavy they can cause permanent injuries, regardless of automation taking over the driver’s responsibility for that car. And by getting it to weigh less than 200kg (design empty weight of 50kg; 30kg of a typical recumbent tricycle plus the engine and fairing weight), it won’t injure people nearly as harshly, and will not harm a cyclist on a non-car road in the event of an accident.
Loves the steering design using universal joints. First I've seen in Charles Mochet's velocar design 1933. Francis Fauré who breaks the world record beats the upright.
It appears that your spring design would take the shock out of crossing uneven surfaces enough to be of great benefit to those people with bad backs.
wow, love the latest development, having only build go karts before, how did you attach the rear wheels to the frame so that they don't bend the axle bar inside the wheel hub?
Soy de Argentina me interesa adquirir uno ..están a la venta y como se podría hacer , también si es posible el precio estimado .. .gracias
Why is the steering wheel so close to the torso?
Do you have them for sale yet?
Le volant est trop près de la personne
Mais si no ce jolie votre vélo
Vous avec un plans s’il vous plaît
Merci beaucoup
Nice design, does it come with different speeds?
@Gary seems it was designed for city riding, daily commute, slight hills. It may equipped with NuVinci N360 or N380.
can you get one of them in Canada?
you looking for partner! to build? or to build and market?
Braking?
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Megusta ese tricycle quiero aprender hacerlo.
your first proto was longer but steering seemed better fit! this one is to close to body ,just dont look like feel good
I would love one
The steering wheel is not complimenting the design. Handlebar much more comfortable.
Top cheesie music, ttike okay, velomobile next for wet and fold countries.
The best
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Nice
Hi guy's, nice to see how things keep improving and with your videos also. Something to think about.. I could see and use something like this with a more reclined seat (probably not hard to do with longer springs?) and 2 wheels in the front that could also expand outwards..!! Email me or contact me on Facebook if you want to discuss this further.. Thumbs up, Keith
a tadpole variant would be cool too, though depends if there are enough people working on the designs to fit it in
@@databanks it made possible for tadpole by reversing the seat, rear wheel steering, may be a slight angled the two wheels to avoid tipping over.
to build and market
Not for sale yet. Nobody wants to make trikes.