orton1966
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 06:34 PM |
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We Built This
Just though i would share a pic of something some friends and i have built over the last few months
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lewis
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 06:43 PM |
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 loving this!
I am a driving god!..........sort of
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blakep82
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 06:45 PM |
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i remember something similar on south park 
that looks like fun! (yours, not the south park one..)
is the wheel on the front to stop it rolling over when you brake?
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ashg
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 06:47 PM |
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does it shove a probe up your ass like the one on south park? if it does then I'm afraid I can't invest (unless the dealership is in
Brighton)
Anything With Tits or Wheels Will cost you MONEY!!
Haynes Roadster (Finished)
Exocet (Finished & Sold)
New Project (Started)
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orton1966
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 06:59 PM |
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Braking
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
i remember something similar on south park
that looks like fun! (yours, not the south park one..)
is the wheel on the front to stop it rolling over when you brake?
Yes the wheel at the front touches down when we brake. We’ve only had it fully running in the last month or two, most of that time has been trying to
get ballast in the right place to make it rideable.
Sunday we had our best session yet, finally started getting some decent feet up rides, we’re only hitting about 25mph (limited by gearing) but now we
seem to have the basics mastered we’ll gear it for a bit higher top speed.
In theory there is a speed record for a monobike (one wheeled motobike) it’s currently about 60mph we’d like to think we can develop this until we get
close to beating that!
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ReMan
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 07:05 PM |
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Well done that looks really well made too.
I've always had an interest in them myself, since I think the late 60's when there were in a "futuristic" type transport
feature, along with the cars that take s to maars etc. Would love to do one one day.
Can I ask what you used for the "tyre?
www.plusnine.co.uk
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 07:07 PM |
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What is the (blue and black) outer tyre/wheel made from? Does it use a friction drive?
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scootz
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 07:08 PM |
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It's Evolution Baby!
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orton1966
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 07:18 PM |
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Outer wheel
quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
What is the (blue and black) outer tyre/wheel made from? Does it use a friction drive?
Outer Wheel is made from 50mm polyethylene water pipe, welded into a hoop, on this we’ve stuck a rubber strip cut from a tractor inner-tube to act as
a tire. Drive is friction, originally by squeezing the wheel between rotating rollers, now we paired the outer two rollers with a belt that increases
friction by acting like a short “track drive” against the rubber surface of the tire.
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bigdrew
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 07:20 PM |
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I remember these being done on scrapheap a while ago. Top effort, looks mental
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bigdrew
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 07:22 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ry8mBPbCvM
The full episode on youtube..
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 07:37 PM |
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If you was wearing (for example) roller skates, would it still count?
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GeoffT
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 08:06 PM |
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Although I guess the front wheel isn't braked, it still looks like it could pitch over it under braking/deceleration - any reason why the front
wheel can't be projected further forward to help prevent this?
[Edited on 10/1/12 by GeoffT]
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orton1966
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 08:24 PM |
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Yes we could
quote:
Originally posted by GeoffT
Although I guess the front wheel isn't braked, it still looks like it could pitch over it under braking/deceleration - any reason why the front
wheel can't be projected further forward to help prevent this?
[Edited on 10/1/12 by GeoffT]
Yes we could move it forward, however ideally we will remove it all together and just ride more smoothly. Just like currently although there are small
wheelie wheels at the back we vary rarely touch these down
Oh and currently the only braking force is friction of the drive mechanism plus one mountain bike “V” brake operating directly on the outer wheel, so
not much to pitch us over!
[Edited on 10/1/12 by orton1966]
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Riskyshift
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 08:39 PM |
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Looks really good - can we have a video of the next test?
ian
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orton1966
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 08:49 PM |
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The Machine
Here's a picture that better shows the workings of the machine
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TAZZMAXX
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 08:57 PM |
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That's quite impressive due to its simplicity. Please don't end up like the guy with this V8 version.
http://youtu.be/K4YmVP6i4qw
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Xtreme Kermit
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 09:22 PM |
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nick205
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 09:26 PM |
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That's chuffing ace that is
What's the deal with using it on public roads - presumably as it's motorised you'd have to consider registration, tax and insurance
etc? IVA?
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orton1966
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 09:47 PM |
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Non Public
I don’t think any of us would be comfortable on public roads…..yet!
The road we’ve tested on so far is the private industrial estate where I have a unit, on a Sunday almost all the business are closed giving us a
straight 600m with no traffic and no parked cars to worry about!
However we could do with a bit more width, now, so that we can practice turning etc. anyone know a safe, legal, cheap location in the Nott’s, Linc’s
or Leicestershire region?
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TAZZMAXX
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| posted on 10/1/12 at 10:12 PM |
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How about Langar? (when they're not letting planes take off).
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orton1966
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| posted on 11/1/12 at 06:03 AM |
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Worth A Try
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Originally posted by TAZZMAXX
How about Langar? (when they're not letting planes take off).
It's quite local so worth a try, anyone else ever got permission to run there?
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TAZZMAXX
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| posted on 11/1/12 at 06:45 AM |
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Just a thought, but when I took my HGV test, part of the tuition was on some land that was next to the main area at Langar (from memory). We did
braking exercises there but I can't remember exactly how to get to it. I vaguely remember driving alongside a lot of agricultural buildings and
it opened up to all these tarmacced areas. There were several HGV learner vehicles there at the same time so maybe ring some local driver training
companies up to find out? I took mine with Sterling Training in Nottingham but I don't know if they're still going. Hope that helps.
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jeffw
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| posted on 11/1/12 at 08:35 AM |
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Never trust anything with an odd number of wheels.....as shown in the V8 video
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