designer
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| posted on 8/10/12 at 07:26 AM |
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Design finished
This is it, done.
Have changed a few things, now to get some steel ordered.
 
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 8/10/12 at 09:04 AM |
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Hmmm, will watch with interest 
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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wylliezx9r
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| posted on 8/10/12 at 09:10 AM |
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Design finished ? Best you connect those front push rods to something then 
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
George Best
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v8kid
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| posted on 8/10/12 at 01:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by wylliezx9r
Design finished ? Best you connect those front push rods to something then
I think he has it's a monoshock
Cheers!
You'd be surprised how quickly the sales people at B&Q try and assist you after ignoring you for the past 15 minutes when you try and start a
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wylliezx9r
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| posted on 8/10/12 at 01:19 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by v8kid
quote:
Originally posted by wylliezx9r
Design finished ? Best you connect those front push rods to something then
I think he has it's a monoshock
Cheers!
I'm on about the other end 
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
George Best
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designer
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| posted on 8/10/12 at 01:28 PM |
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The pushrods connect with a 'rose' joint the the end of the suspension arm.
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v8kid
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| posted on 8/10/12 at 02:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by wylliezx9r
quote:
Originally posted by v8kid
quote:
Originally posted by wylliezx9r
Design finished ? Best you connect those front push rods to something then
I think he has it's a monoshock
Cheers!
I'm on about the other end
Oops! I missed that
Cheers!
You'd be surprised how quickly the sales people at B&Q try and assist you after ignoring you for the past 15 minutes when you try and start a
chainsaw
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Dualist
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| posted on 8/10/12 at 05:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by wylliezx9r
Design finished ? Best you connect those front push rods to something then
Yep, front suspension is still gonna fail as it is.
Rotary build coming soon...
quote:
Originally posted by RichardK
I recently discovered that pigs can p i s s sideways when being transported 
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designer
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| posted on 8/10/12 at 06:01 PM |
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quote:
Yep, front suspension is still gonna fail as it is.
Tell me why?
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steve m
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| posted on 8/10/12 at 06:06 PM |
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No castor, or camber?
just my guess
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Dualist
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| posted on 8/10/12 at 06:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by designer
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Yep, front suspension is still gonna fail as it is.
Tell me why?
As it was said in your other thread, the frame that the push rods and the shock are attached to will flex/twist.
Rotary build coming soon...
quote:
Originally posted by RichardK
I recently discovered that pigs can p i s s sideways when being transported
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designer
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| posted on 8/10/12 at 09:07 PM |
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It's designed to flex and twist, as it acts like an anti-roll bar.
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Dualist
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| posted on 8/10/12 at 09:27 PM |
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Oh ok, I see it's gusseted, what is the material and grade.?
Have you run any Ansys or Cosmos sims on it, if so what are the results.? An anti roll bar will be high tensile but will flex, a welded structure will
be stressed and prone to cracking if mig/tig welded unless stress relieved, are you gonna braze it.?
Sorry if I seem an a-hole, just in my experience it doesn't look like it's gonna work. More than happy for anyone to prove me wrong.
[Edited on 8/10/12 by Dualist]
Rotary build coming soon...
quote:
Originally posted by RichardK
I recently discovered that pigs can p i s s sideways when being transported
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v8kid
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| posted on 9/10/12 at 07:12 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dualist
An anti roll bar will be high tensile
[Edited on 8/10/12 by Dualist]
Really?
I never thought so. Surely any material will do as long as it is not deformed past its elastic or fatigue limit.
Cheers!
You'd be surprised how quickly the sales people at B&Q try and assist you after ignoring you for the past 15 minutes when you try and start a
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designer
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| posted on 9/10/12 at 08:57 AM |
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Yes, that's right, anti roll bars can be made of 'normal' mild steel. It is when you start shrinking them to a piece 75mm long, like
the racing guys, that you have to start using 'exotic' materials and heat treatments.
Don't get too influenced by what you read in technical articles, mild steel will be strong enough, and it will work.
The object of the design is 'simplicity'.
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designer
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| posted on 18/10/12 at 09:53 AM |
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3view without internals.
 
general arrangement
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ray.h.
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| posted on 25/5/13 at 09:07 PM |
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exactly what I was thinking of building. I half built a locost about seven years ago but personal circumstances decread it needed to be sold. such is
life. I saw the reverse trike by malcom in trike mag recently and this has inspired me to delve back in to selfbuilding again.
my problems are what light weight uprights to use and what rack to use. I intend it to be very light weight, single seat, rear engine rear wheel
drive.
I have been considering fiat cinquecento....has any one got any experience of this set up?
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designer
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| posted on 25/5/13 at 10:12 PM |
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Front uprights will be custom made, but very simple.
A large diameter, thick walled 'cup' with the spindle bolted through the end cap, the other end is left open. Thick walled tubes, top and
bottom, provide the mounts for the ball joints.
 
front upright
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ray.h.
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| posted on 27/5/13 at 01:30 PM |
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thanks designer just trying to simplify the design and build process a bit by using off the shelf parts.im looking at all sorts of options, buggy
uprights and brakes, centre mount racks etc. just seems theres so many options and huge variations in prices.
the reverse trike I saw was using morris minor uprights. very easy and cheap to obtain and very light weight when used on double wishbone set up. the
guy had reduced the height by about 150 by the looks of it and inserted a spherical bearing on the top. it looks a well engineered solution.
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