Sort of got into flying big kites a little. Friend has an expensive buggy and i'm thinking i can do that for a lot less than 250 quid.

So, what is the weight of mild and stainless steel? I'm thinking of making it out of either .8mm, 1 or 1.2mm depending on weight.

Try here mike

http://mdmetric.com/tech/calcweightmetric.htm

Sorry, a complete spaz, can't do the link thing.

John

Oh, i see it's done it! Now looking like a complete mong

[Edited on 8/8/06 by jroberts]

turns out metal supermaket don't go thinner than 1.5mm .........

so its now change the size to either 7/8 or 3/4" at 1.5mm

hmmmmm.

Thanks for the link

I made one of these to a plan off the web using the remains of some 3/4" 16swg pipe I had left over from the locost, the headstock came from an old bike, some old cargo netting for the seat and I bought the correct 'sand' wheels from a kite shop. The wheels were the only cost at about £60.
Goes as well as a £250 buggy!

- Alan

im intrested in making one of theas however have never been abol to find wheels at a good price.

blake

Kite shops sell the wheels at 15 pounds a go now..........

still not as cheap as i'd like - plenty of places sell industrial pnuematic wheels ..........

sure i can see an opportunity here

Where did you get the plans from? One of the key design consideration is making it foldable (almost wrote colapsable - but realised the implication ). Got a good idea at the moment. For the headstock i was thinking of just using some tube and a bit of plastic as a bearing surface.

Mike, if you want any tubing bent to shape!

Let me know.

will do - hoping to make it simple tho. Depending on the frame design it should be a combination of bolt and weld for fixed bits and push fit for others (apart from one bolt!)

Respond to your email in a bit.

ideas coming along nicely - need pnumatic tyres now tho .... time for another thread i think