http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsa0rby7T20
I thought the way it moves was actually pretty neat idea.. Not for something over 15mph though.
I thought the way it moves was actually pretty neat idea.. Not for something over 15mph though.
Electric wooden gokart - Not mine, found on youtube
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machinist@large
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Tricycle steering is a LOT less stable than conventional paired wheels. The fact that he had to add a rotary damper to the caster wheel says that he had problems with flutter at higher speed. He definitely put some effort in it; at least he thought to give the rear a wide footprint and built it extremly low to the ground (he apparently didn't have a death wish).
Tricycle steering is a LOT less stable than conventional paired wheels. The fact that he had to add a rotary damper to the caster wheel says that he had problems with flutter at higher speed. He definitely put some effort in it; at least he thought to give the rear a wide footprint and built it extremly low to the ground (he apparently didn't have a death wish).
Hmmm maybe people wanting to build wooden gokarts will notice the "thick frame"
And jointery.
Gopedude
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If he used two wheels to steer it would be a lot better.
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