[python] Re: SUV

Hi Jurgen,
I was thinking that a steeper head angle would improve it. Stiffer control arms. I think that it could also be built lighter. The wall thickness is huge and heavy.
I would be happy to upload pictures of it. I didn't follow the wiki thread when it was going on. How do I do this? To be totally honest I have only logged onto wikipedia several times and barely familiar with the platform. 

Would someone please share with me the technique?

Thanks,

Dustin



On 14-Jun-08, at 10:37 PM, Jürgen Mages wrote:


Hello Dustin,

valuable insider information about the SUV - thanks!
I once built a similar trike and also noted the strong wheelflop. No wonder, if you consider that the whole weight of the rider plus the front part has to be shifted around in curves. Alas, as you said it has benefits to your upper body workout. The negative trail and the heavy load might compensate this WF tendency, but additional some strong steering dampers like the flevo diabolos should help or a change in the frame geomtry towards a steeper steering angle e.g. 75 degrees.
We would appreciate if you upload your pictures to the wiki and create a small SUV info page. 

Cheers,
Jürgen.

On 15.06.2008 06:00, Dustin Anderson wrote:
That said....I think the idea was conceived and then not much time was put into refining it after. There is an excessive amount of wheel flop. So much that it the trike is affected by even the slightest camber in the road. The operator needs upper body strength to drive it and the control arms (where you anchor yourself with your arms to steer it) flex and that makes it more difficult. 
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