Tilting Trikes Part 15 - test ride time for wooden tilting reverse trike prototype!

I finally get my tilting reverse trike velomobile prototype finished and on the road!
In this video, I take the trike out for a test ride and give it a spin around a local carpark.

[John-nkf]

I like the use of wood, where possible - greenest of materials. You are a great engineer. And video maker!

[eugeniosolari]

aha! that seems to have been a profound creative experience and feels inspirational for us to start on doing our tries, thank you

[krisgriffiths]

Is looking really good. You must be pleased! I made a trike years ago with a handlebar like yours but it was linked to the front cross members and stayed level when you tilted. It meant that you had something stable to pivot yourself from, and your brain/inner ear had a reference point when your cornering.

[pedroclaro]

Been following this idea for a long time. It was so awesome to actually see the project in working order :D

[lesp]

Thank you for posting. Your build confirmed what I always thought, tilting on a trike is useless. Leaning a body is away to go.

[arnoldanderson]

Very impressive build. Congratulations!

[razifghazali]

I really enjoy watching your videos. Have following for few month. Glad to saw you ride it finally!

[patrickmckowen]

Looks great! Awesome build! Takes me back to my 1st trike build.
Cheers

[machiningbasics]

What a cracking bit of engineering. Nice work

[j.renders]

wow sir finally ! part 15 and the first test drive congratulation !

[glenswada]

Thank you for sharing your expertise, its very kind of you.

[arnspyarchi]

Maybe to ease with stability you could try putting springs or bungee cords diagonally on the parallelogram? Just to help it return to central position

Glad to see everything works well after all these months of building ^^

[tegra]

Well done! Hope you are properly pleased with the result!

[TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hello MMS,
Great to see the trike in action... I look forward to seeing it when you've done the final tweaks...
Take care.
Paul, ,

[DaveWesely]

I really enjoyed watching your series Andy. Your initial CAD analysis of the Ackerman steering was incredibly insightful. Would linking the seat upright angle in relation to the body to the tilt angle solve the twitchiness? It would definitely add to the complexity. The pivot point would probably need to be about 250 mm up from seat so your shoulders could lean in as your seat swings out on a turn. The downside would be the rider's lean would be additive to the trikes lean - to get it to lean 30º, the rider would need to lean 60º in relation to the ground...
The more I look into this, the more the complexity can spiral out of control. When I first came across Kazebikes's design, I thought it was a bit odd. But now the simplicity and stability appeal to me.
In the end, rollover stability and maintaining balance at stop are crucial for an enclosed bike. So despite the challenges, a tilting tadpole trike is probably the best answer for that application. Thanks!

[motormouthalmighty]

COR! I DON'T THINK THAT I'VE EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.HE COULD GET A WELL PAID JOB AT NASA!

[paulinho]

Este é o vídeo mais espetacular que já vi sobre isso. Parabéns!!!!

[Balorng]

An interesting idea that I've had, and turns out was already tried out, it a trike with air shocks connected with an air channel. This way you get both highly tuneable tilt damping, tilt lock by means of blocking air channel (solenoid?) and it would still work like suspencion when you hit a speedpump, unlike your system...

[utubeape]

Outstanding, going from design toprototype build. I can totally see this all carbon fibre with a polycarbonate shell or something similar.
Have you thought about making the chain come straight down from the chainring onto a drive shaft that runs underneath then up to another chain, it could be an advantage regarding chain stretch or other issues especially reducing clothing snagging in it or getting oil on clothes.

[Panoramix]

Your new videos reminded me of this build... Did you have more time to test ride it ? To implement the tilt lock mechanism ? I think this is really promising... A front wheel drive would be good (little chain stretch) but probably hard to implement well...