... configuration. ... I was using "tricycle" to mean any 3-wheeled vehicle. I admit I was thinking either "delta" or "tadpole". A motorcycle/sidecar ...
Mary Said: I can recall my early days on pushbikes or motorbikes, when I'd have the occasional unexpected lurch because I got the tilt wrong and had to...
Here's a puzzler... push a 4-wheeled cart (shopping cart is fine) forward along the floor such that the 2 front wheels are fixed and the two rear wheels are...
... Try throwing a dart or a flighted arrow backwards. The head is not directionally stable, but the tail is. ... I did a little test. I added a fin to the...
snip I suppose I'm trying to imagine how reliable an auto-tilt ... One thing to consider is frequency vs severity of occurance. Stability of a car is more than...
Good catch Arthur, I think you got the trolley cart right on the money, I didn't think about the "directional stability" of the wheels. Regarding the hammer...
I was thinking about Phillip's Ball-Spline suspension idea today and stumbled on a possible derivative that should make it less expensive to build, less...
Aaron wrote Here's a puzzler... push a 4-wheeled cart (shopping cart is fine) forward along the floor such that the 2 front wheels are fixed and the two rear...
Aaron wrote... I was thinking about Phillip's Ball-Spline suspension idea today and stumbled on a possible derivative that should make it less expensive to...
Hi Jonny, I'm not certain if there's a one piece hydraulic element that allows differentially adjustable flow controll in opposite directions, but you can...
... steer torque might work if you could manufacture it without too much trouble... If you run the piston in a viscous fluid to maintain a reliable oil film...
snip ... The damping is an energy dissipating device, so needs to dissipate lots of heat. A simple hydraulic flow restrictor is not likely to do this well...
... Air has the problem of compressibility. As a damper, anyone who has used pneumatic machine components will be well aware of the limitations of air dampers....
... My experience with non rotating pistons (oval piston, square piston, square rod and hexagonal rod) in pneumatic applications has been that the rotational...
I'm not talking about manufacturing the non-rotating cylinder, they already exist off the shelf, I'm just not sure how they accomplish it. Perhaps it's...
... You could look at telescopic motorbike (or MTB) forks, as I mentioned before, as these do pretty much what you are talking about. I still feel separating...
... female spline on its inside wall and you have a short male section spline that mounts to the guide rod. The guide rod extends out of the cylinder at both...
Arthur Middleton <artmidd@...> wrote: The industrial hydraulic actuators I am familiar with are rated for massive pressures. They are typically heavy...
... Me: You are missing the advantages of the Calleja setup ;-). But seriously, if Arthur is right about the advantage of separate sliders from dampers, then...
Just thought I'd stumbled on a way to do it simply, cheaply, and light-weight with a single cylinder right off the shelf. I admit that it's probably got more...
For an easy observable experiment push nails down through a piece of cardboard to represent the tyre to road contact points... then place a nail standing...
Yes, the vehicle can balance itself, but not if the rider rigidly locks the control to one set angle to make a turn (such as in a car). Thus, the driver's...
... locks the control to one set angle to make a turn (such as in a car). Thus, the driver's influence on the steer angle must be resiliant (not rigid). You're...
snip ... Now you are getting the idea! Keep It Simple - unless there is a good reason not to. I prefer to walk unless the distances are too large - Peter...
... good ... large - ... Phillip back:..... convince the rest of the world to reverse the industrial revolution... and I wish you .... " good luck". It won't ...
From FFlist it is suggested that a 3 wheeled STV has been built with the very front wheel FTC. This ties in very nicely with our discussion re stability and...
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