Just made a left turn from the chosen path ? will it be a fruitful journey or a lonely cul-de-sac ?
DannyC and I in one of our many conversations both remarked that we had never seen a tilting trike where only the seat tilted ?
So being the only person in the western hemisphere with a meccano python trike I really ought to try it before committing to another Python/Flevo hybrid ?
Advantages ?
Well we hope by decoupling the weight of the steering front part from the tilting part it will stop ' unwanted ' tilting caused by steering inputs
Make righting easier as there will be less weight/inertia
means bars can be on the steering part
So this shows the old Mk1 spine sat alongside the tilter [ copper brown colour ]
the plan is to transfer the yellow front end to it and the bolt on rear wheels to it so giving a seat less Python
Before that happens I will drill 2 holes for the lower mounts of the 2 elastomer,s shown above and transfer them over
Then I will have to replace the upper part with a piece long enough to mount the seat on , that will also have 2 elastomer mounts.
This is not the prettiest nor lightest/neatest way of doing it just the quickest way to try it.
I will not bother with the rod end bearing as I don't think I will need it.
any thoughts on riding it ?
Paul