While waiting for wheels for the trike based on an up wrong bike frame ("hammer head") I have the issue of motorizing my wife's urban cart.
This is a Delta style trike with a hub motor on the front wheel. Well that design went out the door due to the fact there is not sufficient weight on the front wheel.
Wife said NO to buying a new motor kit for rear wheel drive (got to have reverse.)
On to plan B, designing an articulated hub drive wheel to mount on the rear of the cart. So then the hub motor will push the cart forward or pull in reverse.
It must be articulated to avoid the wheel scraping sideways while turning a corner.
So then we end up with 4 wheels one 26" in front, two 26" fat tires then a 20" rear hub motor wheel.
Its a solution IMO
This is a Delta style trike with a hub motor on the front wheel. Well that design went out the door due to the fact there is not sufficient weight on the front wheel.
Wife said NO to buying a new motor kit for rear wheel drive (got to have reverse.)
On to plan B, designing an articulated hub drive wheel to mount on the rear of the cart. So then the hub motor will push the cart forward or pull in reverse.
It must be articulated to avoid the wheel scraping sideways while turning a corner.
So then we end up with 4 wheels one 26" in front, two 26" fat tires then a 20" rear hub motor wheel.
Its a solution IMO