This a college project made at JDCT Indore by Kuldeep Patel (Team Leader and Designer),Sameer Khandelwal, Jitendra Verma, Bhanu Singh, Suraj Kinwar, Aman Arya . The goal of this project was to design and build a folding 2-wheeler vehicle that implemented a one degree of freedom linkages. This build required the design of the different linkages, a main frame, and control/motor system. The method an
d results for all of these systems are outlined below. The idea generalization for this project is the made by once observing a grass hopper. Specifications
The linkages designed to have one degree of freedom and all of the members must be rigid and fixed to a rigid axle. The footprint of the model must be less than 1.5”
Vehicle Design Environment: 5.4” wide by 45”tall by 42”long
Vehicle weight (considered): approx. 25kgs
Vehicle Weight (achieved): 26.8 kg
Main Frame Weight: 4.519 kg
Seat Weight: 1.5 kg
Mono shock absorber weight: 1.5 kg
Front assembly Weight: 3 Kg
Front Wheel Diameter: 8” internal with rimmed up to 1.3” circumferentially. Rear Wheel Diameter: Hub motor used of diameter 10.5” rimmed up to 0.5”
Tire (Front): Ralco Pnuematic tire 12” x 1.5”
Tire (Rear): Tubeless Solid Rubber (Manufacturer NA) 12” x 1.5”
