Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Living with Bumps

The modeling worked better than expected and there sits one frame which will actively translate from an upright to a recumbent. One part waiting though, is the tensile integrity. The compressional part works and I can make the frame work with compressional members but it will not work correctly if completed in this manner. A number of reasons for this: the tubes used are too lightweight; the compressional members are just there to position points in space but the tensional member not as yet applied will be worked out shortly. In the meantime, there does exist two separate frames presenting themselves as an upright and the other a recumbent using a static tensile system which is acceptable in some circles. If these models have acceptance separately, then it will be yet a small matter to introduce one which moves from one form to the other. Two different approaches have already been worked out for the dynamic tensional system for the translational model but I'm going to just keep it in the box for now. Generally, people just react too strongly to too much change and this new approach will be enough for them to get used to. But, as the two models are built for use, this process will work out any bugs and will give insight as to the translated version's dynamics. There are also the added features of adjustable cranks to be updated as well as new power trains, flex-linked steering and in the farther future; external articulating frames/windscreens with tensegrity.
But, for right now, the honeydo jobs need doing.