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MidEngineManiac
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APR 22, 11:12 AM
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Looking for a (free to ply with) AI tool.
What I want to be able to do, more or less, is upload a picture (say of a scooter, bike, trike, ect) then have the tool design a body shell around that frame.
Then be able to tweak things if I need to.
That EV thread got the grey cells turning on some possibilities, but my usual carboard/broom-handle/duct-tape mock-up method wont work for this.
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williegoat
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APR 22, 03:20 PM
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For aerodynamics?
What you want is a parabola in front and a taper in the back.
Look up three machines from the 1950's and '60's.
1) the Guzzi V8
2) the Honda RC166
3) the Porsche 908 LH
Keith Campbell
Mike Hailwood
I took this picture 54 years ago.
They are all worth reading about, even if you don't end up using the ideas.
The dustbin and the longtail had problems at very high speeds, but the Honda was unstoppable, as usual.
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MidEngineManiac
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APR 22, 03:46 PM
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MidEngineManiac
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APR 26, 11:14 AM
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I've really got to learn to stay away from you tube.  Surron motor and gearbox, eh ?
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Valkrie9
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APR 28, 02:02 AM
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Dangerous electric motoring, without signal lights, effective brakes, inherently unstable cg.
Fatal accident soon, not necessarily seen by two ton automobile resulting in crushing injury.
Sure, inadvertently sideswiped by large vehicle changing lanes without signalling.
Tumbling sideways, a lateral roll into trees lining roadway at 50mph, the meat in the sandwich of an electric motor vehicle and a maple tree.
Blows stop sign, tee boned by a bus, roadkill served on still whirling contraption.
Looks like too much fun.
A few suggestions, to avoid being cancelled or hospitalized.
1) Lower battery to ground clearance.
2) Lower motor and gearbox to ground clearance.
3) Widen track, lengthen wheelbase.
4) Install disk brakes on front spindles.
5) Modify suspension to allow shifting and leaning into curves.
6) Giant flashing lights for visibility, to avoid being rear ended into back of truck bed.
Look, See, Live.
Other than that, go for it !
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Valkrie9
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APR 28, 03:08 AM
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MidEngineManiac
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APR 28, 05:28 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Valkrie9:
Dangerous electric motoring, without signal lights, effective brakes, inherently unstable cg.
Fatal accident soon, not necessarily seen by two ton automobile resulting in crushing injury.
Sure, inadvertently sideswiped by large vehicle changing lanes without signalling.
Tumbling sideways, a lateral roll into trees lining roadway at 50mph, the meat in the sandwich of an electric motor vehicle and a maple tree.
Blows stop sign, tee boned by a bus, roadkill served on still whirling contraption.
Looks like too much fun.
A few suggestions, to avoid being cancelled or hospitalized.
1) Lower battery to ground clearance.
2) Lower motor and gearbox to ground clearance.
3) Widen track, lengthen wheelbase.
4) Install disk brakes on front spindles.
5) Modify suspension to allow shifting and leaning into curves.
6) Giant flashing lights for visibility, to avoid being rear ended into back of truck bed.
Look, See, Live.
Other than that, go for it !
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The funny thing man...on one of those in Ontario, so long as it is a "medical assistive device" (or started life as one), you are legally considered a pedestrian....a 100kph, Barstool-racer, lets-go, street-legal--------pedestrian.
Pedestrians cant get speeding tickets.
This is one of those few times in life I would like to thank the docs for the x-rays, CT scans, tests, and paperwork.  [This message has been edited by MidEngineManiac (edited 04-28-2023).]
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Valkrie9
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APR 28, 08:58 PM
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Valkrie9
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MAY 07, 10:51 PM
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A modern take on the egg mobile.
awd, all weather, propane heating in winter.
Survivable in crashes.
Make one for yourself, make ten to pay for it.
All Good.
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I still got a month or 2 before the trike is done ! 
