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Step 5Floatation, beer and propulsion
Seing as we were already building a tall trike with a serious inherent danger of off-camber cornering disastery, I thought it would also be great to have a reliable 360degree-turning system, allowing it to (theoretically) spin on it's own footprint in traffic.
The floatation frame attaches with only 4 bolts, the floats weigh about 80kg, so it needed to be able to just drop off when required.
So once the drive train was attached and working, we needed an aqua propulsion system — my idea was to use propellers, but that would have become caught in weeds and stuff, quite the hassle when all you want to do is drink a beer.
Fortunately I had outsourced the design, build and installation to some other Rat Patrollians... their idea was to use paddle wheels — it worked (slowly).
The floatation frame attaches with only 4 bolts, the floats weigh about 80kg, so it needed to be able to just drop off when required.
So once the drive train was attached and working, we needed an aqua propulsion system — my idea was to use propellers, but that would have become caught in weeds and stuff, quite the hassle when all you want to do is drink a beer.
Fortunately I had outsourced the design, build and installation to some other Rat Patrollians... their idea was to use paddle wheels — it worked (slowly).
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