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Engineering students make mono-wheel bike
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA (India): If you think riding a one-wheel something requires circus skills, here is news for you. Four students of the Mechanical Engineering course at the P.A. Aziz College of Engineering here have designed a UNIQ' mono-wheel motorcycle which does not call for balancing acts by the rider.
M.N. Shah Alam, team member, told The Hindu that the motorcycle would retain its balance even while negotiating turns. The prototype had been designed for a rider with a maximum body weight of 75 kg.
Sunesh A. Fernandez, S. Sunu, and K.R. Siddique were the other members of the team.
Potential
The motorcycle is powered by a four-battery electric motor. A six-hour charging would deliver a mileage' of 40 km, the team said. The top speed is 15 km per hour.
The vehicle had the potential to replace conventional two-wheelers, Mr. Alam said.
A major advantage of this bike is that it can be turned in any direction from a point. This makes it extremely manoeuvrable. We could have made the vehicle more stable by using gyros but it would have added to the cost. In commercial production, this can be done, Mr. Alam said.
The prototype was made at a cost of Rs.30,000. This could be Rs.22,000 in mass production, a press note said. The students would seek a patent for UNIQ. They were guided by M. Ananthu, teacher.
LINK:The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Engineering students make mono-wheel bike
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA (India): If you think riding a one-wheel something requires circus skills, here is news for you. Four students of the Mechanical Engineering course at the P.A. Aziz College of Engineering here have designed a UNIQ' mono-wheel motorcycle which does not call for balancing acts by the rider.
M.N. Shah Alam, team member, told The Hindu that the motorcycle would retain its balance even while negotiating turns. The prototype had been designed for a rider with a maximum body weight of 75 kg.
Sunesh A. Fernandez, S. Sunu, and K.R. Siddique were the other members of the team.
Potential
The motorcycle is powered by a four-battery electric motor. A six-hour charging would deliver a mileage' of 40 km, the team said. The top speed is 15 km per hour.
The vehicle had the potential to replace conventional two-wheelers, Mr. Alam said.
A major advantage of this bike is that it can be turned in any direction from a point. This makes it extremely manoeuvrable. We could have made the vehicle more stable by using gyros but it would have added to the cost. In commercial production, this can be done, Mr. Alam said.
The prototype was made at a cost of Rs.30,000. This could be Rs.22,000 in mass production, a press note said. The students would seek a patent for UNIQ. They were guided by M. Ananthu, teacher.
LINK:The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Engineering students make mono-wheel bike
