Comments for Team Trev

Comment on Contact by teamtrev

teamtrev — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:30:33 +0000

Designing suspension was not a problem, though an experienced suspension engineer could undoubtedly have done it better and quicker. The difficulty was finding and adapting approved off-the-shelf components.

Comment on Contact by Dan Watt

Dan Watt — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:37:41 +0000

Gentlemen, 10′s of thousand of hours by talented engineers have been spent on supension design and there is always a new approach to every challenge. Maybe contacting these engineers could quickly solve this issue and develop a new outside the box design.
Dan

Comment on Contact by teamtrev

teamtrev — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:13:47 +0000

Dan,

Originally we designed and built our own suspension, but did not have enough movement for the rough roads we were likely to encounter driving around the world. We modified the front suspension using components from a Can Am Spyder (three-wheeled motorcycle); we shortened the wishbones and used a modified steering rack from a small car. This approach was not entirely satisfactory—the turning circle was larger than necessary, and we could not get the ideal Ackermann angle. To avoid these compromises, we need to design and build our own.

Peter

Comment on Contact by Dan Watt

Dan Watt — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 02:00:12 +0000

Do you have a BOM for the front supension?

Best regards, Dan

Comment on Contact by teamtrev

teamtrev — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:44:15 +0000

Dan,

We do not have a complete up-to-date set of plans for Trev, because Trev has been modified several times and is still not perfect. But we are, with the help of volunteers, creating a set of plans. Take a look at http://trevipedia.net/ .

Peter

Comment on Contact by Dan Watt

Dan Watt — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:42:16 +0000

How does one obtain a complete set of plans for the Trev?
Best regards,
Dan

Comment on Challenge Bibendum by Doughboy

Doughboy — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:15:43 +0000

That’s a knownig answer to a difficult question

Comment on Trev, the car by renovationmalaysiahq

renovationmalaysiahq — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:30:17 +0000

Hi,

Glad that there are enthusiast like you building out EVs that are small, light and efficient. One thing is when it comes to market, I hope that you will make it affordable to the masses.

Too many such concepts become way to expensive that find no takers.

Anyway, good luck & hope to see more on the road

Comment on Lessons learnt by Joe O'Hanlon

Joe O'Hanlon — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:53:07 +0000

Excellent and most interesting analysis.
Thanks for the feedback.
We did a similar presentation and talk to the I.O.Man Vintage Motorcycle club on the building and racing experience of the ManTTx Race bike.
Your retrospective fits with our look ‘over the shoulder’ as to what to do next.
Thank you TeamTrev.
Joe.

Comment on Contact by teamtrev

teamtrev — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:37:45 +0000

Trev was delivered to UniSA at the end of last week. We checked that the battery was still charged (it was) and gave it a quick drive around the workshop. We will be giving Trev a thorough check, and 30000 km service, next week.