It was at this point that information on the ComfoRider was posted on Atomic Zombie. I looked at all the videos and my thinking started to change. It suddenly seemed that a delta, something that I had deliberately avoided so far, might better suit my intended purposes. A delta has the pointy end at the front and is wider in the rear – the opposite configuration to a tadpole. This would make the body roof more suitable for mounting a solar panel. There would be more storage for carrying those necessary emergency bits and pieces as well as other things. Mmm, should I halt eLecTricks Tadpole and build eLecTricks Delta instead? Overall, would it be quicker and/or easier? There were still some aspects of the tadpole build that had to be worked out. I needed to think about it. If I was to do it I would have to have the more difficult bits pre-designed to make up for increasing lost time.
I had been alerted to the existence of Autodesk Fusion 360. After looking closely at it I thought that it would be easy to learn and set about doing just that. I had to work out how I was going to drive the two rear wheels with individual drive, how I would make the wheels easily removable, how I would include suspension, and how the chassis would be. Anyway, after a few days of learning new things and considering it, I decided to build a delta instead. Other than obvious delta attributes, only the steering would be similar to the ComfoRider in that it will be cable operated but quite different.
My design would have a pair of 24” rear wheels with suspension, a cargo bay, a relatively standard mesh seat, a 20” front wheel and my version of the cable steering. As it turns out, I had often thought about cable steering to provide a variable ratio through a non-linear drive but never got around to doing it.
I was going to provide finer design details but decided that I would let them appear as building progresses. That way, you might keep reading along with the build.