2400 year old tricycle

Mike Amos

.........and I thought riding a horse gave a person a sore posterior. Cobbles, no thanks, ouch!

faust07

I could take on the assignment of physical properties with SketchyPhysics. I would suggest the use of a type inverse kinematics. The tricycle follows a path and all movements lead to the driver from it. The whole thing could then be followed in a WIP under SketchyPhysics.

tadema

Looks great wonder what it's like cornering

Bryan K

Thanks everyone.

Yeah, I'll bet that thing is incredibly rough to ride. But hey, over 2000 years old? Good early effort.

faust, if you would like to play with it in Sketchy Physics, I'd be glad to sent you the file. Just let me know.

Bryan K

Thanks john!

I'll bet it's like the old Reliant Robin.

Richard

Would look stunning all textured up and aged mate! Keep going!

Bryan K

@richard said:

Would look stunning all textured up and aged mate! Keep going!

Thanks Richard. However, I am back to work and may not have the time for a few months.

I am also posting the model here for anyone who would like to play with it.

fristtrikedecor2.skp

Bryan K

Hoping to see some results from those downloads, people!

deaneau

really good work... interesting for me is the chinese word on the side.

what it mean...Sketchup, Sketchucation or what?

do you have write to the subforum SketchyPhysics,too?

Bryan K

@deaneau said:

really good work... interesting for me is the chinese word on the side.

what it mean...Sketchup, Sketchucation or what?

do you have write to the subforum SketchyPhysics,too?

Thanks!

The Chinese word on the side is traditional (as opposed to simplified) and means "delivery". That's it.

faust07

Hi Bryan, after a few days, after some tuning and many testing a possible solution for Your tricycle. It does not really work for the laws of physics, but it moves. It is now more a self-propelled electric bike but the driver jumps maybe later on ...

Tricycle01_005.avi

Bryan K

HA! That's GREAT faust07!!! Good job. Thank you!

Can I post this over at the Google+ SketchUp Community with credit to you? Or would you like to post this there?

faust07

Yes, you can. But the video quality is really bad. I could send you a better one or post it on YouTube in a few days.
I would like to develop the model in a SketchyPhysics- or WIP-post regarding Physics, driver, passengers, environment, rendering and video quality a bit further. Just for fun.
And if there is any resonance (unfortunately the SketchyPhysics branch sleeps currently a little) I could tell something about the process. Your model is a good example for that.