Power Assist Trailer Plans
05-01-14 | 11:06 AM
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Power Assist Trailer Plans
An Original Document has been recovered, after being thought to be lost for years and years. These are the 80DPI Dot Matrix Plans for a Power Assist Trailer, dated June 18th, 1987:
Electric Assist Unit IMG_3563 by AviationMetalSmith, on Flickr
IMG_3555 by AviationMetalSmith, on Flickr
IMG_3556 by AviationMetalSmith, on Flickr
IMG_3557 by AviationMetalSmith, on Flickr
IMG_3561 by AviationMetalSmith, on Flickr
Copies of this Document were handed out at the 1987 IHPSC in Washington , DC.
The main points of this invention are: 1) The Trailer does NOT swing side-to-side, but can move up and down, like a Swing Arm, this is better for pushing the Bike, and 2) There are Hangers mounted to the Dropouts, which receive the Trailer Swing Arms, the Device does NOT bolt directly to the Axle Nuts.
Electric Assist Unit IMG_3563 by AviationMetalSmith, on FlickrIMG_3555 by AviationMetalSmith, on FlickrIMG_3556 by AviationMetalSmith, on FlickrIMG_3557 by AviationMetalSmith, on FlickrIMG_3561 by AviationMetalSmith, on FlickrCopies of this Document were handed out at the 1987 IHPSC in Washington , DC.
The main points of this invention are: 1) The Trailer does NOT swing side-to-side, but can move up and down, like a Swing Arm, this is better for pushing the Bike, and 2) There are Hangers mounted to the Dropouts, which receive the Trailer Swing Arms, the Device does NOT bolt directly to the Axle Nuts.
05-01-14 | 11:24 AM
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05-01-14 | 02:16 PM
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Therefore the trailer wheel can't follow the normal track for a towed wheel in a turn. The instructions state that to make a turn you have to get off the bike, lift the trailer wheel off the ground, and push the bike around the turn. Not something I'd want to do very often.
05-01-14 | 04:56 PM
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While I like the idea or a powered trailer to help move itself, in practice it may be putting the horse behind the cart... Not as good as having the bike pull the trailer with an E-Assist. JMO
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