Design a forklift

[Shahar 2230]

My team is building a forklift and we're having trouble with the design of the forklift.
We will be more then happy if someone could send us any documents or sketches of forklift. :)

[RunawayEngineer]

I haven't designed a forklift before, but Adam Heard has a video about the design of an elevator that I found helpful:
Here (http://youtu.be/wZ6a6dc4BGg?list=UUX0Y091TMRKi8PqNfYoImiw)
And he also has a video about setting up some of the calculations for an elevator:
Here (http://youtu.be/3cRS7TF2KM8?list=UUX0Y091TMRKi8PqNfYoImiw)

[tim-tim]

I haven't designed a forklift before, but Adam Heard has a video about the design of an elevator that I found helpful:
Here (http://youtu.be/wZ6a6dc4BGg?list=UUX0Y091TMRKi8PqNfYoImiw)
And he also has a video about setting up some of the calculations for an elevator:
Here (http://youtu.be/3cRS7TF2KM8?list=UUX0Y091TMRKi8PqNfYoImiw)

These videos, and all of the others, that Adam Heard has done are great resources.
I also recommend taking a look at this thread (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117355). There are several links inside that go to white papers, photo galleries, CAD files, etc.

[Mike Marandola]

A few things that might assist you:
-Team 254's 2011 build blog (http://blog.2011.team254.com/)
-Photos of lifts I have compiled (https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzH8kYOlg2AraXBYNmFHeDdtZU0&usp=sharing)
-Patrick Fairbank's 2011 Championship photos (there are a few good lift photos) (https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzH8kYOlg2ArLVJpbWRKc0ZRT00&usp=sharing)

[Jared]

It depends on what you're trying to accomplish.

How much do you want to carry? How high do you want it to go? Does it need to collapse down to a low height? How fast must it go?