Thread: Mechanical/Electrical Off-Season Projects
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Re: Mechanical/Electrical Off-Season Projects
That is freakin' beautiful.

We're planning on using aluminum tubing and building it from the ground up. Right now, we're still in the CAD phase of the design though. And by CAD, I mean "Crap, Another Dud" phase.

The problem with a recumbent tandem is that it'll practically have the wheelbase of an 18-wheeler. Theres a few out there, but they all seem to cost in the 4000 range, and some cheat and have 3 wheels!

Also, since we wanna do this right, and in one shot (expensive, and hopefully only once), we're taking our grand ol' time. Besides, we don't have much else to do before build season anyways.

Alternatively, it looks like the budget for the bike's aluminum tubing might be deferred over to aluminum tubing for a hovercraft and 3-5 shopvacs instead. We'll see. Either one will carry 2 people. The hovercraft is still in sketch phase right now.
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