Ok got problems with my prototype ?
Pythons suffer from instability at speed a weave that cannot easily be controlled when all steering is done by leg, it if cannot be caught early the oscillations become bigger and can result in a crash.[ rider-induced oscillation. ]
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I was free wheeling at probably 24mph with a car behind when I got into a fast oscillating swerve , the legs are quite an imprecise steering method and it is very difficult to make small corrections.
I did think briefly I was a goner and would either swerve into the stone face on my left or into the oncoming traffic , thankfully the oscillations damped and I was able to recover it , a lucky escape.
Maybe a wake up call I really need to put more effort into finding a steering solution I am happy with and can use ?
I looked through my Flevobike/trike pictures and 18 different one's 13 had bars on the steering part and only 5 on the non-steering part [ one had both ] a hint I think
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So I decided to try and ride my trike using handlebars on the steering part and only short fixed bars under the seat for starting and low speed manouvers this did not go well !
Manged to ride it off my drive using the fixed bars , move hands to other steering bars struggling to keep it moving vertically and straight ahead , never made the first 90' right turn , lack of steering locked forced me onto someone's drive which I had to back off and ride on the pavement to get back on road.
Wobbled around a car till I reached a turning circle on my right , usually set tilter up for a sweeping 90' right and 360' left [ very Red Arrows ] , never made it around the right ! it tilted that much [ no feeling of controlling tilt at all ] almost fell out of seat whilst I scrabbled to unclip right foot and get it planted on the ground.
So back onto drive very gingerly and tried a track stand something I could do quite easily with non-steering bars , couple seconds then a wobble tilting to right began again , almost fell out of seat whilst I scrabbled to unclip right foot and get it planted.
That ride is +/- 250 yds/mtrs !
So I can ride the tilter with no bars on the steering 72 miles [ 115 Km ] with only 1 really serious incident , and now I can't ride it 250 yds
This is further than I recall every getting with bars on the steering when trying before causing me to settle on bars on the non-tilting part.
What I don't understand is WHY ?
It would be simple to assume :-
a) years of riding Python trike made hands free come relatively easy ? [ had to so go on with it ]
b) I am actually trying to ride this like a Flevo BIKE which is something I cannot ride ? - so maybe I got a long way for a non Flevo rider ?
What next ?
Any ideas what is happening
regards Paul