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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Maybe carrying equal weights on all 3 wheels wouldn't be so beneficial at all. A single rear wheel carrying a more weight than each front wheel, or around the same weight that a pair of front wheels would carry could eventually get better traction under certain conditions.
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Great theory, build it and see what happens when you ignore lateral force.
I'm taking clues from the two guys that successfully designed and built several trike models (
Robert Q Riley and Ron Will), and the physics probably hasn't changed much in all that time.
It's quite the investment of time to watch the video I posted, think it took me 2-3 attempts to get all the way through and I had to find something to do like sketch at the slow parts, but I'm glad I made my way though it.
I welcome any discussion based on that video.
I simply do not have the time nor energy to dispel all the theories in this forum.
EDIT: Without the 4th (rear) wheel stabilizing your platform (
0.8 lateral G = street tire performance) I doubt the benefits of powering out of a corner Porsche 911 style with a rear weight biased reverse trike will mitigate or equal out to the forces forcing one to slow down coming into a turn.
The rear of a motorcycle reverse trike designs that do NOT place the occupants far forward (T-Rex and Tanom Motors) use really wide and sticky summer tires. We can argue if this is a performance market thing or just what they have to do to keep the cars from sliding off the road. One could say that the Polaris slingshot front engine reverse trike also has pretty wide tires, but again I see minor flaws in it's weight distribution, and would say this is a performance segment vehicle not economy segment vehicle.
The Robert Q Riley designs and Ron Will's Turbo Phantom were a nice balance of performance and economy in my opinion.
Ron Will’s Turbo Phantom
https://www.deansgarage.com/2012/ron...turbo-phantom/
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Against a dozen other cars, we came out on top, with excellent handling, and stability, generating more cornering G-forces than many four-wheel cars.
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https://fiberclassics.org/turbo-phantom-reverse-trike/
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This very wide (around seven feet) trike was powered by a Honda Goldwing, had VW front suspension and MG steering, and had a 0-60 time of about 6 seconds, a top speed as high as 140 mph, and turned at 0.82g. The body was built using a urethane foam and fibreglass sandwhich (like the RQ Riley designs such as the Tri-Magnum) and had an integrated steel roll cage. When the canopy opened, the steering column and dashboard lifted along with it.
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