The final proto isn't totally finished, and I need some time to complete a very functional, abordable, and easy-buildable velomobile.
The project need some steps before effective dissemination.
But already, I shown the work in progress during the festival D (which is like the makerfair, but better;) on 30 april and 1 june.
This meeting give me the occasion to present the proto, to get reactions and suggessions from different people.
It was particulary a good opportunity to show to local technical schools the interest of the project, and implicate them in the future developpements.
I exchange more preciselly with the IUT teachers (school of mecanical construction), and I convinced them to work on a FWD drive train for the velomobile, during the next year.
This opportunity extend the time of developpement but give the possibility to build a more light and easy to build velomobile.
So, globally, I plane to :
from here to the automn, I will finish the prototype that I began.
This model will still be a working platform, to validate some choices for the next proto.
Some road tests will help to verify all the aspects of the machine, and began to comunicate about the project .
As I said in the introduction, showing my work in progress last weekend give me the opportunity to convice teachers of some schools to help me for this project.
This it will be the next step of the finalisation of the velomobile.
IUT school (mecanical construction) will work on a FWD drive train for velomobile.
This inovation can give several avdvantages for the velomobile :
The school of wooden constuction will help me to optimise the resistance of the structure,
and study wooden composite suspension blades.
during all the schollar year (from october 2014 to june 2015), the prototype will evoluate to a finished, production proto named "number one".
this phase will convert the project to a real collaborative work.
The "proto one" will be done in june 2015, integrating all the contributions.
It will be the final product, ready to be distribued.
naturaly, Sources will be shared in opensource to invite people to improve, modify or change the design.
This proto will be used to launch a crowdfunding campaign, to get the money to start a small production of a first batch (about 10 ou 20 unities)
After the campaign, the production will start in automn 2015.
The plane is selling :
If as I hope, the FWD drive train will be done, the simplicity of construction will give the opportunity to customers to made special versions
according differents uses and needs.