NEW YEAR NEW IDEAS

It's been a while since I last visited the blog. I'm still attending college and have gone through several life changing events.

Anyway, I've come up with some new ideas for building a scaled prototype. To save on the cost of material for the prototype I would prefer to use a polyester resin which leaves out regular foam for shaping the prototype. The cost of a urethane foam is too expensive to justify the cost. Therefor, no foam is planned to be used to make the prototype.

Chicken wire, I said it chicken wire is my grand idea. Since a scaled prototype won't be supporting anyone the prototype needs only to inspire more ideas and show the spacial relationship in 3d. I plan to make the prototype with fiberglass over a wood and chicken wire frame. Working with the fiberglass will giving me more hands on experience with the material. Additionally, I'll be able to further work on my body work skills. I'll probably use auto body putty since I'm using using polyester resin. However, any actual velomobile would use epoxy micro putty to smooth the exterior of the body due to the lightness of the material.

I currently don't have any design software. I'll have to try and get more software to redesign and put together an electronic design to save on material when making parts. I recently have lucked out in that my father purchased a MiG welder. I might forgo the expense of buying a gas tank for Argon gas to weld aluminum; we'll see.