Created homemade all-terrain vehicles

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

Very popular among people trying to improve their lives is the theme of creating light vehicles that can move in off-road conditions. Homemade all-terrain vehicles have characteristics determined by the capabilities and inclinations of their creators, resulting in an individual look for each vehicle.

In the framework of this article, we will consider the main elements and types of designs of the created samples. According to the scheme of execution of the moving parts, the machines with wheel or caterpillar drive are the main ones.

Wheel ATVs

They are most common among beginner DIYers, due to the lower cost of designing and building a machine. Previously, most of them were all-terrain vehicles with a tricycle layout, with rear-wheel drive. At present, devices with a wheel arrangement of 4x4, 6x6 have become more common. This is due to the opportunities to create more comfortableconditions and increase the weight of the transported cargo.

Track structures

Such home-made all-terrain vehicles are more complex than wheeled vehicles and require high costs for their creation, however, operational capabilities have a number of advantages compared to pneumatics. The main ones include, of course, better cross-country ability and maneuverability, as well as a reduction in the risk of damage to chassis elements.

How to make your own snowmobile

First, you should clarify to yourself the purpose of the future all-terrain vehicle: decide on the passenger capacity, maximum weight and dimensions of the transported goods, time and operating conditions.

This will allow us to develop the concept of the device and its intended capabilities.

The next step is to select the type of propulsion - wheeled or tracked. In addition, determine its design solution: on a wheeled chassis - the number of driving and controlled pneumatics, all-terrain vehicles on tracks - the type of tape, the number, location of the drive and guide sprockets. After preliminary work, one or another scheme of the created sample is finally selected, the creation of working drawings of the future machine begins.

Engine selection

Sometimes financial issues impose certain restrictions on the choice that leads to the use of what is. Often they are engines from old motorcycles or cars.

In the absence of problems with project financing, homemade all-terrain vehicles can be equipped with the mostvarious power plants, and experienced do-it-yourselfers recommend the following options:

- For pneumatics, modern motorcycle engines are preferred, it is only necessary to select a motor of the required power and corresponding operating conditions. A rig with forced cooling would be a good choice, as the rover will not have adequate conditions for normal cooling.

- Caterpillar driven machines should be equipped with automotive motors with high torque and sufficient operational reliability.

When choosing a carburetor or diesel engine, you should pay attention to the possibility of starting them in severe frosts, since a preheater will be required for stable operation. At the same time, diesel is more economical.

Mobility elements

The manufacture of wheels on low-pressure tires, as a rule, is carried out by attaching two discs with jumpers to each other on the hub. The camera is put on top and fixed. As an additional measure of protection against external damage, an additional chamber protector can be used on top. Homemade all-terrain vehicles on tracks can use removed tracks from commercially produced snowmobiles or make their own. In most cases, this mover is a piece of conveyor belt with fixed lugs and holes for the teeth of the leading element to pass through.