Russian full suspension FWD MBB recumbent "Android"

Russian made full suspension FWD MBB recumbent, it have been called "Android":






Head angle is variable: 45-60-75 deg.

More information here:
http://www.velomobile.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=5009&start=0

Discussion about pre-starting project is here:
http://www.velomobile.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4489

It's impressive !

Good work !
Do you know the total weight of your recumbent ?

Weight is 35 kilos...

But! It is only template to see if it workablem so next versions would be lighter.

Very nice !

But why going for a front wheel drive since anyway the chain wouldn't be much longuer with a back wheel propulsion ?

Very interesting project

But you have made a mistake for the design of the chain path

See this link:

http://www.nozag.ch/nozag/SinglePagerAction.do?act=pdf&page=185&cat=norm

On the right you have the unfavorable (défavorable) setup that you have

OK, You do not have real heavy conditions like in power machines

But I think that you have to be careful to maintain very clean chain to minimize wear of all element of the transmission

Have you pumping effect of shock absorber when you pedaling ?

Best regards

I'm - not the builder of this construction, but the one, who build that, say there is no pamping.

Article in "The recumbent blog":
http://www.recumbentblog.com/2010/10/31/android-by-jozef/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=android-by-jozef

Video:

It is a very clever design to adapting the angle of the seat versus conditions

Congratulations to the builder ...

Nice Sdorova!
It works pretty well in the video.
How many kilos can you loose in a future version?