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Shakespeare Said: "to Tilt Or Not To Tilt, That Is The Question"

voyager

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A couple of weeks ago, I talked to Van den Brink, founder of Carver, the tilting trike (one wheel upfront, two wheels aft) from Holland. He was adamant about going 'full tilt' to counter motion sickness. I said to him that it all depends, like vehicle measurements, track vs wheelbase, CoG. Plus Carver has been known to cause nausea.

My personal opinion is that for a (rather) sleek-footprint vehicle with a battery pack that ensures a low CoG, it may suffice to go 'soft tilt'. Which is already a great improvement over cars that dip the outer side when taking bends or corners. Three-wheeler expert Rieley said that it will probably not even need to bank during cornering...

What say you?
 

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As an old bike rider, I'd be very uncomfortable being in a Carver-like vehicle without full tilt. It's got too much motorcycle in it to not full tilt. Looks like you'd have to always back off in turns without full tilt. I suspect the complaints of motion sickness from leaning in a Carver would come from non-bikers?

I can see where a slower moving "trike-like" vehicle would do well with a "soft-lean".

I'm still mad at GM for not developing the Lean Machine. ;)
 

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A couple of weeks ago, I talked to Van den Brink, founder of Carver, the tilting trike (one wheel upfront, two wheels aft) from Holland. He was adamant about going 'full tilt' to counter motion sickness. I said to him that it all depends, like vehicle measurements, track vs wheelbase, CoG. Plus Carver has been known to cause nausea.

My personal opinion is that for a (rather) sleek-footprint vehicle with a battery pack that ensures a low CoG, it may suffice to go 'soft tilt'. Which is already a great improvement over cars that dip the outer side when taking bends or corners. Three-wheeler expert Rieley said that it will probably not even need to bank during cornering...

What say you?
I say Go FUV! Most fun I’ve had driving/riding a no tilt/low CoG three wheeler EV.

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