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Study Documents

Motivate your body-powered Trikke fun through science.

Updated: 18 August 2023

Visual Guide to Riding a Trikke
Animated riders and Trikkes show how it is done.

 

Trikke Magic: Start Carving
Quick start guide for carving your Trikke.

 

Qualitative Body-Powered Trikke Physics
Simplest explanation of how a Trikke "works". Explains rider co-rotation with a 5-minute companion lab demo video.

 

The Physics of Trikke Riding Techniques
Insights into rider limits and improvements.

 

Body-Powered Trikke Physics
How a Trikke works via 4 levers and 3 mechanisms.

 

Empirical 2nd Degree Friction Model Solution
Measure your Trikke's friction. See how I did the math.

 

Dynamic Model of a Trikke T78 Air
Computer simulation details filled in, including a robot-rider.

 

Survey of Simulated Trikke Behaviors
What is normal? No middle speed? Effect of rider mass.

 

Trikke Magic: Leveraging the Invisible
Tame your Trikke. Experiment. Experience the magic.

 

Concept Corotation Vehicles
Introducing the Wing and Trio. Watch a prototype Wing ride: Corotating A Scooter.