Knockdown Electric Tricycle for Disabled

Abstract

This research describes the development of knockdown electric tricycle for disabled. The structure of tricycle was split into two parts are a front part and a wheelchair. The front part tricycle was similar as a front part of a normal bicycle. It consists of the handlebar, front fork and 20 inch wheel. The front part of tricycle was design to assemble with the general wheelchair by four jointing point. The disable can be put on and take of it by themselves. The driving system of tricycle is the front wheel drive which uses the 36V, 350W brushless motor as a wheel motor. From the experiment, the tricycle can be operates for 1.15 hour continuous or a distance of 20 km, at 22 km/hour average speed. The charging period are about six hour.