In the past in the Soviet country, the production of the first domestic cargo scooters of Tula and Vyatka was mastered in the Soviet country. Their designs were created on the basis of advanced technical achievements.

Both models have ate independent suspension wheels. Their layout is subordinated to the interests of creating some comfort for the driver and passenger. Moreover, motoroller Tula. Equipped with an electrodynastricer. Both scooters have two-stroke motors forced cooling. In both cases there is a tendency to increase the diameter of the wheels. This is caused by the specific conditions of exploitation of domestic scooters in our country. The Tula scooter has the following characteristic: the motor two-stroke single-cylinder, working volume - 200 cm3; Fuel consumption of 3.2-3.5 liters per 100 km; Speed \u200b\u200b- 80 km / h; Weight - 160 kg.
The Tula scooter also produced in the cargo version.

In this case, the design of the back of the frame on which the van is placed. The drive from the motor is carried out on the differential, and hence both the leading rear wheels. Cargo motor scooter Usually supplied with reverse gear ( reverse). Gear ratios are underestimated.

This makes it possible to carry significantly more cargo. It is characteristic that such vans were created on the basis of the IL-49 motorcycle. However, this design cannot be attributed to the discharge of scooters, since the overall layout is typical for a motorcycle special purposewhich we talked above.

In an embrace with Kondrat

And I will place here? When growing under 190 centimeters take doubts about my compatibility with the transport of the future. Kondrat's test driver without a shadow embarrassment explains the penetration algorithm for passenger place. I hold on the edge of the doorway, overlooking through the threshold - voila! It turned out surprisingly easily, although the tricycle MK-17 and swing under me. Riding on a soft motorcycle seat is comfortable, the back of the backrest is supported. But the main thing is that neither in the elbows, nor in the shoulders do not feel cramped. And there is a place over your head.

Kondrat sitting in front of me and lowers the guillotine door. Now we are isolated from autumn frozes and wind gusts. Motorcycle 800-cubic engine Suzuki. V-Twin grumbling somewhere under the floor and supplies the coolant into the heater. Heat and dry! And these are the first advantages of the colonic three-wheeled apparatus.

The driver translates the electronic stabilization system into manual control mode and demonstrates the maximum angles of the tilt of the narrow tricycle.

Now fifteen degrees from the vertical, - and Kondrat Liho throws the apparatus from the left tilt to the right. Contrary to expectations, we do not fall, but we continue to stand firmly on the wheels. It is impressive. But when the device does not go, inevitably sliding to board. On the course under the action of centrifugal force, everything will come to normal and there will be no discomfort.

The driver presses the automatic power button, and the tricycle occupies a vertical position for the buzzing of the servo drive. Touch and begin to maneuver in a small go. A strange feeling: from a narrow, like a motorcycle, the apparatus is waiting for rolls, but they are not. Electronics believes that the overturning moment is small, and clearly exposes a vertical position. Comfortably! I do not hold anything for anything, but it does not slip in the rotations at speeds of up to 10-15 km / h.

Kondrat gives gas, speed is growing, and noticeable rolls appear in turns. Under the action of centrifugal force, I involuntarily try to help the tricycle, leaning on a convenient corner. But servo drives are stronger than my muscles, and quickly comes to understand that the best way - Sit relaxed. The electronic system itself will choose the most comfortable and correct angle of inclination of the body for this velocity.

And the speed is still small: MK-17 passes the stage of testing and finishing. Testers are faster than 50 km / h do not go, although the calculations say that the tricycle can accelerate to two hundred!

It was not possible to drive driving: the only experienced sample is trusted only by the test driver. But there is a feeling that a motorcyclist, and the motorist is quickly afraid of this thing in themselves. And the passenger to her and get used to do not have to have - much more comfortable motorcycle.

Gyroscopes from falling

MK-17 - the brainchild of the candidate of Technical Sciences Alexei Kazrtsva. Actually, the abbreviation of MK-17 and means Motorcycle Kazartseva 2017. Dying through the dead metropolitan traffic jams on a motorcycle, he thought about a narrow and maneuverable vehicle for a city suitable for year-round use. Under his leadership, a group of designers, including Belarusian specialists who have developed a device with a car and a motorcycle feature for four years. It is good that the case was not limited to drawings and computer models: a fully operational sample was built.

Its definition is pretty heavy: a narrow vehicle with a closed cabin equipped with active and passive stabilization systems. In essence, this is a tricycle with a double cab. What is the novelty? After all, there are already trains (three-wheeled motorcycles), and three-wheeled cars ...

Let's go with geometry, "says the Kazartsev. - For those and other wheels are located in the vertices of an equilibrium triangle with a fairly wide base. Therefore, they are stable and, unlike motorcycles, can ride without tilt.

MK-17 in width comparable with a motorcycle - only 92 centimeters. Its wheels stand in the corners of the triangle with a very narrow base.

It is not able to ride completely without inclination, it is not able to leak under the action of centrifugal force. Therefore, the movement is possible only under the supervision electronic system Stabilization.

On MK-17 there are gyroscopes, but not power, but informational. Together with accelerometers and magnetometers, they supply the control system information about the deviation of the apparatus from the vertical, about the centrifugal strength and position relative to the support. Electronics controls the electric motor, which through the system provides the desired slope. It is the electronic filling, the sensors and the software part make up know-how. No wonder the hood covering the electronic unit And the executive mechanisms of the stabilization system are separated - it is impossible to photograph them. Other iron is more traditional.

Based on a two-circuit spatial frame that is covered with plastic panels. Two doors with "Lambo" -Petlas open up. On the experienced sample, a V-shaped engine and a motorcycle gearbox SUZUKI Intruder is installed, but it is possible to use other power aggregate.

An additional gearbox is mounted in the transmission (provides reverse), from which the rear 16-inch wheel stretches cardan Val.. Pendant front 18-inch wheels - on double triangular levers, rear - on the pendulum, like a motorcycle. Brakes - disk on all wheels.

Devices, interior elements, part of the part of the chassis - domestic production. Magazards tried to reduce the number of expensive imported components as much as possible.

Does MK-17 analogues? There are no straight lines. But abroad the class of narrow vehicles is rapidly developing. Do you remember the stunning concept car MERCEDES-BENZ F300 Life Jet sample 1997 (he did not go to the series)? Works in this direction are Nissan, BMW ... and electric tricycle

Now the prototype MK-17- Exhibit of the Museum of Technique Vadim Zadorozhnaya. Alexey Kazartsev believes that niche of narrow vehicles and in our country will not be empty, therefore the tricycle has market prospects. With a favorable coincidence, the mass production of MK-17 can be established by 2020.

Do we need such transport? Suppose to me, a convinced motorist of the unynochy age, urgently need from one edge of the city to another. Taxis stuck in traffic jams, the subway is clogged, others public transport Requires transfers. Alternatively, I am offered to become a passenger of a motorcycle or narrow vehicle. What will I do? On the tricycle with the cabin I will go, on a motorcycle - no!

Cargo motor collections

The cargo scooter is inexpensive and economical, and therefore a very popular and widespread vehicle with a cabin and without such, above all, in Asian states. In our country, three-wheeled scooters with the body were especially loved by rural residents in Soviet times. In the USSR, cargo motor scooters Muravy and Vyatka, intended for transporting small-sized goods, were very actively used on large construction sites and in a communal economy, where they were often transported, for example, welding machines or gas cylinders.

In the middle of the "zero" years on russian market Motothechnics poured more modern freight scooters, tricycles and even mopeds manufactured mainly in the PRC. The Chinese Foton, Kinfan cargo scooters, Kinfan, and then Racer, tricycles with Omaks, 250zh, Orion and Zubr, cargo mopeds Orion from China and Compact three-wheeled scooters Honda. from Japan. Photon and Kinfan, by the way, had very not bad reviews His owners. Demand in online stores on this type of technology and today significantly exceeds the proposal, although the price of a cargo scooter is by no means "kopeck".

Buy a new cargo scooter or tricycle in Russia, especially in Moscow, not so simple. Deliveries from China are irregular and not cheap. In the meantime, there are villages in the Russian outback, where to have two or three cargo scooters are considered the norm. Moreover, than you have more such scooters, the higher your social status, let and unofficially. Do not laugh - this is a fact! So why in the country where this technique is so popular, its sale is so difficult? The answer to this question is most likely to give economists, and we have to take care of the already purchased and repair used motor collections.

Electric cargo tricycles - Technique that appeared due to the development modern technologies. Passenger and cargo electrotricycles are in demand in enterprises, in urban parks, in indoor warehouseshaving large areas. These vehicles do not pollute the atmosphere and closed facilities exhaust gasesThey do not create noise and do not require handling flammable fuel. But while cargo electric tricycles are not able to make serious competition with familiar cargo scooters, as their cost is much higher, and the stroke reserve is small enough.

The cargo motorcycle is a three-wheeled vehicle intended for operation as a small mass transporter. These aggregates require registration in the traffic police and availability driver's license relevant category. Next, consider the characteristics and features of the most popular tricycles.

general information

Three-wheeled cargo motorcycle Not a special novelty in the field of transport. Since Soviet times, similar samples are known ("ant", "Dnipro", MT with a carriage). However, modern modifications of domestic brands and foreign analogues made a huge leap forward. First of all, it concerns the power unit, functionality and additional equipment.

Small technician can be equipped with onboard or dump truck, have a reinforced suspension on springs or equipped car tires. Developed variations with the cab. The power of the power unit varies within 11-18 horse power, and the fuel consumption is about 3-5 liters per hundred kilometers.

Cargo motorcycle "Ural"

The Tricotley "Ural Hercules" is a modification of a heavy motorcycle designed for the transportation of various goods. The technique perfectly showed itself on any road surface. At the same time, the unit can carry goods up to five hundred kilograms. Features of the design allow you to use it on construction sites, warehouses, trading bases and in agriculture. Removing boards allow you to transport oversized materials. To control the vehicle, the rights "C" category are not required.

The domestic cargo motorcycle has the following technical parameters:

• length / width / height - 2.53 / 0.85 / 1.3 meters;
• capacity fuel tank - nineteen liters;
• the limit threshold - 70 km / h;
• power unit with a pair of cylinders - 745 cubic meters. cm, 40 horse forces;
• startup system - mechanical and electric starter;
• the gearbox is a four-stage block with reverse and;
• brakes - front disk, rear - hydraulic drum type;
• suspension knot - Telescopic design in front and spring option behind.

In addition, the unit has a microprocessor ignition system and a cardan main transmission.

Truck motorcycles "Lifan": description

Petersburg company offered consumers Tricycle of a cargo type called "Lifan". The vehicle is an analogue of the Chinese version of the LF-200 ZH3. The technique is intended for the carriage of small cargo weighing up to 275 kilograms. Cargo motorcycle is equipped with four-stroke gasoline engine 200 cubic centimeters and seventeen "horses" with a working capacity. The multi-disc clutch node is placed in an oil bath. Start power plant It is carried out by the kickstarter or electrical ignition.

The tipping body of the vehicle is made according to the principle of dump truck, which speeds up the unloading of bulk materials. The modification under consideration is characterized by economy, practicality and low weight. Due to the presence of folding sides and compact dimensions, Lifan is great for exploitation in the agricultural sphere. Safety provides brake node of drum type, and the tank capacity is enough to overcome 170 kilometers without refueling.

Characteristics

Tricycle "Lifan" has the following technical plan parameters:

• power unit - single-cylinder four-stroke motor (volume - 197 cubic meters. cm, air cooling);
• gearbox - five-speed mechanical transmission;
• clutch node - multi-disc element;
• the volume of the fuel tank is 11 liters;
• weight - 305 kilograms;
• length / width / height - 3.2 / 1.25 / 1.4 meters;
• fuel consumption 100 km - 6.5 liters.
• body - dump truck with folding sides.

Cargo motorcycle (tricycle) Lifan has a number of advantages. These include free access to the engine, several color decorations, affordable price and simplicity in service.

Tricycle Spark.

Consider some more freight motorcycles from different brands. Let's start a brief overview from the SPARK model. The modern tricycle with the body SP125TR-2 is very popular, thanks to the possibility of using in the agricultural sphere to move small cargo. The aggregate with folding sides and the dump truck is equipped with a four-stroke single-cylinder gasoline engine with liquid cooling. It has the power of twelve horse forces at 7000 turns per minute and the working volume of 125 centimeters of cubic.

Characteristics:

1. The mass of the device is 280 kilograms at maximum carrying capacity of 0.5 tons.
2. Length / Width / Height - 3.26 / 1.23/1 1.27 meters.
3. Transmission - cardan type.
4. Brakes - drum mechanism.

The features of the vehicle include the presence of sides, folded from three sides.

Foton FT-110 ZY

This brand is widely represented in the domestic market. The tricycle under consideration has the original design, has an affordable price and good characteristics.

• power unit - motor capacity of 110 cubic centimeters and a capacity of 8 horse forces;
• fuel consumption - about three liters per hundred kilometers;
• load capacity - up to 200 kg;
• limit speed - fifty kilometers per hour;
• the gearbox is a four-stage unit with reversed and reverse.

The Foton line also has more powerful versionswhich differ in engines, transmission and lifting capacity.

New "ant"

The reanimized model of the famous Soviet tricycle is made by Soul. A copy of the legendary "ant" has the following features:

• the engine is a four-stroke motor;
• volume - two hundred cubic centimeters;
• power - 16.5 horse forces;
• the five-speed velocity box is equipped with rear transmission;
• there is a lightweight drive shaft;
• suspension - double spring system;
• the body of increased size;
• improved optics;
• reinforced front plug.

In addition, cargo three-wheeled Muraney Soul Motorcycles are equipped with a self-focusing board, can transport to seven hundred kilograms of cargo, easy to maintain and repair.