 Poster: A snowHead
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want to make an all year round sledge! what do you reckon I will need to include so that this sledge will work, also what do you think would make it better than current sledges?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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wheels?
An engine?
Oh hang on, that's been done
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner ,Rudolph and Blitzen.
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Sat 9-11-13 5:05; edited 1 time in total
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Wheels or runners with their own supply of snow.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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(should have made it clearer) this wont just be used on snow, more like an all terrain type of thing (used throughout the seasons), but it has to be similar to a sledge such as simple and enjoyable. I want to make something new not just copy something that already exists.
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ROFL, brilliant replies
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a go-kart with big tyres ?
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As kids we had a sledge with solid wooden runners and steerable skids on the front. When the snow disappeared it could be fitted with axles and BMX wheels. I was about 10ft long, so we could get about 6 other kids on for each run. They had to pull it back up the hill
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thanks for the suggestions, might look at changing the skids to wheels thing, or possibly just use something similar to tank tracks, but thanks.
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I seem to remember that old car windscreens work pretty well on grass slopes, until you break them. So that's been done. Car roofs also work, although you have to watch for metal edges...
Mountain boards, but they've been done.
The grass ski people have had bikes and of course grass skis, which are basically tracks, for years. Not sure if they built sledges. If they didn't, there may be a good reason for it. Off-road inline skates may be a place to look for inspiration.
You'd need to think about steering, which on a trad sledge (from where I live anyway) is all about foot action with maybe a bit of weight shift thrown in. Complicated steering tends to look good on the bench but not to work too well for what are probably obvious reasons. There's that guy who's been working on hang-glider style weight-shift on top of a snowboard, which is basically applying full weight-shift control to a sledge. He's not really managed to make that work without more complexity (for reasons which seem fairly obvious). Anyway, you could try a sledge with some sort of weight shift control, as using your feet to steer would be a quick way to wear out boots at best. Maybe just have a way to pivot the board above the "runners" such that it applies a break to one side if you lean the other way. You could use the same mechanism to break it completely - have (say) front-back weight shift apply brakes. Of course you don't want brakes which work too well in something like that, as if you stop the sledge the rider will part company with it.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Do you reckon steering similar to a skateboard would work, simply leaning left or right to steer would probably be easier for the user. I was also thinking of using bike brakes so the user can decide how quickly they want to brake. Not too sure yet, but thanks for the suggestions.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Narrow runners are fine on really hard packed snow but on English type hills they just dig in and you can't slide. In that sort of circumstance the wide bottomed cheap plastic things may be as good as anything.
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