HPV
Design
HPV
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Fairing Design
Fairing Projects
Commentary
Electric
Fairing Design
How to Build a Streamliner
How to make blown fairings
Mounting instructions for the WISIL blown nose cone kit
How to make wheels disks
(wheel fairings)
NACA ducts - why and how
- How to cool your HPV without slowing it down
The Fairing Scale project
- streamliners with multi views and dimensions.
Fairing Building Projects
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HPV of Earth builds a practical fairing for his trike
Sean Costin's Swift speedbike project
The NoCom tailcone project
- making the NoCom faster!
Barracuda Streamliner fairing design and construction
Building Coroplast tail fairings
Practical HPV fairing project
Rick Wianecki's velomobile project
Garrie Hill explains
how to build a female mold
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Larry Lem's speedbike projects
The
Spencer Team Panther Speedbike project
Francesco Russo's Risretto speedbike project
Rick Wianecki's
Frank-n-Liner speedbike project
Reg Rodaro builds the 'Cuda-W speedbike, Stormy Weather velomobile, and other projects
Tim Marqaurdt builds the
Whoops160 speedbike
John Tetz
Zote foam velomobile project
and Zote forming manual
John Tetz
Vacuum formed Zote foam streamliner
project
J
ohn Tetz
Orange foamshell streamliner
project
Raymond Gage builds the
Orion Speedtrike
Steve Copeland's
Velociraptor Speedbike project
Jeff Bales Lunatic Fringe Speedbike project
Ed Gin's
1998 Coroplast fairing seminar
GeeBee Varna Clone project
The Rob Wood ABS Plastic streamliner project
The Garrie Hill blown fairing page
The Coslinger Club Racer fairing
Nick Green's
"Wooden Fish On Wheels II" streamliner
Paul Jones Rotator Pursuit fairing
Brad Teubner's Speed Ross fairing
Eric Warp's "Warp Drive" Lightning P-38 fairing
Eric Warp's cool Rotator tailboxes
Recumbent Bike and HPV Building Projects
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Warren's
Recumbent Racing Trike page
Warren's dual 650C Highracer project
Warren's dual 700 steel quasi-lowracer project
and the
CF dual 700 quasi-lowracer project
Warren's chopper recumbent project
Warren's CF dual 700 High Racer project
Warren's streetracer2 project
NoCom Modifications
Warren's Folding low racer project
Warren's Barracuda low racer project
Warren's Barracuda street racer project
Sean Costin's
NoCom Aero bars
Brad Teubner's HPV Projects
Gerrit's NoNonsense Lowracer
Rick Wianecki's Convert-a-Bike-Trike Velomobile project
Jeff Bales build a NoCom clone
Jason Ericon's
Varnator streamliner
page
Phillip Gohier starts to build a
Space Age Lowracer
The Coslinger II speedbike project
Tom Porter's Recumbent Bikes and Plans
Rick Gritters' Lowracer and Streamliner project
s
Rick Wianecki's Low Racer project
Rick Wianecki's leaning trike project
Mike Nelson builds a streamliner
Richard Myers MuleE fully faired, fully suspended practical racer
Coslinger Special
- The Costin/Ollinger streamliner project
MARS Projects
(Metro Area Recumbent Society)
Rob Wood's Leaning Delta Trike project
Sean Costin's bike building
highlights and lowlights
Rob Wood's Lowracer project
Kevin Berls streamliner project
BMX to Recumbent bike conversion project
Forrest's BMX to Recumbent conversion project
WISIL Missile streamliner
Ray's "Alley Cat" low racer project
Ray's compact low racer project
Tour Easy Clone plans
- Warren's first recumbent bike project.
WISIL Human Powered Aircraft project
- Flugtag Chicago 2003
WISIL Aircraft project II
- Flugtag Miami 2003
Warren's HPBs
- Warren's Human Powered Boats.
1999 Recumbent Bike projects
1998 HPV Recumbent projects
1997 Recumbent HPV projects
Electric Recumbent Projects
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The
Electric Hybrid Recumbent Project Page
HPV Design, Test and Building Instructions
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Wayne Shook's HPV Shell Designer software
Bicycle Frame Design
- an article by Charles Brown
Steering and Ride Roughness Formula
- an article by Charles Brown
Formula for Estimating the Air Drag of Unfaired Recumbent Bicycles
- an article by Charles Brown
Putting It All Together
- recumbent bike model performance characteristics and speed potential - Charles Brown
Building a lighter frame
- Charles Brown
Templates
How to shorten a fork
Coast Down Testing
HPV Simulator
- Human Powered Vehicle graphical speed simulator
Trail Calculator
- Calculate the optimal high speed trail for your 'bent project
Gear Inch Calculator
- Calculate your drive train gear in/cm and max speed
HPV Time/Speed Calculator
- Find the speed from a time and distance
Recumbent crank length calculator
- what crank length is right for you?
Tape Switch sprint timer
Anti-pogo rear suspension analysis by Charlie Ollinger
Coastdown Measurements by John Tetz
- a comprehensive observations and analysis
Left hand drive freewheel for FWD
- John Tetz
Carbon Fiber mesh seat
- John Tetz
Bomb Bay Doors
- John Tetz
Welding Zote Foam
- John Tetz
Zote Foam stiffeners
- John Tetz
Tire rolling resistance vs temperature
- John Tetz
Vacuum Bagging 101
Vacuum Infusion Basics - VIP 101
FWD Suspension design
Frame Tube Techniques
Making a recumbent bike frame jig
Making a tubing clamp
Making remote steering
Streamliner Landing Gear
Better Idler wheels for low racers
Making a chain management idler wheel
Making a jackshaft (intermediary gear)
Headshock
- Making an in-head-tube suspension
The Q-Factor page
Compact Human Powered Boat drive system
Spoke length calculator
Testing Polyurethane Solid Tires
- Fun with Solid Tires
Articles and Commentary
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How to go fast
- Commentary by Warren Beauchamp
Recumbent bikes are not (always) faster
- Commentary by Warren Beauchamp
Great ideas that don't work so well
- Commentary by Warren Beauchamp
Super-Mileage Vehicle Fuel Economy as a Function of Speed
by Nick Demma
Streamliner Physics
by Nick Demma
Streamlined HPV technical papers
by Nick Hein
The future of races and racers
- Commentary by Len Brunkalla
'Bent ettiquette
- Commentary by Len Brunkalla
Fast and furious
- Commentary by Len Brunkalla
The future of HPV racing
- Commentary by Sean Costin
Aerodynamics of road vehicles
- a book review by Nick Demma
Ride Streamlined
- A humorous parody Bill Volk
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