wheelchair andy
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I've absolutely no idea about welding or metals at all but really in need of some help and advice, hopefully you guys might be able to help me out.
I was injured in a climbing accident a couple years ago and am now in a wheelchair, obviously I didn't learn my lesson because I'm still trying to get in as much trouble as possible outdoors.
I paraglide and really want to get into kite buggying too, the only problem is that all kite buggies are steered by legs, so I'd need to make some modifications to let me steer the buggy by hand.
I have no idea how simple or difficult this would be to get done, so dont know whether to go out an buy a buggy or try to get a new one made from scratch.
Here's a few pics of some buggies to show what I'm talking about:
They're pretty basic frames with a fabric seat strapped into the middle.
As well as adding some kind of hand steering, I'd have to extend the center strut to support my legs separately and keep them away from the foot pegs on the front wheel.
Something like this:
(I think you'll find that is the very definition of a technical drawing )
As far as I'm aware, most buggies are constructed with stainless steel.
To complicate things even further I'd really like to try and get one made out of something more lightweight so that it comes in at around 15kg so I could use it for paragliding too instead of trying to travel around with two buggies, one for kiting and one for paragliding, plus all the normal kit too.
This is the buggy I use for paragliding at the moment, its almost completely fibreglass:
If I was to try and have a buggy made that could be used for kiting and paragliding it has to be a maximum of 20kg to not overload the paraglider, what metal would be best for this, would being so light equal a lack of strength?
Any help or advice would be really great. Thanks.
I was injured in a climbing accident a couple years ago and am now in a wheelchair, obviously I didn't learn my lesson because I'm still trying to get in as much trouble as possible outdoors.
I paraglide and really want to get into kite buggying too, the only problem is that all kite buggies are steered by legs, so I'd need to make some modifications to let me steer the buggy by hand.
I have no idea how simple or difficult this would be to get done, so dont know whether to go out an buy a buggy or try to get a new one made from scratch.
Here's a few pics of some buggies to show what I'm talking about:
They're pretty basic frames with a fabric seat strapped into the middle.
As well as adding some kind of hand steering, I'd have to extend the center strut to support my legs separately and keep them away from the foot pegs on the front wheel.
Something like this:
(I think you'll find that is the very definition of a technical drawing )
As far as I'm aware, most buggies are constructed with stainless steel.
To complicate things even further I'd really like to try and get one made out of something more lightweight so that it comes in at around 15kg so I could use it for paragliding too instead of trying to travel around with two buggies, one for kiting and one for paragliding, plus all the normal kit too.
This is the buggy I use for paragliding at the moment, its almost completely fibreglass:
If I was to try and have a buggy made that could be used for kiting and paragliding it has to be a maximum of 20kg to not overload the paraglider, what metal would be best for this, would being so light equal a lack of strength?
Any help or advice would be really great. Thanks.