#4 Steering Mechanism - Tadpole Tilting Cargo Trike Build

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

This is the part #4 of the design and build series “Open Source Tadpole Tilting Cargo Trike”. Link to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3uwHLwN7YKrodkpyXISvayLdFsccHNWB.

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You are welcome to download the drawings in editable format and check the parts list in my webpage: https://www.powercircuits.nl/home/open-source-tadpole-tilting-cargo-trike

Great video to help repair the Bosch drive unit:
https://youtu.be/KlJ1jRGMpjg?si=zxOzPx-6SzS-ujOf

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:44 Theory
1:21 Parallelogram
05:29 Drive Unit
07:37 Ackerman Brackets
09:05 Steering Rods
11:25 Weigh
11:42 Ride
14:43 Next

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