This project for a KickScooter with an Auxiliary Drive Wheel won the 2013 Altran Foundation Spain Awards. Next Friday February 7th is the international Contest for the Altran Innovation Makers Award 2013. Please, discover the 5 national laureates, and then stand up for MY project: https://www.facebook.com/AltranFoundationforInnovation?sk=app_343236642414878&app_data=19632
The proposal consists in using an Auxiliary Drive Wheel at which the user will kick instead of to the ground; this Auxiliary Drive Wheel is itself connected to the Rear Wheel through a simple gear.
The auxiliary wheel will be operated by the user with the same movements as when walking, without having to lower his hips to kick the ground.
The differences between the diameters of the gears , the Rear Wheel and the Auxiliary Drive Wheel will produce a multiplication of the speed of the scooter with respect to the speed of the user's feet.
