I-Morgan 3 Wheeler: I-Double Freak - Izimoto Zezemidlalo
Izimoto Zezemidlalo

I-Morgan 3 Wheeler: I-Double Freak - Izimoto Zezemidlalo

Idolobhana elincane laseMalvern eWorcestershire belinekhaya lalomakhi isikhathi esingaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka, noma kunalokho iminyaka eyi-102. Akuphelanga sikhathi imigwaqo yalapha yasetshenziselwa ukuhlolwa. Morgan... Mhlawumbe yingakho izakhamizi zaseMalvern zimangele kulezi zinsuku lapho i-Aero SuperSports enengoma ebhubhisayo idlula ekhaya labo. NoMorgan I-3 WheelerNoma kunjalo, lokhu kwehlukile.

Umsindo wayo ufana nokuqhuma kwezikhali, futhi isikhathi ngasinye wenza wonke umuntu ajike abone ukuthi umsindo uvelaphi. Kepha ukuthatha ukunakwa kwezwe lonke, u-3 Wheeler wabamangaza ngokubukeka kwawo okungafanele ngokusobala: kubukeka sengathi ukugeza ngezimoto.

UMorgan ubelokhu eyihlelo lokulandela kanye nomkhiqizi wezimoto. Kulabo abathembekile bomkhiqizo - futhi kunezinkulungwane zabo, kholwa noma ungakholelwa - "i-Moggy" yendabuko ihlala iyinhloko yomklamo wezimoto nobunjiniyela. Futhi naphezu kwakho konke ukunakwa okunikezwe i-Aero 8 nabalandela ngemva kwayo - ngaphezu kohlelo lokusekela imijaho ye-GT - iningi lebhizinisi likaMorgan lisasekelwe kumamodeli e-Plus Four, 4/4 kanye ne-Roadster.

I-3 Wheeler iyinhlanganisela yamaMorgans amadala namasha. Ugqozi ngokusobala injini yamabhayisikili amathathu inkampani eqale ngayo, kodwa le modeli ayiyona nje ikhophi. Njengo-Aero kanye ne-brainchild yayo, inhloso ye-3 Wheeler i letha amaklayenti amasha... Lesi akusona isaka lempuphu uMorgan, waba ngowokuqala ukuvuma. Abakhiqizi abaningi bathengisa amakhithi ukuhlanganisa amasondo amathathu anezinto ezithuthukile, kwathi ngonyaka odlule uMorgan wathola ukuthi inguqulo eseqedile izokhishwa e-United States ebizwa ngeLiberty Ace, ekhuthazwa nguHarley Davidson Vtwin ... uSteve Morris, umqondisi wezokukhiqiza eMorgan, noTim Whitworth, i-CFO, wandizela eMelika ukuthola ukuthi la mahlebezi ayiqiniso yini nokuthi bawuthanda lo mbono kangangokuthi bakholisa ibhodi labaqondisi ukuthi ithenge inkampani eyayinaleli qhinga elihle lokuthuthukiswa kwangaphakathi. iphrojekthi.

Ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalombili kamuva, ngokulungiswa okuthile, i-Morgan 3 Wheeler yaqala ukukhiqiza. Ukubuka okuseduze kuyamangaza. Ukwesaba ukuthi lena yimoto eyonakele kuyanyamalala phambi kwemigqa yayo ehlanzekile nemininingwane eminingi. UMat Humphreys, inhloko yezomklamo, uyavuma ukuthi i-3-wheeler, nezinhlamvu zayo "eziphambene", injini nokumiswa obala, kwakuyinselele yangempela.

Idizayini ijwayelekile kaMorgan, yize ngesilinganiso esincane: Uhlaka lwensimbi namapaneli alayidi ekhanyayo kufreyimu eyenziwe umlotha. Azikho izicabha, alukho uphahla futhi akunasivikelo somoya futhi ikhabhathi cishe alinalutho ngaphandle kwezihlalo nezinsimbi uMorgan azibiza nge- "aeronautics." Inkinobho yokwethula futhi yenziwe ngezindiza, ifihlwe ngaphansi kweqhwa elikhethiwe, ngokusho kukaHumphries, ngenxa yokuthi ifana noshintsho lokuphonsa amabhomu kubalwi.

Kepha kusengxenyeni yemishini lapho i-3 Wheeler iba mnandi impela, ngezinye izici ezenza ihluke. KU-IN Vtwin da I-1.982 cm umoya selehlile I-S & S, uchwepheshe waseMelika ojwayele ukwakha izinjini zezimoto ezingajwayelekile, ezihlome kakhulu (uMorgan wacabanga ukusebenzisa injini ejwayelekile ye-Harley, kodwa wathola ukuthi ayiwulungele umsebenzi). Amasilinda amabili amakhulu anomthamo ocishe ube ilitha ngalinye futhi ane-engeli elifanayo ne-crankshaft, adubula ngaphakathi kwamadigri ambalwa komunye nomunye. Lokhu kusho ukuthi noma ngabe umbhangqwana okuphezulu "okuqhubekayo" 135 Nm phakathi kuka-3.200 no-4.200 rpm, empeleni umbhangqwana real kusuka 242 Nm... UMark Reeves, i-CTO, uyavuma ukuthi ingxenye enzima kunazo zonke bekuwukusebenzisa la mandla nokuqeda ukudlidlizela kwawo.

Injini ibhangqwe nayo ukudluliswa kwamagiya amahlanu ngejubane ithathwe kwi-Mazda MX-5, exhunywe ku-gearbox wesibili wentsimbi ohambisa ibhande elixhunywe esondweni langemuva (solution chain elula). Asikho isidingo sokwehlukanisa ngemuva ngoba isondo elilodwa IVredestein Sport da 195/55 R16 inamathiselwe kuhabhu yangokwezifiso.

Ngokusemthethweni, i-3 Wheeler akuyona imoto. Kuyingxenye yeqembu lasendulo amabhayisikili amathathu ezinenjini. Lokhu kusho ukuthi akudingeki ukuthi ihambisane nayo yonke imithetho ebekelwe izimoto, kubandakanya nephaneli eliyimpoqo langaphambili. Noma ifasitela lomoya lilahlekile, isigqoko sokuvikela asidingeki. Kepha udinga izibuko ze-aviator noma izibuko ezinkulu zokubona ukuze ubone noma yini ku-100 km / h.

Ngejubane elingenzi lutho, injini izenza izwakale ngomdumo wamafutha. Kubukeka njengeHarley yangempela. Kuwukushaya kwenhliziyo okungajwayelekile futhi kuhamba kancane ngokwanele ukukuvumela ukubala amabhithi, kepha njengoba ijubane likhuphuka, kuthatha ithoni emuncu: umuntu odlulayo uwufanise no-.50. Zama ukucabanga nge-Easyrider ngaphandle kweSteppenwolf: lo umsindo we-3 Wheeler.

Ukushayela imoto kuwumdlalo wengane. Ayikho indlela engcono yokuchaza ukushayela kunokuthi "ukusondelana," ikakhulukazi uma kukhona umgibeli eduze kwakho. Isethi ye-pedal yincane futhi i-legroom incane ukusho okuncane, kodwa i-clutch iyaqhubeka futhi - ngokungafani cishe nazo zonke ezinye izimoto ezikhethekile ezisebenza ngesithuthuthu - i-drivetrain ine-torque eyanele ukunikeza ukuhamba okushelelayo ngesivinini esiphansi.

U-gearbox uhlanzekile futhi ucocekile njenge-MX-5, yize ngezikhathi ezithile sigolio eza ngebhande elishelelayo. Kepha uMorgan usiqinisekisile ukuthi leli phutha lizolungiswa enguqulweni yokugcina.

Ngabe sifuna ukukhuluma ngamabhuleki? Ukuze ube lapho bekhona, udinga amandla we-Maciste ukubenza basebenze. I-booster brake ayikho kanti uMorgan uthi i-pedal ephakathi nendawo iqinile ngamabomu ukuze amasondo angavaleki ngenxa yokushoda kwe-ABS. Ngemva kwesikhashana uyajwayela, kodwa ngisakhetha ama-pedals athambile - kulula ukuwashintsha. Amabhuleki angaphambili ngediski nesigubhu esisodwa ngemuva.

Isikhathi sokuvula i-Wheeler engu-3 emagqumeni azungeze iMalvern. Ngenhlanganisela I-115 CV e I-480 kg UMorgan unesilinganiso esihle kakhulu samandla kuya kwesisindo, noma ngabe umshayeli omncane oyisidudla anele ukumcasula. Kuyashesha impela, noma ngabe imizwa eminingi yejubane ivela ku-cockpit evulekile ngokuphelele.

Isikhathi sikhonjisiwe salokhu 0-100 km / h kuyinto Imizuzwana engu-4,5 kodwa kufanele ube nokulawula okuhle kwe-clutch ne-accelerator ukuze uyithinte ngaphandle kokudala intuthu emasondweni angemuva. Ngejubane eliphezulu, ukudonsa akuyona inkinga futhi injini, enamandla akhuphuka kancane (akusizi ukuyiphusha idlule ku-5.500rpm), ikunikeza ubumnandi obuningi ngamagiya aseduze. Okuwukuphela kwento ekuvimbela ukuba uhleke kakhulu ingozi yokugwinya ama-midges ambalwa.

Lo ukuqondisa yinhle: ilula, iqondile futhi iyangena njengoba amasondo amancane angaphambili ehlola indawo. Okusha kuleli bhayisikili elinamasondo amathathu ukukwazi ukushibilika emakhoneni ohlangothini lomgibeli ngokubonakala kahle kwe-suspension namasondo angaphambili, ngakho-ke ngeke usaba nezaba uma ungathinti iphoyinti lentambo. Ukubamba emkhawulweni kuningi futhi kungaphezu kwalokho obungakulindela emathayini amancane kangaka, noma ngabe uMorgan uthambekele ekushayeni phansi ngamabomu. Ngezivinini eziphansi, isiphetho sangemuva sisabela kakhulu, kodwa njengoba ijubane likhula, ukuguquka ukusuka ekubambeni kuya ekuntanjeni kuba ngokuzumayo futhi kunzima ukuphatha. Phela indlela esheshayo yokuzungeza ijika elisheshayo ukunqamula amasondo amathathu.

Ngaphandle kogqozi lwayo lokuvuna, iMorgan 3 Wheeler inxusa umphakathi wanamuhla: ungacishe usebenzise amandla ayo aphelele ngaphandle kokubeka ilayisense yakho yokushayela engcupheni. Naye, i-100 km / h ibonakala iphindwe kabili. I-35.000 Euro akuzona ezincane, kepha kusekuncane kakhulu ukuthola isipiliyoni sokushayela esiyingqayizivele esikunikezayo.

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