Design and Analysis of Coconut Tree Climbing Bike Using Reverse Engineering Technique

Abstract

Coconut trees have hard-shelled fruits that grow as high as eight meters to 30m. It is one of the most important crops in the world. Coconut is considered as a healthy food and is used in a various foods and medicine. In this research, a coconut tress climbing bike was designed using reverse engineering technique based on availableinternet media resources. This research aims to solve the problem faced by most climbers who do not have thecomplete equipment and technology to climb coconut trees. Throughout the investigation and analysis,references based on Ganapathi Bhat’s climbing bike design were studied to obtain the necessary informationincluding load capacity, weight, price, size and estimated speed. Simulation and engineering analysis is made using SolidWorks software to evaluate specification. Based on the analysis and simulation result, this design is able to support and carry a user weighing 80kg to climb a coconut tree. The maximum speed of a coconut tree climbing bike is estimated at 0.6m/s. The coconut tree climbing bike design has a size of 717mm(L) x 539mm(W) x 415mm(H) and its estimated weight is 29.7kg. The selling price of this bike is estimated to be approximate RM 3500. This project is expected to provide information to the readers to obtain the coconut tree climbing bicycle technology that has already been in the small regional market in India. Hence, hopefully this research can help tointroduce this technology in more detail to the Malaysia universities and citizens.