As the ship you name, so it will float. The name "Sherpa" for different types of vehicles on wheels speaks for itself.
Nominal meaning
Sherp - what is it?In the first of the nominal values, all the same is not “what”, but “who”. A sherp is a person who is paving the way for someone. This definition appeared in the 19th century, when English expeditions needed porters and guides to explore the Himalayas. Resilient and bold sherpas were best suited for this role.
This small ethnic group lives at the footChomolungma and Khumbu on the border with Tibet, at an altitude of 3000-4000 meters above sea level. Sherpas came to these areas from Eastern Tibet. The name of this people in Tibetan means “a person from the east”.
In Nepal, Sherpas are engaged in cattle breeding and farming, and in India they trade and continue climbing the mountain tops as porters and guides.
Sherpa technique
Sherpa reputation has been used more than once by off-road manufacturers.
"Kawasaki Sherpa" - Japanese dual motorcycledestination, which can ride not only on roads, but also on rough terrain. It appeared in 1997, first in the own market of Japan, and then in the USA, Canada, Greece, Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand.
This is a light weight motorcycle (120 kg on average), it is easy to drive, it has a small saddle height (810 mm), but it has a high ground clearance (265 mm).
"Alpina Sherpa" - a snowmobile, which fully corresponds to its name. It was designed to work in high-mountain resorts, but it is quite suitable for rescuers, avalanche service, forest patrols.
It can carry injured skierstow a group of skiers to climb in places without ski lifts, lay tracks through deep snowdrifts for sports snowmobiles or skiers-runners. This snowmobile is called unique. It, unlike other models, has two tracks with a total width of one meter. All its systems are as reliable as possible and are controlled by the driver. It is impossible to drive at high speeds on an Italian snowmobile, its maximum speed is 50 km / h, but it can almost climb steep slopes, albeit slowly but surely.
All-terrain vehicle "Sherpa" Garagashyan
Alexey Garagashyan, a talented design engineer from St. Petersburg, called his new brainchild “Sherp”, an all-terrain vehicle on low-pressure tires, which was released as recently as 2015.
The Sherp all-terrain vehicle combines flotation, maneuverability, reliability, compactness and a large saloon.
This machine provides complete freedom of action.She is not afraid of obstacles up to one meter in height, steep slopes, and it makes absolutely no difference what is under the wheels: water, peat, solid ground or ice.
On cross-country specialists compare the "Sherpa" withtracked technique, and sometimes not in favor of the latter. The original technical solutions and the accumulated experience that A. Garagashyan used in its construction provide almost absolute permeability to the machine.
All-terrain vehicle characteristics
The length is 3.4 m, width 2.5 m, height 2.8 m - overall dimensions of the Sherp all-terrain vehicle. What does this mean? The machine is very compact. At the same time, the ground clearance, depending on tire pressure, reaches 60 cm.
The maximum speed that the Sherpa on the road develops is no more than 45 km / h, and the minimum is 1.5 km / h. In reservoirs of any depth, the speed of the all-terrain vehicle is 6 km / h.
The capacity of the main fuel tank is 58 liters, and spendsit is 2–3 l / h of diesel fuel, depending on the complexity of the track. If you need more power reserve, you can install additional tanks for another 50 liters in the rims.
An all-terrain vehicle can carry a load of half a ton on itself without reducing its patency and towing almost two and a half tons, while the speed drops to 30 km / h.
Турбодизельный двигатель Kubota V1505-t объемом 1.5 liters and 44 hp together with the usual five-speed manual gearbox installed quite deep under the front seat. Such a design feature of the Sherpa all-terrain vehicle. What does this give? The center of gravity of the machine is extremely shifted down, which protects it from overturning.
Chassis design
The main feature of the all-terrain vehicle turns on itselfattention at first sight. Huge wheels with a height of 1.6 meters and a width of 0.6 m can not be overlooked, but this is not their only advantage. Ultra-low pressure tires are equipped with an automatic booster system, for the control of which a special pedal is brought into the cabin.
Wheels for wheels designed specifically forall-terrain vehicle "Sherpa". What does this give? The wheels hold the tire at low pressure, and their design is made so that the dirt does not stick to them and does not freeze the ice.
Tires are fed exhaust. It will take no more than 15 seconds to inflate tires to the working pressure when the engine is started.
The axles of the wheels are rigidly attached to the body, not havingability to move, including vertically. Therefore, in the all-terrain vehicle, a pneumatic-circulating suspension of a new original design is used, in which air can move through the pipe system of sufficiently large diameter from the wheel, under which an obstacle has appeared, to the other wheels.
ATV device
The body of the all-terrain vehicle is inscribed between the wheels.The cab with car seats equipped with seat belts for the driver and one passenger is located in its front part, behind it is a loading platform, the curved wings above the wheels are connected by jumpers.
The transmission in the Sherpa not only transmits torque to the wheels, but also drives the car with the help of chains of wheel drives that are located in the body.
The controls of the all-terrain vehicle are levers connected to the side brake actuators, the manual transmission lever, the clutch pedal and the gas.
To control tire pressure, there is not only a pedal, but also a device, which is a usual blood pressure monitor for physicians.
It is a little devices, they are familiar to drivers, except the counter of motochas. This device is necessary because THAT needs to be passed through each 50 motochas.
Doors in the Sherpa all-terrain vehicle are not provided.The cabin can be accessed through a hinged door-ramp in the front hull sheet, leaning on a special tubular footboard. In this case, the front glass swings in the hinges. Side windows can also be raised and fixed, as the windshield, in any position.
All-terrain vehicle configurations
Today, the all-terrain vehicle is produced at the Obukhov plant in St. Petersburg in two trim levels.
Базовая комплектация «Стандарт» выпускается с fabric awning, wheel hubs, three batteries, halogen optics, extra strong body color, interior liquid heater and heat and sound insulation of the engine compartment.
Components "Kung" different warm transformable soft interior. It can move 6 people, and comfortably sleep at full height two.
Additional options that can be equippedAll-terrain vehicle at the request of the buyer, are LED-lights, air heater, generator 60 A, additional fuel tanks and a single-axle trailer on which the all-terrain vehicle can be transported over long distances.
For the Sherp all-terrain vehicle, the price fluctuates between 3.85 and 4.1 million rubles. depending on the configuration without additional options.
Test drive all-terrain vehicle
For this baby on giant wheels do not needroad, absolutely no road needed. It can easily climb and descend on a steep slope very steadily (while the fuel is fed into the engine continuously), quietly move through fallen trees and piles of stones.
The total displacement of the wheels - almost three and a halftons, body - about a ton. That is, the total displacement of a waterfowl is a little less than five tons. If we consider that the dry mass of the all-terrain vehicle is 1.3 tons, and it can take a ton of cargo, then the stock is double. To drown such a watercraft without irreversible damage, you need to really try, putting all the Russian ingenuity.
An interesting sensation gives suspension. On the move the wheel, running into an obstacle, maintains normal contact with it, and the vibration is extinguished.
Leverage is unusual fordriver, but is not difficult and does without physical effort. The experience comes quickly, the drivers say that the Sherp all-terrain vehicle is able to waltz on a small platform, if the owner has such a desire.
Noteworthy is a good ventilation and heating system. The air flow is organized in such a way that the cab is kept warm even with the windshield folded down.
And one more important detail - “Sherp” is convenient to maintain. Access to power units is possible directly from the cabin.
In general, an all-terrain vehicle is in operation.dignity. The disadvantage of amateurs is the cost of the machine itself, as well as additional components. But what to do, for example, such wheels cannot be cheap, by definition, like other original components.
