Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 12: Under an engineering college project, the students of IECS, Purkhoo Camp, Jammu have designed a four wheeler by assembling the components of two- wheeler which runs on both petrol and LPG.
This single-seater vehicle with two stroke engine, has been designed and fabricated in the college workshop without any outside help in the project. The new vehicle consists of simplest type of power transmission gear- box having 4-forward and 1-reverse gear attaining a maximum speed of 35Km/h .It gives mileage of 30Km/l on petrol and 35Km/l on LPG.
On being asked, Ajay Bhat, Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering ) of IECS college claimed that the design of chassis is totally new, creative and flexible as it can be assembled and dissembled within 15 minutes only. The project has been made by sixth semester students namely Sahil Kumar, Ashutosh Tagotra, Mohd Imran Mir and Shahbaz Mushtaq Dar under his guidance.
The cost of the projected 4-wheeler was estimated at Rs. 20,000, said Mr Bhat.
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