All Terrain Vehicles

Question 1

What is an ATV?

Answer 1

An all terrain vehicle

Question 2

Typically, how many wheels does an ATV have?

Answer 2

Can have between 2-6, more typically 4

Question 3

What are other names for ATV?

Answer 3

Quad bike
Four track
Quadricycle

Question 4

What is special about the tyres of an ATV?

Answer 4

Usually low pressure so they can get over rough off road terrain

Thick with lots of grip for the rough terrain

Question 5

What is an ATV used for?

Answer 5

Off road driving although it can drive on smooth surfaces as well

Question 6

What kinds of surfaces are ATV good on when other cars would struggle?

Answer 6

Muddy
Wet
Snowy
Icy
Rough terrain with big stones
High inclines with rubble
Woodland
Beach sand
Scrambling over broken rock
Through deep puddles

Question 7

What is a disadvantage of ATV over other cars

Answer 7

Use up a lot more fuel thus poor fuel consumption

Question 8

What sort of things do you need to think about when designing an ATV?

Answer 8

Whether they can manage rough terrain. How good at the tyres for holding on to the ground, they need to be grippy.
How heavy is it. You don’t want it to be so light it will topple over, but nor so heavy it is difficult to manoeuvre or get up hills.
How easily are they manoeuvred (turned)
Endurance - how robust are they in rough conditions, will it rust, will the tyres puncture
How efficient is it? Does it use lots of fuel