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On Jun 6, 9:20 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
wrote in news:2789e107-b5ff-401c-b261- : On Jun 6, 9:04 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote: Yeah, that's right. I have a vague memory of an article in Popular Mechanics about someone building one. I think they might have published plans for it, even, as they did back then. Quite a challenge to make something like that! I suspect it must have had a single castering wheel hidden underneath fore or aft. Nope. Those things had two smaller wheels that ride inside each tire. The main tires have no inner sidewalls, and the actual suspension is a bar that reaches into the inside of the main and has two small wheels on each end of it that ride on the inside of the mains' treads. They have a wheelbase of 10" or so, enough to keep the machine upright. Fools lots of people. The flattish-looking main tires give the game away to anyone with any mechanical knowhow. A guy here in our area built one and drives it in the local parades. Has hydrostatic drive, too. Runs the smaller wheels. Wow! never expected to hear from anone who knew of one! That sounds pretty complicated. There can't have been many guys who built those. So the outer tire just flexes and acts as a sort of track for the inners and, i suppose, they just use differential power and/or braking to steer. Cool! I must have a look for the old plans.. Bertie http://www.schlattersinc.com/foo_mobile.shtml http://www.pbase.com/lassaline/image/45060622 Dan |
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