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◊ 2007-12-28 02:14 |
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◊ 2007-12-28 02:26 |
I would hate to drive that down a steep mountain road ...  |
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◊ 2007-12-28 02:53 |
Chicken!! |
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◊ 2007-12-28 11:56 |
This thing was called " Gyrauto" and was apparently developed around 1935 by a very imaginative young Italian engineer named Ernest Fraquelli .All the mechanical parts and the seats glided on small auxiliary roulettes between two giant wheels .Fraquelli is said to have claimed " a speed of 116 mph at lower cost than conventional automobiles".This machine eventually found its way to Brussels for demonstrations but I could not find more precise data on this later history.With the Rover in the background it is about 1950 here.If anyone nows more please tell.I would not feel comfortable at 116 mph on Belgian road blocks full of tramway rails without body or windscreen ...and with long trousers that may eventually get stuck between the wheels. |
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◊ 2007-12-28 12:55 |
Thanks, Pilou! With that name I found a reference on the net: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/01/25/gyro-wheel-car/ Let's call it the 'Fraquelli Gyrauto' (1935). |
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◊ 2007-12-28 19:03 |
AHHHHHH! |
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◊ 2007-12-29 00:37 |
This one is definietely the best here  should replace the Pontiac as the site logo. And these guys in it look so... funny.  |
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◊ 2007-12-29 03:26 |
How do you stop it or steer it,or did they say?? |
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◊ 2007-12-29 14:37 |
Steering was like steering a tank, i.e. one wheel goes faster than the other. For stopping a 'normal' brake must have been used, mounted somewhere between the wheels and the 'chassis'. No details were shown. This principle works due to the low centre of gravity compared to the centre of rotation. But I am sure, if you brake hard at high speed the result will be a somersault. Must be fun ... if there is enough space left! |
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◊ 2007-12-29 15:45 |
As you wish: ![[Image: imcdbalternativeji4.png]](http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/9628/imcdbalternativeji4.png "http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/9628/imcdbalternativeji4.png") .gif ";)") |
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◊ 2007-12-29 16:35 |
Ha! Great. |
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◊ 2007-12-29 21:38 |
Looks great, and you didn't forget even about this... this 'spring' inside. -- Last edit: 2007-12-29 21:39:10 |
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◊ 2008-12-14 15:47 |
E-mails received Brian: |
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