Eight-way adjustable wheels for more cornering force
03-12-2009 | 07:56 PM
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03-12-2009 | 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='815391' date='Mar 12 2009, 11:56 PM
03-13-2009 | 12:12 PM
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What's the aspect ratio on the tires...five, maybe?
03-14-2009 | 12:52 AM
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Best avoid potholes with those.... 
03-14-2009 | 09:06 AM
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...and the ride is like driving to brik roads with steel tires? 
03-14-2009 | 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by zerocool' post='816631' date='Mar 14 2009, 01:01 PM
it seems it could get tripped in a pothole 
03-15-2009 | 11:35 AM
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I was gonna comment on what I thought but one of the comments on the link pretty much sums it up.
"I just don?t get one thing. When the wheel is ?inclined?, it?s like a slash /alright? but the rotation axis is in the center right? So when it rotates, won?t it /\/\/\/\/\? Because if it does, it will be reaaaaly funny to ride this car? It would shake our asses out of our bodies.
Let?s suppose it doesn?t, because, the top parts are always pushed outwards (or inwards, depending on the curve), and the bottom parts are always pulled inwards(or outwards, along the rotation.It would be very challenging, mechanically speaking, but let?s suppose it?s feasible.
In this case? Why push the top parts outwards? Why move the top parts at all? you would just have to pull or push the parts as they are about to touch the ground, basically, the bottom part up to the middle of the whell. Moving the top parts is waste of energy.
Besides that, I think a big problem would be to make the rubber sections safely attached to the wheel.
But to be honest? what?s the point? Does the benefit justify the enormous expense on such a system? It?s kinda like designing a anti-gravitational elevator to get to the top of a bunk bed.
"
It would spin \ / \ / \ /
"I just don?t get one thing. When the wheel is ?inclined?, it?s like a slash /alright? but the rotation axis is in the center right? So when it rotates, won?t it /\/\/\/\/\? Because if it does, it will be reaaaaly funny to ride this car? It would shake our asses out of our bodies.
Let?s suppose it doesn?t, because, the top parts are always pushed outwards (or inwards, depending on the curve), and the bottom parts are always pulled inwards(or outwards, along the rotation.It would be very challenging, mechanically speaking, but let?s suppose it?s feasible.
In this case? Why push the top parts outwards? Why move the top parts at all? you would just have to pull or push the parts as they are about to touch the ground, basically, the bottom part up to the middle of the whell. Moving the top parts is waste of energy.
Besides that, I think a big problem would be to make the rubber sections safely attached to the wheel.
But to be honest? what?s the point? Does the benefit justify the enormous expense on such a system? It?s kinda like designing a anti-gravitational elevator to get to the top of a bunk bed.
"
It would spin \ / \ / \ /