PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 7 months agoTerrifying monowheel vehicle, 1917media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down11
arrow-up144arrow-down1imageTerrifying monowheel vehicle, 1917media.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squaresramder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoAwesome. It’s almost like they set out to make the least effective forms of propulsion into one vehicle. NGL though. I really want to build a mono wheel :-)
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoI have to wonder if there’s some amount of “bigger wheel make vehicle go faster” mentality here, similar to the design philosophy of this locomotive from half a century earlier: Link with more details: http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/9footer/9footer.htm
minus-squaresramder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoBig wheel make small wheel go around more? Og think… Og kicked out of Jr. High School before physics because teacher afraid of Og’s lunch.
Awesome. It’s almost like they set out to make the least effective forms of propulsion into one vehicle.
NGL though. I really want to build a mono wheel :-)
I have to wonder if there’s some amount of “bigger wheel make vehicle go faster” mentality here, similar to the design philosophy of this locomotive from half a century earlier:
Link with more details: http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/9footer/9footer.htm
Big wheel make small wheel go around more? Og think… Og kicked out of Jr. High School before physics because teacher afraid of Og’s lunch.