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| pete jr |
 Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 12:50 pm |
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| jimmythefly |
| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 3:56 pm |
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Ha! I love it. yeah, it stays level even as you ride it. The very top of each "wheel" rides on rollers that are rigidly attached to the frame. The front and rear axle are not rigidly attached to the frame. This is key! Pay no attention to the axles, but imagine all the weight on the rollers above the tires.
The rear is a Reuleaux triangle, the front a Reuleaux pentagon.
As it moves, the weight-bearing rollers maintain the same height off the ground, even though the axles move up and down.
I like this very much. |
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| lantius |
| Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 4:22 pm |
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looks like something didi senft would build.
the floating axle is pure genius though. |
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| the dreaded ben |
| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 7:58 am |
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Grumpy Greeb
Joined: 20 Aug 2005
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lantius wrote: the floating axle is pure genius though.
genius?
i know a way of doing this with fixed axles and a round wheel. |
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| lantius |
| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 8:51 am |
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ben's preferred chair design:
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| tehschkott |
| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 11:16 am |
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daywalker
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