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Terrifying monowheel vehicle, 1917 (media.piefed.social)
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Terrifying monowheel vehicle, 1917
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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 :-)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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:

    http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/9footer/9footer.htm

    Link with more details: http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/9footer/9footer.htm

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