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1930 Dynasphere monowheel.
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More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasphere
Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2516#post76503
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...638#post118121
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...242#post116057
Add some TNT and you would have a kami-kaze panjandrum.
Modern version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNzl6N_ScyQ
That was an impressive build Bruce. Thanks for sharing that. Wonder if TOT saw this?
Looked like an old Honda motor (maybe a 90?) but didn't seem to use the gears, nor have any brake mechanism. I'd give it a spin though!
Lowbuck method.
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I was right! there IS more than one born every day
It appears to have a braking system at 3:51 in the video..Quote:
Originally Posted by PJs
That is one total fecking idiot.
Absolutely right! I saw the disc thinking it was just a guide or something, but didn't see the caliper. Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by basil3w
As for the low buck version...I rolled in a few tires as a kid but not down a hill like that into traffic. His jump at the end of the splash decreed his thankfulness for surviving idiocy. :p However I did cardboard slide down our back hill just as steep and almost as long as that one, in a refrigerator box with 2 others. Wasn't pretty when we hit a hidden, sharp, big rock near the bottom which shredded the box and tossed us out to tumble another 40-50' to the bottom, just prior to hitting a concrete gutter. :rocker: No more boxes but continued to cardboard slide down that hill every summer for a few years. A whole lotta fun!
PJ
1923 Christie Monowheel.
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More: 1919 Monowheel patent
Stopping quickly or going down a steep hill would be "thrilling".