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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
The nutty idea of a three wheeled car will apparently never die.
Okay, take a big breath. There are four wheels, . . . two opposite one another (one left side, one right side), . . . then one wheel at the rear, and one wheel at the front.
This wheel configuration will very likely have the same problems so expertly demonstrated by Jeremy Clarkson driving the Robin Reliant, although equally tilty going both forwards and reverse.
I lived in Kyushu Japan during the late 70s and saw many three-wheel light trucks. The ones I remember had two rear power wheels and a single wheel up front that steered. IIRC, they were mostly beat-to-crap work trucks used for construction or landscaping crews. They looked old enough to be remnants from before the war, AFAIK.
Back-loading the weight should help with stability. Looks like a concept/vaporware at this point though. I didn't search the linked site deeply, but has any proof-of-concept been built yet?
think this through: when you turn the single front wheel to steer, you make a shape like the inside of a funnel. you have centrifugal force pushing the car towards the side of the tire that makes more contact with the road, and increased resistance from the front. this configuration creates a roll-o-matic vehicle.
I see four......
ReplyDeleteSame.
DeleteI guess one must be the spare.
DeleteA diamond shaped layout.
DeleteMe too.
DeleteYes, diamond shaped. Just as nutty as three-wheeled. Four wheels in a box pattern give it greater stability.
Deletethat was a 1951 model
ReplyDeleteThat's the same year that yours truly, Rush Limbaugh, Lynda Carter, Kurt Russel and Cassandra Peterson were produced.
DeleteIt was a VERY good year.
don' make sense-------
ReplyDeleteRetro-futuristic test track at the factory.
ReplyDeleteThis model was the precursor to the flying car.
THERE ARE FOUR WHEELS!
ReplyDeleteOkay, take a big breath. There are four wheels, . . . two opposite one another (one left side, one right side), . . . then one wheel at the rear, and one wheel at the front.
ReplyDeleteLooks cool.
ReplyDeleteI saw a three wheeled car in my small hometown when I was a kid. This was a couple months after seeing the same thing on The Price Is Right.
ReplyDeleteSpouse I should not say this but the steering wheel is also visible.
ReplyDeleteThis wheel configuration will very likely have the same problems so expertly demonstrated by Jeremy Clarkson driving the Robin Reliant, although equally tilty going both forwards and reverse.
ReplyDeleteI lived in Kyushu Japan during the late 70s and saw many three-wheel light trucks. The ones I remember had two rear power wheels and a single wheel up front that steered. IIRC, they were mostly beat-to-crap work trucks used for construction or landscaping crews. They looked old enough to be remnants from before the war, AFAIK.
ReplyDeletehttps://twike.com/ Interesting new 3-wheeled concept from Germany, seems pretty stable and agile, according to the videos
Back-loading the weight should help with stability. Looks like a concept/vaporware at this point though. I didn't search the linked site deeply, but has any proof-of-concept been built yet?
DeleteThat rear wheel would make it somewhat problematic to turn a corner, unless it swiveled with the steering. It would 'fight' the side wheels otherwise.
ReplyDeletethink this through: when you turn the single front wheel to steer, you make a shape like the inside of a funnel. you have centrifugal force pushing the car towards the side of the tire that makes more contact with the road, and increased resistance from the front. this configuration creates a roll-o-matic vehicle.
ReplyDeleteIn England 3 wheelers were called blowovers.
ReplyDeleteNah, they were called Morgans!
DeleteBubbarust
Thought the 3 wheeled van designed by Buckminster Fuller was pretty cool
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