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Magnetic Big Wheel or Ring of Death?

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Heliophage
07/02/09

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Welcome to Pep Boys, how can I help you?

Hey, do you have 84" bicycle tires?

Eight... eighty-four?

Yeah, with the spokes removed. For my new sweet ride.

I'll... have to ask my manager.
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STFU_FPU!
07/02/09

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Giz, you said "Rear Entry" uh-huh, huh hhuuh hhuhh ..that's coooool.
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ripfire
07/02/09

@Stubborn Ass Hat STOLE his AVATAR: "Rear entry cockpit" **snicker**
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Adam Rock
07/02/09

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Heliophage
07/02/09

@Adam Rock:

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geekpi
07/02/09

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More like ring of retarded. There is no way it could stand like that while at rest. Gravity would pull the cab of the car down, or roll it until it lays on the ground horizontally. I'm getting sick and tired of these 'artists' who get tricky with CG rendering programs and have zero concept of engineering and physics.
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DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his stapler.
07/02/09

@geekpi: Looks to me like the driver compartment is on a rotating central axis, so that regardless of where the capsule is in regards to the ground, it can be oriented so that the driver is in a vertical, or 80-75 degree recumbent position. Most likely using some kind of gyroscopic balancing technology similar to that which one might find in the Segway. I would also imaging that since it is using the weight of the capsule to push against the momentum of the wheels, if balanced properly, it should stay in that same relative position as long as it is rolling forward.
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Purple Dave
07/03/09

@DeusExMach:
And it looks to me like the rear hatch is used sorta like a kickstand while the thing isn't moving, so it doesn't just roll backwards until the pod is resting on the ground. Which is what geekpi was asking about. Keeping the thing in the air while it's moving is an entirely different matter, but when it has to stop, that would be even harder than figuring out how to leave your bicycle perfectly balanced on two tires when you walk away from it. So, expect to roll onto your back whenever you hit a red light.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
07/02/09

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Perfect, in a head-on collision with another one of these 'cars' one wheel of each car will fit between the other's wheels and slam into the cockpit..
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Hello Mister Walrus
07/02/09

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: I think the real problem is if you slam on the brakes, the momentum will just keep the whole thing rolling, like a barrel.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
07/02/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: Kind of like how Weebles wobble but they don't fall down?
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Nick
07/02/09

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i hope you have a big trunk, 'cause i'm gonna put my bike in it.
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