ONE WHEELED MOTORCYCLE?!?!, WAT THE FREAK! |
ONE WHEELED MOTORCYCLE?!?!, WAT THE FREAK! |
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![]() wut wut in the butt? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Human Posts: 2,108 Joined: Sep 2005 Member No: 227,723 ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() dang, i was just googling random concept stuff lookiing for a certain motorcycle i don't know the name of and instead of finding it i stumbled upon this. Embrio One-Wheel Concept QUOTE This hydrogen fuel cell powered, gyroscopically balanced, one-wheeled recreational and commuting vehicle provides an extraordinary vision of the kind of personal transport we could be using 20 years from now......
The riding position will be similar to a motorcycle with a complex series of sensors and gyroscopes balancing passengers on the single wheel. The rider activates a trigger on the left handlebar to accelerate and turns are made by shifting body-weight rather than actually steering. When the EMBRIO concept is at rest in "stand-by configuration", the front wheels deploy to the ground like landing gear on a plane to increase longitudinal stability. The landing gear retracts when the vehicle speed reaches 20 km/h but even without the landing gear, the EMBRIO would be stable when motionless because of the gyroscope. The EMBRIO concept's main power source is a hydrogen fuel cell and additional advanced technologies including a high-performance braking system, active suspension, night vision, a digitally encoded key and robotic assistance would be incorporated into the design..... |
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![]() Lurker. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,161 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,851 ![]() |
Whoa. I like the design. It looks so sleek to me. LOL.
I wonder how it would work..would you have to have really good balance? |
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