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Old 01-03-2012, 07:25 PM   #85 (permalink)
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Very fascinating vehicles. Having ridden bikes, they tilt/lean for balance and feels natural. These gyro two-wheeled vehicles would behave like 4-wheeled vehicles.
They could be designed to stay vertical with respect to gravity all the time. But I think most are likely to be like the Lit, and tilt into turns (by actively controlling the gyro axes). Then you can use narrow tires, among other things.

This video of the C1 is pretty slick. (The crash between C1 and a Leaf is wildly optimistic, but it gets the idea across.)



That doesn't seem to play. Maybe this will:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=xdmgDgcZfvY

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