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Originally Posted by Tango Charlie
If the CG is kept low enough, could you have spring-loaded 'bomb bay' doors to put your feet down, instead of mechanical outriggers?
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I think this could work in a bike in which you are seated fairly high up (typical chair height* or higher). In mine, I was seated at 6" above the ground, so my feet were way forward. It would be hard to get them back far enough to get them under my own CG, to be able to apply much stabilizing force. Also, there is a big advantage to having the stabilizing base wide -- wider than you would want the body to be for frontal area reasons.
* If you sit in a desk chair, with your feet in the normal position directly below your knees, you find that you can't push down much. So to get out of the chair, you swing your feet back under your CG.