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Old 01-09-2013, 11:54 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
This is an interesting read about the Urbee and how it compares to the Dymaxion:

The Left-handed Cyclist: Bucky Fuller and the Urbee
A thought comes to mind. Aside from clever steering geometry, since the front wheels are electrically driven, couldn't some form of active torque vectoring be used to both stabilize handling and improve turning? (not knowing how the motor is attached to the wheels...)

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Interestingly, since this thread started, we've seen one of the rare examples of a Delta layout that's extremely stable... the Nissan DeltaWing... of course, that involved positiong the (front) steering wheels faaaaaaar away from center mass.
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