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Old 01-28-2018, 11:12 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Actually the bottom drawing is not a trike. Four wheels.
Okay, ya got me. I picked that picture because it shows the triangulation, at least the second time (didn't realize I'd posted it prior). The tandem bogie is to fit in a 4-wheel racing class. Here's the same idea, as a motor home.



The slant-six design is deprecated. Nowadays it would have a front-wheel drive Tesla drive train. Here are two pictures that show the derivation:




The motor home has a flat bottom. It's stretched twice lengthwise and asymmetrically vertically. I should do a low poly version.
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