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freebeard · 10-22-2018, 12:56 PM

Three seats on a turntable? Is that so you can change drivers without anyone having to get up?

It is a feature similar to the Schlorwagen:

https://www.wired.com/2014/09/german-aerodynamic/

edit:
Looking for that I found this:

http://www.washedashore.com/projects.../jones_patent/

Patented in 1934, contemporaneous with the Dymaxion. It's a leaner. The drawing in the lower left shows the displacement of the wheels in cornering.

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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,874 Thanks: 8,191 Thanked 8,968 Times in 7,408 Posts	Three seats on a turntable? Is that so you can change drivers without anyone having to get up? It is a feature similar to the Schlorwagen: https://www.wired.com/2014/09/german-aerodynamic/ edit: Looking for that I found this: http://www.washedashore.com/projects.../jones_patent/ Patented in 1934, contemporaneous with the Dymaxion. It's a leaner. The drawing in the lower left shows the displacement of the wheels in cornering. __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster Last edited by freebeard; 10-22-2018 at 01:15 PM..