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Modern Mechanix - One Wheel Tank

Modern Mechanix does it again by digging up this exceedingly cool article about the one-wheeled tanks of the future! - Link Look familiar? That's cause we included a bio of someone doing almost the exact same thing on their own in the Makers book! - Link

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Posted by: ppinheiro76 on January 18, 2007 at 8:18 AM

It reminds me of one of the vehicles used by the main character on Iain M. Banks' "Against a Dark Background", very interesting. It would be interesting to know how well such a concept (even as a regular vehicle) would work, it would make a pretty interesting "motorcycle".

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Posted by: chrisfrelin on January 18, 2007 at 8:21 AM

Reminds me of this...

http://www.wizards.com/starwars/images/ship_GrievoussWheelBike.jpg

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Posted by: tms10000 on January 18, 2007 at 10:25 AM

It's Mr Garrison's idea!

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Posted by: Dolomite on January 18, 2007 at 10:55 AM

Can anyone else count at least TWO wheels in these pictures? And from the looks of the last diagram, there may be three.

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Posted by: cstatman on January 18, 2007 at 11:00 AM

Monowheels

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/motorwhl/motorwhl.htm#mclv8

they have been around. Check the video of Kerry McLean's V-8 powered monowheel. totally cool

And yes, it also looks like Mr. Garrison's IT!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:IT_%28South_Park%3B_The_Entity%29.jpeg

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