Very cool vehicle. Some company should have turned this idea into a toy for kids and called it the Big Wheel.

But is this video different enough from this clip of the Dynasphere not to be a dupe? It's pretty close - almost entirely the same footage but cut up with the xylophones added.

What a stupid Idea. But then again this is 2012 talking.

Figures that was no where near the search results when I sifted it. >> ^jonny:

Very cool vehicle. Some company should have turned this idea into a toy for kids and called it the Big Wheel.
But is this video different enough from this clip of the Dynasphere not to be a dupe? It's pretty close - almost entirely the same footage but cut up with the xylophones added.

"well it beats dealing with the airlines"

>> ^ctrlaltbleach:

Figures that was no where near the search results when I sifted it. >> ^jonny:
But is this video different enough from this clip of the Dynasphere not to be a dupe? It's pretty close - almost entirely the same footage but cut up with the xylophones added.

Yeah, the tag was misspelled - dynosphere.

Looks like it has a turning circle of about half a mile.
Also what is Margaret Thatcher going on about with 'you are not relying on rotating the wheel to drive forward'?

>> ^cosmovitelli:

Looks like it has a turning circle of about half a mile.
Also what is Margaret Thatcher going on about with 'you are not relying on rotating the wheel to drive forward'?


What she's saying is that with a car, the wheels are turned via the axle, and to push the car forwards they must grip on the road and push the car, otherwise they just spin on the spot.

With these, the internal part is effectively turning the cabin bit against the inside of the wheel, and the wheel then moves forward or backwards just based on the weight of the internal portion pulling it around.

This contraption, while cool, is entirely impractical:

* How do you stop it? As in, how would you park this on a hill such that it wouldn't roll away?
* How do you see straight ahead?
* How do you make sure no-one inside it puts their hands into the spinning wheel of death?
* It's got waaay more size (especially height, good luck with multi-storey car parks) for less cabin space than a normal car
* The afore-mentioned poor turning circle.

Trying to sell this as actually being a practical vehicle is disingenuous.

and can you get one that works without going in and out of your mouth and anus.. glad to share south park love


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monowheel

Don't forget this:

Nowadays, they should make it two parallel wheels.
- How to Stop: Have both rings point towards each other while the weight is in the back ("snow plow" in skiing) or in an emergency, a 90 degree turn with the ability to put all the weight off the side.
- Easier to see in front.
- Impractical still? You bet.

@vaire2ube Wow, the guy riding that (who I gather built it), is a complete tool. Who rides an experimental monobike in jeans and a t-shirt? Just so intensely stupid.