Anyone ever think of this..car body on a gyro?

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

You know how on BMX bikes how the gyro allows the front wheel to spin without getting screwed up? Well what if you put the body of the car, like the frame, on a gyro and left the bottom part of the frame regular, so you could look like you were moving sideways, but you were going straight.

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

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[ShakinSupra 10+ year member]

that would be pretty much impossible, you'd have to design a car from the ground up to do that. The engine would have to stay in the same place in the frame, and the steering column is through the cab, it would be hard to spin the body around that... Why would you want to anyway.

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

that would be pretty much impossible, you'd have to design a car from the ground up to do that. The engine would have to stay in the same place in the frame, and the steering column is through the cab, it would be hard to spin the body around that... Why would you want to anyway.

to go straight and make it look like Im drifting.

actually I dont know, just bored.

wouldnt it be cool though?

 

[ShakinSupra 10+ year member]

It would be pretty cool to see...

 

[TheVanMan 10+ year member]

Here's a fun little read on the subject. Designed in the early-mid 1900's.

Gyro Car

 

[Primo 10+ year member]

i seen something like that on tv

 

[ShakinSupra 10+ year member]

That's a different kind of gyro, those use a spinning wheel to keep from falling over. He is talking about the kind of gyro in a BMX bike, which allows the handlebars to spin around without the brake cables being tangled up.

 

[TheVanMan 10+ year member]

That's a different kind of gyro, those use a spinning wheel to keep from falling over. He is talking about the kind of gyro in a BMX bike, which allows the handlebars to spin around without the brake cables being tangled up.

I know, I just saw that earlier today when a friend at school showed me the link. I thought since it was almost the same people would like it.

 

[ShakinSupra 10+ year member]

It's cool though, wish I had a gyro car (with a real gyro, like the one ya posted), like a motorcycle you can't tip over!

 

[TheVanMan 10+ year member]

It was pretty cool. I wonder why they abandoned the project.