The Chukudu
09-22-13, 12:11 PM
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Pedaled too far.
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The Chukudu
Chukudu's in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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09-24-13, 03:57 AM
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Here's a Washington Post article about the Chukudu.
And a German firm has given the high tech spin to it.
https://www.team-tentakulus.de/projekte/chukudu/
And a German firm has given the high tech spin to it.
https://www.team-tentakulus.de/projekte/chukudu/
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09-24-13, 01:24 PM
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It's rough times that would require such a vehicle to be invented. In some ways, I was wondering why it hadn't been invented before. Von Drais could have made one.
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09-24-13, 06:50 PM
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Great video.
Be nice to see a video of how they are built... looks like a real art.
Be nice to see a video of how they are built... looks like a real art.
09-25-13, 11:09 AM
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Pretty neat stuff. I'd rather have the Black Mamba, but that looks flat out fun too.
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Old Thread but here is a new link: https://www.designindaba.com/article...reds-kilograms
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01-13-24, 05:34 AM
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Hilarious and fascinating. The design reminds me of a scientific paper, proving you can have a stable bike without large wheels or caster/trail, they proved this with a bike the size of a razor scooter, with inclined frame like shown in video, with counter-rotating wheels above the front and rear wheels to cancel the gyro effects of the wheels, and zero trail/caster; The key was mass distribution, such that it had significant weight forward of the steering axis on the frame (I think not coupled to the steered mass, not certain) via a concentrated weight, so that as the rolling bike started to fall over, it would steer into the fall and self-correct, not as stable as a larger wheel and with more caster, but above a certain speed, it was stable.
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