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i had never heard of them before. i like the idea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW3OBb_b89kThe Mecanum wheel is a form of tireless wheel, with a series of rubberized external rollers obliquely attached to the whole circumference of its rim. These rollers typically each have an axis of rotation at 45° to the wheel plane and at 45° to the axle line.
it's time to change the air in my head
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That's cool! I've never seen anything like them.
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I definirly have never seen a fork lift go sideways before......Ben
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Very interesting. I have never seen that technology applied to a vehicle tire but we used it in conveyor applications when we needed to rotate a load.
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In a way it reminds me of a screw-drive tractor...That concept goes back to at least the days of Henry Ford and his tractors......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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There has to be a better name than Screw bike.
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I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead
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That's really interesting. Thanks for posting.
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