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    The Zero-Emissions One-Wheeled Motorcycle

    By Posted on 5.28.2008 53 Comments

    Uno Cost to Develop: $45,000 Time: 2 years Prototype | | | | | Product Just before his plane dipped into the clouds above Beijing International Airport two years ago, Ben Gulak caught the last clear view of the sun that he would see for two weeks. On the ground, the 17-year-old, who was on a family trip to China, quickly spotted a source for much of the thick haze hanging over the city: smog-spewing motorbikes. Thousands of them, everywhere. “Right then,” he says, “I decided that I wanted to create an alternative mode of transportation, something clean and compact.”

    5.14.2008 at 10:09am - Comment by Davinci

    The design looks fun but dangerous especially if you have to stop fast. The only practical one wheeled motorcycle was developed by Kerry McLean who built a six foot diameter wheel and he and the motor ride inside of the wheel. He turns by leaning and the only problem that he has is with Gerbleing when accelerating and stoping (the inside weight rotates in the opposite direction of the applied force). I think that a gyroscope could help stabilize the ride.



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