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Remote Controlled Car with Square Wheels

by Steve
Thursday, December 01, 2005

This remote controlled car has square wheels, and yup it actually moves, and yup the wheels actually go around.

Not being a physics major, I can't really explain it, but maybe this description from the car's inventor will help...
The weight shifting that propels the car is facilitated by a weight offset laterally from the center of the car that is moved in a rotational manner around the center of the car. The rotation is provided by a driven shaft extending vertically from the center of the car, with a lateral arm and off-set weight. As the shaft rotates, the weigh shifts in a circular manner around the car.
Got it? If that's not enough, you can always watch the video.

More info here.

2 Comments:

All the description from the web site says is that there's a rotating shaft in the middle of the car connected to an arm with a weight on the end.

By Chad Cloman, at 12/02/2005 09:51:00 AM
I can see the creativity in using square wheels... Neat post.

By Kidnixx, at 12/02/2005 02:01:00 PM

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