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Awesome. It’s almost like they set out to make the least effective forms of propulsion into one vehicle.
NGL though. I really want to build a mono wheel :-)
I have to wonder if there's some amount of "bigger wheel make vehicle go faster" mentality here, similar to the design philosophy of this locomotive from half a century earlier:
Link with more details: http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/9footer/9footer.htm
Big wheel make small wheel go around more? Og think… Og kicked out of Jr. High School before physics because teacher afraid of Og’s lunch.