[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] THIS IS COOL ... (but not real)

[Evie]

Hi gentlemen,

So, there was such a car, Gyro-X, developed in 1966 and 1967 by two very
famous people, Tom Summers and Alex Tremulis.

Alex Tremulis was a car designer well known for his work as Ford's styling
director. Thomas Summers was a gyroscope expert who had integrated the
technology into missile navigation systems during World War II.
Unfortunately, they ran out of money and there were still issues that
needed to be resolved.

The Lane Motor Museum, home of the one and only Gyro-X. The Lane Motor
Museum, https://www.lanemotormuseum.org/, at 702 Murfreesboro Pike,
Nashville, TN 37210......very interesting museum! It's now on my "bucket
list"!

See these links for the concept and how it works:

   -
   https://www.businessinsider.com/gyro-x-two-wheeled-car-future-transportation-2019-1
   ,
   - How it work, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZfpWD00Hoc,
   - Gyro-X at the Lane Motor Museum (it really works),
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTCVn4EByfI,
   - How This Two-Wheeled Car Uses A Disk To Balance,
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4jLG8Q1jZE, and
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KmhTfhaWG8,
   - RestroX: Short Doc of GyroX,
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ckvDxa4a58,
   - Also this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEy__8LXBjs

Enjoy
Evie

On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 10:37 PM Allan Sherman <allanpsherman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here is an article from 2017 debunking this and similar proposals:
>
> https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/27/16203096/traffic-gyroscopic-vehicle-concept-ridiculous-ideas-video-watch
>
> Al
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 2:28 PM George Gamota <ggamota at stma-llc.com> wrote:
>
>> I have seen something similar proposed in China or Singapore but instead
>> of riding on wheels in the center, it had two outer set of wheels like a
>> catamaran. Also simulation but maybe they have a prototype
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* David Wiederspahn <dwiedertoo at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, June 8, 2020 10:07 PM
>> *To:* George Gamota <ggamota at stma-llc.com>
>> *Cc:* jjrudy1 at comcast.net; Lex Computer Group <LCTG at lists.toku.us>;
>> Jason Feightner <jf8ner at hotmail.com>; Judy Mir <judithmir at me.com>;
>> Janice and Harry Tagen <janicetagen at metrocast.net>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] THIS IS COOL ...
>>
>>
>>
>> If you look at the last frame of the video when it stops, it is clearly a
>> CGI (Computer Generated Image).  If you replay the video, you can see other
>> indications of it being CGIs, especially in the pedestrians. An interesting
>> concept but I don't see how it would work, at least the part of a
>> severely top heavy load balancing on line contact while making dynamic
>> turns.  I guess a massive, vertical axis gyroscope could manage it but,
>> while an interesting concept, I don't think it would be ultimately
>> practical.  If the hovering drone part could work, why not just fly it to
>> the fire?
>>
>>
>> David Wiederspahn
>> 1 Leonard Ave #3
>> Cambridge, MA 02139
>> 617-520-4756
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 9:49 PM George Gamota <ggamota at stma-llc.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> But is it real or just a proposal on a drawing board?
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* LCTG <lctg-bounces+ggamota=stma-llc.com at lists.toku.us> *On
>> Behalf Of *jjrudy1 at comcast.net
>> *Sent:* Monday, June 8, 2020 9:18 PM
>> *To:* Lex Computer Group <LCTG at lists.toku.us>; Jason Feightner <
>> jf8ner at hotmail.com>; Judy Mir <judithmir at me.com>; Janice and Harry Tagen
>> <janicetagen at metrocast.net>
>> *Subject:* [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] THIS IS COOL ...
>>
>>
>>
>> This is unbelievable!!
>>
>>
>>
>> John Rudy
>>
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