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"Grip Car"

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Re: "Grip Car"

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post #20

Doesn't the 194.5 number in the "FRONT" diagram need a bracket around it?

It could be the 194.5 or any one number (e.g. the 10), depending on which measure is actually considered important by the designer.

As presented, the designer would get points deducted in a drafting 101 exercise.

Re: "Grip Car"

#32
post #29

Out of curiosity, can this geometry be used for building electric cargo bikes/trikes. I'm always on the lookout for geometry that gives the same tilting gravitational forces as a bicycle but with the ability to be stable when stopped, and this looks promising.

I don't think just geometry will give you any of that. Weight distribution and dynamics might.

Hmmm...looking at the images the wheels rotate inward allowing a natural turn, while the center piece tilts in towards the center of the turn, so I think it does in fact allow you to tilt into a turn and thus be forced into your seat, the same way as a bike.

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#34

Out of curiosity, can this geometry be used for building electric cargo bikes/trikes. I'm always on the lookout for geometry that gives the same tilting gravitational forces as a bicycle but with the ability to be stable when stopped, and this looks promising.

The geometry, with the front and rear axles turning on opposedly-angled tilted axes, looks identical to that of (the old four-wheeled kind of) roller skates. Swiveling the axles into a turn makes the whole thing tilt -- and conversely, tilting it swivels the axles so it turns.

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#35
post #7

It’s an actual expensive toy - a €249 fidget car - released by a company famous for producing expensive toy-like musical devices. I guess overpriced products like this are good at generating social media buzz and anchoring the brand as more prestigious. Not much different from gold apple watches or overpriced mac pro wheels. It’s basically free marketing.

Their stuff seems more like art to me, like collectible examples of interesting industrial design.

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post #35
post #7

It’s an actual expensive toy - a €249 fidget car - released by a company famous for producing expensive toy-like musical devices. I guess overpriced products like this are good at generating social media buzz and anchoring the brand as more prestigious. Not much different from gold apple watches or overpriced mac pro wheels. It’s basically free marketing.

Their stuff seems more like art to me, like collectible examples of interesting industrial design.

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#38
This discussion feels very familiar. Didn't we have basically exactly the same set of comments earlier this week?

Re: "Grip Car"

#39
post #7

It’s an actual expensive toy - a €249 fidget car - released by a company famous for producing expensive toy-like musical devices. I guess overpriced products like this are good at generating social media buzz and anchoring the brand as more prestigious. Not much different from gold apple watches or overpriced mac pro wheels. It’s basically free marketing.

In other words, it's a Veblen Good.

Re: "Grip Car"

#40
post #25

Detractors don't see the need for this. But they already put out two other toys to be used as race tracks for these: https://teenage.engineering/products/tp-7/ https://teenage.engineering/products/po-80

Say what you want about that company and its products, but everything they make is absolutely, absolutely gorgeous.

They nail aesthetics. Good Lord.

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