by epiphonic » Mon Aug 18, 2003 8:35 am
Actually, remember the "turtles" back in gradeschool? yeah, those weird close-to-ground seats with handlebars? you would move the handlebars right and left and eventually gain motion. there were only three wheels involved in the design and the front wheel was connected to the handlebars. the back two wheels were connected underneath the seat.
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tha bulbous thing is the seat and the vertical line is the handle bars. i suck at ascii
but by pushing foreward and swinging left to right you could get it to move, and after 9 seconds you were ready to ram people and bumper car them to pulp.
Its like moving yourself in a playground swing, but all the movement is done horizontally to the front wheel of the unit with the front of your body, and you can continue moving foreward, steer and attack classmates in 'Physical Education".
This unit uses the same principles as those fun little wiggle cars yet it can be used by adults, petite to obese.
yeah, second and third grade was fun.