Before the OneWheel... there were tractors?

[thegreck]

A blog post I came across about a one-wheeled vehicle that used a tractor tire from way back in the late 1950s!
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2008/06/05/tractor-tires-and-gyroscopes-charles-taylors-one-wheel-experiments/

And there's even video of it:
http://owv.berkeley.edu/Movie.htm

[thegreck]

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[thegreck]

Looks like that video only works on a computer, not on an iPhone... I'm still trying to find it on YouTube, but I found another odd one-wheeled vehicle while I was looking: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m24iyhp3VV4

[Tjandamurra]

@thegreck Interesting contraption. There appears to be a big gyro on the front of the first model and a system of chains and wheels to adjust the centre of gravity. Wonder if it was ever further developed? Silly question - It morphed into a Onewheel!!!!!

[Electric Slide]

@thegreck If ever there was a need for a fender, this is the guy who needed one the most. Could you imagine the face full of dirt he must have gotten?

[OnewheelinWest]

Too bad @njcustom wasn't around then to fix that ol' boy up with a carbon fiber setup

[germx]

That youtube video looks oddly steampunk. Probably because of his hat. I want it! I need it for driving in snow.

[Wayne]

Amazing... It says that Taylor started development on it in 1939!

Onewheels blew people away in 2015... could you imagine people in 1950 seeing something like that?!