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RIOT Wheel (Re-Invention Of The) wheel.©

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Uploaded by on Apr 13, 2007

http://www.theriotwheel.com

R.I.O.T Wheel FAQ's (please read)
http://www.theriotwheel.com/FAQ.html

Help RIOT Wheel??? Please! :)
http://www.theriotwheel.com/Help.html
This chunky 1100-pound machine is Jake Lyall's RIOT (Re-Invention Of The) wheel. Lyall's monowheel is unusual because it does not use the rider's weight to provide the reaction to the engine's thrust on the wheel. Instead the rider is outside, and the reaction is given by a lead-weighted Honda 80cc 4-stroke scooter engine suspended from a central shaft, driving through a sprocket attached to the wheel spokes. A separate 450-pound counterweight keeps the rider hovering above the ground at the front. Steering is done partly by precessing a 65-pound gyroscope to give yaw, and partly by the rider shifting his weight.
The current land speed record for a mono wheel currently stands at 56 Mph!


Video by kind permission of Jake Lyall.

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  • Your wheelchair rocks, man!

  • its all fun until you have to

    STEER IT

    lold

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  • and for steering?

  • nice

  • reminds me of seagway

  • that sound is configuring my brain.

  • *one second later* CRASH!

  • Looks like the WW1 armoured bicycle division on the front!

  • whats keeping him off the ground, just balance?

  • beets walkin

  • lol

  • Thats like a giant snail.

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