Plane for sale

[Koainn]

Who's interested in driving a plane down the street?

 

[WobblyElvis]

I had one of those, no good off road and parking was a B.

 

[Kira]

Three cheers for ingenuity and handicrafts but there are busses which are more useful.
The Oscar Meyer Wienermobile is a smile getter at least.

This thing is just a materials exercise.

 

[RooflessVW]

I love that it's on DUBs

 

[atikovi]

Would look way better with a single wheel up front like a real plane.

 

[Taildragger]

If it has the original powerplants..........

 

[AZjeff]

Would look way better with a single wheel up front like a real plane.

Maybe so but would be pretty useless on public streets.

 

[atikovi]

Maybe so but would be pretty useless on public streets.

How so?

 

[AZjeff]

1 wheel up front is by nature less maneuverable . Sure planes land and turn and stop with 1 front wheel but they aren't doing it with any side load. A long thing like this is going to want to push and not turn. There's a reason Can Am Spyders and Polaris Slingshots don't have 1 front/2 rear.

 

[simple_gifts]

My neighbors fly down the street past my house but that is ridiculous

 

[atikovi]

1 wheel up front is by nature less maneuverable . Sure planes land and turn and stop with 1 front wheel but they aren't doing it with any side load. A long thing like this is going to want to push and not turn. There's a reason Can Am Spyders and Polaris Slingshots don't have 1 front/2 rear.

I'd think they were MORE maneuverable being able to turn the wheel 90 degrees it could make a much sharper turn than a car. And isn't the Can Am a design thing, using a motorcycle drivetrain with the single rear wheel? People often build trikes with a single front wheel.

 

[Koainn]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.motortrend.com/news/limo-jet-details-photos-specs/amp/


It's for sale,just 4 million dollars lol

https://www.jiddmotorsmitsubishi.co...plaines-il/?cy=60016&md=12551&mk=1163&tp=used

 

[AZjeff]

I'd think they were MORE maneuverable being able to turn the wheel 90 degrees it could make a much sharper turn than a car.

You can think all you want but you'd be wrong. At low speeds sure, like a kid's tricycle. At higher speeds the 2 back tires want to push the 1 front straight ahead when turning and they really don't want to turn under braking. Remember 3 wheel ATCs? They were banned because of the handling problems due to the configuration, 4 wheel ATCs replaced them. 1 front/2 rear also wants to tip over much easier than 2/1 or 2/2 in a sharp turn. It's a geometry/physics thing.

That thing you picture is for tooling slowly around town carefully in a straight line looking cool (in your own mind).

 

[atikovi]

That thing you picture is for tooling slowly around town carefully in a straight line looking cool (in your own mind).

So is that Frankenlimo.

 

[SeaJay]

I would try, what could possibly go wrong?

 

[RichR]

It hasn't been parked there since Monday. Maybe the winner of the big jackpot took it home.

 

[grampi]

1 wheel up front is by nature less maneuverable . Sure planes land and turn and stop with 1 front wheel but they aren't doing it with any side load. A long thing like this is going to want to push and not turn. There's a reason Can Am Spyders and Polaris Slingshots don't have 1 front/2 rear.

The inverted trikes, as they're called, are much more stable than the one wheel in the front trikes. Those will easily tip over. The inverted trikes will spin out before they tip over...