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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:38 AM Original message |
Buckminster Fuller's 1933 Dymaxion |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. And here's baby brother |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. or three-wheel German-made Fuldamobil from the early 1950s |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. Designs for 30MPG cars were coming out in the 30s yet in 2008 its a big deal to own a car over 30MPG |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I had a 1984 Honda Civic that got 43 mpg. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I wouldn't want to drive that '83 Civic on I-95 w/trucks Reagan permitted to be heavier. nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah, where's the logic in that? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. $300,000 per litre in cost |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Streamlining and light weight were the reason it got good MPGs |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. No downforce? Fuller intended that the tail wheel would LIFT at top speed ... |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. Complete Info here... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Cool thanks |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I met the guy. A high point of my life. |
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Vodid (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. Mileage/Practicality |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. Buskminster Fuller is one of my heroes. He said as of the 1970s that we had sufficently |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. "disappeared after one crashed, killing the driver " ... Fuller always claimed a coverup. |
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