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Specifically, as @m-i-l noted (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20745170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20745170): > One of the "selling points" of t
by aasasd 7y ago
Specifically, as @m-i-l noted (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20745170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20745170):
> One of the "selling points" of the Sinclair C5 was that its electric motor was built by Hoover and would be serviced at the existing network of vacuum cleaner service centres
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But generally, microcars are fun. Eshelman upscaled their ‘Child Sport Car’ (i.e. a Barbie Jeep) and made a three-horsepower Adult Sport Car: https://i.imgur.com/bXXQIlg.jpg https://i.imgur.com/bXXQIlg.jpg
And then they got carried away: https://i.imgur.com/EMicATK.jpg https://i.imgur.com/EMicATK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/0CDiztK.jpg https://i.imgur.com/0CDiztK.jpg
Notably though, Eshelman began by making lightweight aircraft but somehow switched to light garden tractors before the microcars. But my favorite design of theirs is the Rocket Boat: https://i.imgur.com/4pLbmfe.jpg https://i.imgur.com/4pLbmfe.jpg
- jacquesm 7y agoThat rocket boat looks like a swimmer skewer.
- aasasd 7y agoWell, I now know what would work splendidly in a B-video for Trve Kvlt Svrf: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hZAraJrlM5I https://youtube.com/watch?v=hZAraJrlM5I https://youtube.com/watch?v=VMBznF446Qg https://youtube.com/watch?v=VMBznF446Qg https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZIqE_501PZI https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZIqE_501PZI