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http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/a-canadian-man-invented-a-wheel-that-can-make-cars-move-sideways
>The age of parallel parking may soon be over thanks to a literal reinvention of the wheel by Canadian man William Liddiard.
>“True all-way drive for anything with wheels,” Liddiard says in an online writeup for his successful prototype of “omni-directional” wheels, a specialized rim and tire that can allow any car the ability to move sideways.
>The tire is rounded like a donut and sits within a specialized roller-equipped rim that can move the tire horizontally. The result is a wheel that can allow any car to “crab” side to side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-TOV-NBD70
>that tiny ass contact patch
>lack of sidewall rigidity
>fragile rollers that are just waiting for a rock to get jammed in them
>What is lateral acceleration.
>>15371837
literally a tire for normalfags who cant parallel park their 3 ton X5
I can rip those hektik skids easily!
>>15371837
we cyberpunk nao
>>15371837
Echo vs tercel vs corolla
What's the gosh darn difference?
The sideways movement in the video is cgi, so he doesn't have a working prototype.
Also, yay for jelly-like road grip and 300 lbs of extra unsprung mass.
>>15371921
>attempt to corner on the togue
>car rolls laterally off a cliff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NQCVaiJl5E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t3vE71__p0
and neither of these designs require a special wheel.
>>15371837
Mad stance, familia.
>>15371837
Thats all well and good for parallel parking but what happens when you go around a corner and the wheels start spinning sideways in the rim?
i assime the car handles like a shopping trolley.
This goy invented something that has existed for a long ass time already in industrial applications.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAiwLRGsNrE
>>15374456
>Thats all well and good for parallel parking
only if you have time to wait 5 minutes to move left to finish your parallel parking.
>>15371837
Already exists in industrial trolleys.the rubber is so soft on a road car it would wear out stupidly quick.
>>15371837
>4WD - 4-wheel drive
>AWD - all-way drive
Finally it's settled.
>>15371837
>>15374447
Sweet SSR MK1's.
>>15371837
DUDE ITS DEFYING ALL THE LAWS OF PHYSICS
ITS LIKE LEVITATING UNDERWATER
looks like it would destroy the tire tread really really quickly
>>15371837
that slip angle
>>15371837
>lets make one of the most simple and perfect bits of a car that has existed for centuries in one form or another increasingly complex and expensive to manufacture
>yes, then we can charge the white man even more for wheels
>good goyims
>>15375136
kek
>>15376584
*tips fedora*
>>15372115
>The sideways movement in the video is cgi
No it's not
Wow this has been done many times before and isn't anything new.
There's a reason cars don't have frivolous gadgets and gizmos (to an extent) and it's simply because of cost. Who the fuck is going to drop 5-10k extra on wheels to park for them when most high end cars can already park themselves? Not to mention the other downsides to this pointless design.
This dude must be some sand nigger or some stupid fuck, did he really think he was going to out do years of engineering and millions of dollars spent by the industry?
>it starts sprinkling
>car will be uncontrollable
why don't people just learn how to parallel park ?
>>15374419
DOES THAT CIVIC THING ACTUALLY WORK
HOLY SHITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
>>15371837
>time lapse and fast forward,
>still slow as fuck.
>>15379232
>not knowing that it's because the engine is from a shit toyota echo
>not immediately seeing the drift potential for these tires
Are you fucking kidding me? Put that in a drift car with crazy horse power and tell me you dont love it
>>15374419
That rice park video is fucking beautiful. Cannot stop laughing.
>>15371837
>The age of parallel parking may soon be over
Think the age of catering to inept cunts needs to be over, if you can't park your shit, give an honest reason why you should have a fucking licence
>>15377419
If anything, such skinny contact patches would perform better in rain.
Like a bicycle tire.
