Three legs or four?

[wumpus]

18 hours ago, magnemoe said:

True not only braking and turning but just turning sharply off road and its an risk the front wheel hit something or dig in. Downside is that  2 front wheels kills the simple bicycle steering cost saving,

Bucky's car used rear wheel steering, front wheel drive (with the engine mounted in the rear), the exact opposite of anything since.  Doubt it help much with savings, the whole thing was hand crafted by some serious mechanics/craftsmen, but presumably Ford or similar could take most of the design (layout, streamlining) and build an advanced car for a reasonable price.  I suspect trying to figure out the steering during a test drive would kill sales if anyone made one now.

[Akagi]

On 2/11/2022 at 7:31 PM, Snark said:

Moving to Science &  Spaceflight, since this is about IRL spaceflight rather than KSP.

(Though you could verify this issue yourself in KSP, if you wanted to, by trying some landings on the Mun, on rugged terrain, and see the difference it makes in terms of how easy it is to tip over...)

Hmm, might try that?

[kerbiloid]

Nature votes for three.

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