[CONCEPT, 1870] The Velocipede, Second in the 'Powered by Animals Series'

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Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Would it work?

scottwood@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Nope, it will never work. You have two dogs, and no dog is the exact same speed as the other, so you will never go in a straight line. That is, if both of the dogs want to run that day. Otherwise, one of the dogs would experience what a shirt does in a washing machine.

seathru@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 1y

Having a live axle between the two drive wheels and one way bearings connecting the dog wheels to said axle solves that problem.

Mpatch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Wierd how sled dogs can run together at the same speed. It's like they can be trained or something to work like teams or something.

scottwood@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

You assume these are trained, knowing the Victorians they would be house pets.