Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Car

[Sakrison]

This would make an interesting model in 1/25 scale.

Buckminster Fuller was an inventor and architect who, in 1933, attempted to reinvent the automobile when he presented the teardrop shaped Dymaxion car. It had three wheels, a rear-mounted Ford V8 engine, was twenty feet long and could seat up to 11 passengers. The rear mounted engine drove the front wheels, the single rear wheel steered the car. Alas at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair where the car was being demonstrated there was an accident. Two passengers were seriously injured, the driver was killed and along with him, the Dymaxion Car. Three cars had been built, one had now been badly damaged, the other two were moth-balled and became part of the collection of the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada. (Source, text & photos: Carsthatwerenevermadeetc on Tumblr)

Apparently, the single rear wheel made the car unstable. Another web site refers to the Dymaxion as "dangerous."

[Don Boose]

Interesting potential project. Are you going to give it a try?

Don

[Sakrison]

Originally Posted by Don Boose

Interesting potential project. Are you going to give it a try? Don

I am not a designer. I can scratchbuild structures with square corners, but this subject calls for more skill than I can muster.