History of a Trike

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History of a Trike

Postby jacquesvancoller » Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:39 am

Morning everyone,does anyone know how or where can one find out more about the history of a Trike?Regards.jacques
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Re: History of a Trike

Postby Alkemac » Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:54 am

Ok - see if this helps...

http://www.bmaa.org/pwpcontrol.php?pwpID=2380

I see that the basic design is still the same and not much has changed vhpy
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Re: History of a Trike

Postby FO Gyro » Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:01 am

Me thinks Leonardo de Vinci's helicopter design from 1493 looks rather like a gyro!
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Re: History of a Trike

Postby Alkemac » Mon Jun 30, 2014 3:19 pm

Thats why I included both..
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Re: History of a Trike

Postby FO Gyro » Mon Jun 30, 2014 3:25 pm

Good man! It's amazing that Leonardo had the vision 450 yrs before the first gyro and helicopter flew.
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