Forum: Freestuff

Subject: What in devil's name is a Draisine

Helgard opened this issue on Nov 24, 2010 · 5 posts

Helgard posted Wed, 24 November 2010 at 8:37 AM

Attached Link: Draisine

The eponymous term is derived from German Baron Karl Christian Ludwig Drais von Sauerbronn, who invented his Laufmaschine (German for "running machine") in 1817, that was called *Draisine* (German) or *Draisienne* (French) by the press.

It is the first reliable claim for a practically used bicycle, basically the first commercially successful two-wheeled, steerable, human-propelled machine commonly called a velocipede, nicknamed hobby-horse or dandy horse.


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Helgard posted Wed, 24 November 2010 at 8:37 AM

Fully rigged figure, UV Mapped and textured.

Wheels can rotate and front wheel can be steered.


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Whazizname posted Wed, 24 November 2010 at 1:29 PM

Hmmm..., Niice!!!

 

This is one vehicle that V & friends do not have in their garage...

{I bet they'll look sexy on it, too. :D}

Ooo...; I wonder what this will look like retextured in carbonfibre weave...?!?

:)

3eighty posted Wed, 24 November 2010 at 4:24 PM

h...Me thinks you have way too much free time....

davidhp posted Sun, 26 December 2010 at 1:59 PM

We ALL have too much free time!

 

Isn't THAT the entire purpose of Western civilization... to give free time to the masses?

 

And while some use that free time to buy stuff, some to make stuff, well some of us use it to wonder about the buying and making!

 

Happy Christmas...

 

... one and all!