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Do Monster Trucks have gyroscopes to help them balance?

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March 06, 2023, 10:30 PM
Pipe Smoker
Do Monster Trucks have gyroscopes to help them balance?
My idea of monster trucks:

https://www.mesabitribune.com/...54-4b7bab2551f3.html



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March 07, 2023, 11:59 AM
snidera
quote:
Originally posted by MikeinNC:
I once saw Grave Digger in the outer Banks of NC. They drove the truck across the sound and back. They let kids and adults sit in it and take pics. There’s no special stuff inside. Literally a seat with a five point harness and a steering wheel. One of the mechanics said the back wheels turn opposite of the fronts to help sharp turns. IIRC it’s just south of Grandy NC


Most 4-wheel steering is like that, otherwise you crab-walk like the new Hummer.
Chevy had a version of the Silverado that would steer the back wheels opposite the fronts below a certain MPH & steer them the same (or not steer at all) above that MPH - at higher speeds turning sharply (or at least more than the driver expects) is not a good idea.

There's a lot of variation in controls. Hell, there's like 50 Grave Diggers and how many iterations of BigFoot have existed? I know I saw one with a stand-up motorcycle-ish drivers control.
March 07, 2023, 01:41 PM
flashguy
I got to ride in one near Queenstown, New Zealand in 2004.
Chip #2a (512MB) 339.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

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