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Source: がとりんぐ三等兵 (@gatring3)

foldable scooter
折りたたみ式スクーター

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[–] demesisx@infosec.pub 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's amazing to me how much this looks like this image from the other day.

[–] Crul@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Looks really cute, I like the design, but folding it up seems almost useless, you’re barely saving space, but maybe it’d be enough to make it worth it in some cases, maybe if you’re lugging it onto a plane (?) or bringing it into class, so that it didn’t look like a scooter.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hey look, Honda already solved that question... Back in the 80s!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Motocompo

[–] CupDock@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol, it gets a few inches shorter

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] wim@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

The Honda City itself would fit in the trunk of some modern cars. It is positively tiny compared to the current sizes of cars.

[–] Moc@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

The immortal snail isn’t real. It can’t hurt you.

[–] Surreal@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] strongarm@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago

Tank controls, each stick would control the speed of one side of wheels.

It's a pretty silly design apart from looking like a snail.

The folding is barely space saving, also the space required for folding would mean there are no internal parts, so where's the engine?

If you hit anything you'll get catapulted off the front it your legs crushed to noodles

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

With your imagination.

[–] Crul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not OC, so just guessing, but, for the controls, I would try moving one antenna forwards and the other backwards.

Regarding the wheels, it seems sharp angles would be an issue.

[–] Widowmaker_Best_Girl@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where do the front three wheels go? They just disappear?

[–] account_93@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

7 sets of wheels in first image, 6 sets in the next and then those 3 sets (as you pointed out) just go 🤔😂

Oh man I didn't even count those first disappearing wheels lol

[–] kametrixom@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago

This is very cute!

[–] censor@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Oh I love this