Kinneri was a hit in the summer of 1949

DannyC said:
60Kg? It probably made them too-tired for Sex and so they dropped the project.
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Some of the current Velomobiles reach that ?

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regards Paul
 
pegasus said:
Finnes not Swedes.
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Sorry not meant to offend ...

I should have qualified that statement ?

It is my understanding that these wooden WW2 designs were created and much more popular in neutral Sweden as a result of the petrol rationing , and were much less popular in Finland as they were fighting the war and the road/general conditions were not as favourable as Sweden ?

Check this out ?

Velomobile history

all the best Paul
 
DannyC said:
Thanks Paul, this is great info. Love the British Arion 1 with the relatively tiny turning circle.
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That may not be true , it is a HPV speed record machine I doubt if it can move more than 3m from a straight line ?

Not sure what it looks like under the hood [ yet ] however more info here :-

Arion HPV record breakers ?

seen this ?

Sprocket rocket ....

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5 yes FIVE riders in it at Battle Mountain HPV speed trials !

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=346533429621815

Allegedly this is a launch with the riders already inside ?

Like to guess it's turning circle ?
 
stormbird said:
That may not be true , it is a HPV speed record machine I doubt if it can move more than 3m from a straight line ?

Not sure what it looks like under the hood [ yet ] however more info here :-

Arion HPV record breakers ?

seen this ?

Sprocket rocket ....

sprocket_rocket.jpg


5 yes FIVE riders in it at Battle Mountain HPV speed trials !

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=346533429621815

Allegedly this is a launch with the riders already inside ?

Like to guess it's turning circle ?
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Would it be slightly more than a Python Trike's turning circle by any chance? TBH, it doesn't look like there is provision for "turning", more like just enough for "corrections".
5 men + all the chassis, the 4 tyres must be pretty good.
 
DannyC said:
Would it be slightly more than a Python Trike's turning circle by any chance?
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You make me blush young sir :sneaky:

TBH, it doesn't look like there is provision for "turning", more like just enough for "corrections".
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Correct it's all about straight line speed ...

5 men + all the chassis, the 4 tyres must be pretty good.
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IIRC 3 tyres on each rear wheel and 2 tyres on each front wheel ?


Just under 60 mph , hard to believe as it seems to crawl along on the video ?
 
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