Tri-star (wheel arrangement), the Glossary
The tri-star is a novel wheel design—originally by Robert and John Forsyth, assigned to Lockheed in 1967—in which three wheels are arranged in an upright triangle with two on the ground and one above them.[1]
Table of Contents
6 relations: Damnation Alley (film), Differential steering, Landmaster, Lockheed Corporation, Rock Island Arsenal, Stairclimber.
- Wheels
Damnation Alley (film)
Damnation Alley is a 1977 American post-apocalyptic film directed by Jack Smight, loosely based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Roger Zelazny.
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Differential steering
Differential steering is the means of steering a land vehicle by applying more drive torque to one side of the vehicle than the other.
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Landmaster
The Landmaster is a unique 12-wheeled amphibious articulated vehicle constructed by Dean Jeffries at Jeffries Automotive in Universal City, California, for the 1977 science fiction film Damnation Alley (itself based on a novel by Roger Zelazny).
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Lockheed Corporation
The Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer.
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Rock Island Arsenal
The Rock Island Arsenal comprises 946 acres (383 ha) and is located on Arsenal Island, originally known as Rock Island, on the Mississippi River between the cities of Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois.
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Stairclimber
A stairclimber is a type of trolley fitted with rotating wheels or tracks so that it can be pushed or pulled up or down steps or a stairway.
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See also
Wheels
- Aristotle's wheel paradox
- Artillery wheel
- Bhavacakra
- Bicycle wheel
- Bulleid Firth Brown wheel
- Caster
- Cat exercise wheel
- Centerlock wheel
- Centreless wheel
- Custom wheel
- Electrodynamic wheel
- Front axle assembly
- Hamster wheel
- Hemispherical omnidirectional gimbaled wheel
- History of the wheel in Africa
- Hub gears
- Impossible wheel
- Jockey wheel
- Ljubljana Marshes Wheel
- Mecanum wheel
- Omni wheel
- Paper car wheel
- Pedrail wheel
- Rim (wheel)
- Rota Fortunae
- Scroll wheel
- Scrollerwheel
- Shaft passer
- Spoke
- Square wheel
- Tape transport
- Tires
- Train wheels
- Tri-star (wheel arrangement)
- Tweel
- Tyring platform
- Uni Wheel
- Water wheels
- Wheel
- Wheel construction
- Wheelwright
- Wire wheel
- Wobbly-web wheel
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-star_(wheel_arrangement)