Dymaxion Refurbished and Driven 90 Years Later

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Bucky Fulllers 1934 Dymaxion auto refurbished and driven for first time in 90 years Nevada AZ.


Original design drawings were for car to have wings and fly ergo, air-land Omni-transport.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VulBA8Q-RU

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@ebuc

Did you know that Bucky was expelled from Harvard twice: first for spending all his money partying with a vaudeville. troupe, and then, after having been readmitted, for his "irresponsibility and lack of interest." By his own appraisal, he was a non-conforming misfit in the fraternity environment

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Did you know that Bucky was expelled from Harvard twice: first for spending all his money partying with a vaudeville. troupe, and then, after having been readmitted, for his "irresponsibility and lack of interest." By his own appraisal, he was a non-conforming misfit in the fraternity environment


Yeah FLRW, very little I dont know about bucky.


Here is article and nice photo of young inventor Fuller.. ' The Dramatic Failure of Buckminster Fuller’s “Car of the Future”

And how he covered for his mistakes. '..

https://slate.com/technology/2022/08/the-dymaxion-car-the-true-history-of-buckminster-fullers-failed-automobile.html


This was the first of three prototypes he built. He finally conceded and made drawings for Dymaxion with steering in front, i.e. best for road travel, not air-transport. He submitted it to industrialist Henry J. Kaiser., tho did not give money for a prototype of that design, tho did help later with some domes.

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@FLRW, @sadolite

Here is a hilarious vid --if you like comedy -- on the modern day, Dymaxion Composition of all three of Fullers prototypes and built by Norman Foster in 2010.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M54KclI-hYo

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