48 Roller wheel bike
Template:Ground vehicle The Gallis-Tech 48 Roller was a one-being wheel bike in use following the Clone Wars.
Characteristics[edit | edit source]
The 48 Roller consisted of a large tire propelled by twin jet engines mounted near the base of the vehicle. The pilot sat within the wheel, using handlebars for acceleration, braking and hard turns. The driver could make some turns by simply leaning into them. Wheel bikes were fully maneuverable with just one hand and a small touch pad, moving fingers along the pad in the direction the pilot wanted the bike to move.
History[edit | edit source]
During the Clone Wars, General Grievous owned a bi-wheeled Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike, similar in design to the uniwheel 48 Roller, though Grievous infamously used it as a weapon of war.
Jann Tosh owned a civilian 48 Roller on Tyne's Horky, a mining world where such vehicles were popular.
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
The real-life counterpart to the wheel bike is the monowheel.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Template:DroidsCite (First appearance)
- The Pirates and the Prince
Sources[edit | edit source]
- Bantha Tracks 29
- "The Cure"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 6
- The Story of General Grievous: Lord of War on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- The Unknown Regions
- Wheel bike in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link not verified!)
- The Droids Re-Animated, Part 2 on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) (as "sand skimmer")
- Star Wars: Force and Destiny Core Rulebook
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