Vehicle concept that never caught on circa 1924

[TopGear]

http://www.flixxy.com/snow-vehicle-concept.htm

Was a neat concept, I would like to see one in action someday.

[Bodhi]

You don't need one with all that man made global warming....

[cpxxx]

Very good, no doubt if the marketing had been better. We'd all be driving one around on the snow.

But on the same page this caught my eye. A 26 turn spin followed by a crash in a Tipsy Nipper. Never a more apporpriately named aircraft.

http://www.flixxy.com/private-pilot-recovers-from-a-26-turn-spin.htm

[CAP1]

know another concept from back then that never caught on? electric cars. 

[TopGear]

know another concept from back then that never caught on? electric cars. 

Lol. Sometimes it takes technology a long time to catch up with the idea.

Old idea:

http://historywired.si.edu/object.cfm?ID=223

New spin on old idea:

http://m.farmindustrynews.com/tractors/spirit-autonomous-tractor-eliminates-need-driver

You don't need one with all that man made global warming....

Forecast here for Friday is a high of -35c......       

[CAP1]

Lol. Sometimes it takes technology a long time to catch up with the idea.

Old idea:

http://historywired.si.edu/object.cfm?ID=223

New spin on old idea:

http://m.farmindustrynews.com/tractors/spirit-autonomous-tractor-eliminates-need-driver

Forecast here for Friday is a high of -35c......       

 we're supposed to get into the low 50's(F) this week. i can't wait. i might even have the bay doors up.

[MarineUS]

heh. I remember seeing this a long time ago. Good to see it again. 

[deSelys]

An RC toy, the Tyco Terrain Twister is using the same concept:

[mbailey]

I want a set of 4 to put on my Silverado 

[Sombra]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw-propelled_vehicle

The Soviets built a screw-propelled vehicle, the ZIL-2906, specifically for the challenging task of recovering cosmonauts who landed in inaccessible areas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afJ18eJeNgU