http://www.bangshift.com/blog/Screw-Propelled-Vehicle-Shocker-We-Tree-d-The-Ruskies-By-Decades.html
I really like this machine. Has anyone seen one or driven one?
http://www.bangshift.com/blog/Screw-Propelled-Vehicle-Shocker-We-Tree-d-The-Ruskies-By-Decades.html
I really like this machine. Has anyone seen one or driven one?
Seen the video before, it's really cool. The only thing is I wouldn't want to run over anyone with it. Ouch!
They used to use those on the dredge spoil areas around here. Very cool machines. The one I got a close look at was powered by two SBC engines with power glide transmissions.
Taiden wrote: Seen the video before, it's really cool. The only thing is I wouldn't want to run over anyone with it. Ouch!
I think the result would be the same regardless of the drive system - both require sponges and coroners.
It's the real-life version of the Shagohod!
How does it steer?
Just like a tank, you brake one side.
Also available on the Fordson tractor.
The video linked in the first post was of the Fordson tractor, wasn't it?
Keith wrote: The video linked in the first post was of the Fordson tractor, wasn't it?
Yes a Fordson tractor and a chevrolet sedan. There are also some Soviet era versions that are brutes.
So normally the screws rotate in opposite directions... On a harder surface, if you spun both screws in the same direction, do you think you could "crab" the tractor?
"So normally the screws rotate in opposite directions... On a harder surface, if you spun both screws in the same direction, do you think you could "crab" the tractor?"
Yep. About 0:12 in this Russkie film:
Any pictures of amphibious vehicles with said propulsion?
what do you think... the ultimate ZAV?
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