Retro-Future Weirdness

[Richard Bartrop]

If you're ever in the mood to build something a little different.

[Mike999]

Not much more bizarre than the Tsar Tank, and Russia actually built one of those...

 

 

[Oldmopars]

15 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said:

If you're ever in the mood to build something a little different.

Can you imagine being in the military and being told you had to ride that crazy contraption? I would go AWOL.

[espo]

22 hours ago, Oldmopars said:

Can you imagine being in the military and being told you had to ride that crazy contraption? I would go AWOL.

I think I would want a larger fender between me and the tire. 

[NOBLNG]

Where's the kick stand?

[Snake45]

On 1/23/2019 at 11:18 AM, Oldmopars said:

Can you imagine being in the military and being told you had to ride that crazy contraption? I would go AWOL.

Not to mention that it would immediately become the biggest target on the whole battlefield. 

[Mike999]

Wonder why the Aerocycle never caught on?  Its driver had a safety harness and everything.  To keep him from falling into those contra-rotating blades, powered by a modified Mercury outboard engine.  Of course, it might be troublesome if he got shot, or lost his balance trying to fire his rifle...or even landed on ground that wasn't perfectly smooth, since the rotors would dig into the dirt, rocks, etc. and fling them around. History of the "Flying Platforms" at the link.

http://www.airvectors.net/avplatfm.html

 

 

Edited January 24, 2019 by Mike999
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[oldcarfan]

That is so cool in a 'Diesel-Punk' sort of way!

[Snake45]

On 1/24/2019 at 2:47 PM, Mike999 said:

Wonder why the Aerocycle never caught on?  Its driver had a safety harness and everything.  To keep him from falling into those contra-rotating blades, powered by a modified Mercury outboard engine.  Of course, it might be troublesome if he got shot, or lost his balance trying to fire his rifle...or even landed on ground that wasn't perfectly smooth, since the rotors would dig into the dirt, rocks, etc. and fling them around. History of the "Flying Platforms" at the link.

http://www.airvectors.net/avplatfm.html

 

 

Oh yeah, I wanna go into battle standing on top of a 40-hp unshielded lawn mower/wood chipper. Well, that's one way to stop worrying about getting shot in a war.