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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2009
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Found this in some internet searching, what a beast! Reminds me a bit of the Spruce Goose...
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The Tinkerer
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Bendigo
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reminds me of the mineraumer lol, amazing the length humanity goes to for science.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 4,167
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A testament to what happens to things when rushed and not properly tested. What a shame for that machine and it's inventors.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: On The Footplate.
Posts: 5,086
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Clive Cussler used that vehicle in one of his fictional "Dirk Pitt" adventure novels, called "Atlantis Found".
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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For all it's flaws, it is a reminder of how easily an idea could flow into reality back then - without death by committee & politics!
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Render unto Caesar
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: ::1
Posts: 4,222
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What a project, especially for its time.
Thanks for the post. \
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cattai, Sydney
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You would have thought they would have tested it a bit more before making it to the Antarctic circle... Pretty dumb mistake not realizing that practically slick tyres aren't going to grip even though they're flabby and fat. Easily testable in both the US in either snow or mud.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Melb north
Posts: 12,025
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its a pity all of that effort only to fail, but 10 points for giving it a try.
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