I hope this isnt a repost. Snow Motor

[Tazfan]

I wonder why this did not catch on. Looks superb to me.

I want one for the occasional snow we have.

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

[V8mate]

Awesome

[Martin_Hx]

Haha great !

[gareth.e]

Seen it before on a TV documentary or something.. But only a very short clip.

Awesome find

Cheers!

[MK4 Slowride]

"Compare speed of machine to that of man walking fast"

[Mars]

As cool as it looks, that kind of drive is inefficient which is why most snow mobiles use tracks. They are directly driven in the direction of travel, and can be used on multiple surfaces.

[gib6933]

That's fantastic!

[Morningside]

I think there was a vehicle quite recently that crossed some snow/ice covered sheet sea that used the same principle
looking for picture.

[tog]

Morningside said:

I think there was a vehicle quite recently that crossed some snow/ice covered sheet sea that used the same principle
looking for picture.

You mean this one? More here.

Edited by tog on Friday 13th February 19:08

[*Al*]

Look how the driver was dressed Could be nasty if thrown off sideways and run over by those giant cork-screws.
Awesome engineering for the time! Excellent.

[cptsideways]

Cool


Wonder what we have lying round the shed

[Dargie]

Morningside said:

I think there was a vehicle quite recently that crossed some snow/ice covered sheet sea that used the same principle
looking for picture.

You mean this one?