I want one

[Tom-D]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBjlSJf4274

 

[Ghery]

I saw that video a month or two ago. That is a neat concept.

 

[etsisk]

that's pretty cool! No need for one down here, but still...


and I wanted to drop-kick that arsehole with the horse.

 

[Tom-D]

that's pretty cool! No need for one down here, but still...


and I wanted to drop-kick that arsehole with the horse.

1929, isn't that prior to the SPCA, PITA, and Paws?

yes floundering the horse like that isn't a nice thing to do. they can break a leg doing that.

 

[wabower]

Did they specify the TBO for the drive mechanism and tubes?

 

[Steve]

Don't fall off the seat.

 

[Geico266]

I love that the guy is wearing a hat & tie at the end.

Very cool concept.

 

[Jack Spectre]

The Soviets fiddled with some military applications of the idea.

 

[Steve]

So did the US, more recently.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/robots/hazard/meetstar.html


They should have used the technology on the Mars Rovers. Much less likely to get stuck in the sand.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100103/ap_on_sc/us_sci_mars_rovers

The Soviets fiddled with some military applications of the idea.

 

[Unbeliever]

They should have used the technology on the Mars Rovers. Much less likely to get stuck in the sand.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100103/ap_on_sc/us_sci_mars_rovers

But they're not very good at rolling over rocks. And the Rocker/Bogie system that the rovers use also do a good job of minimizing deck angle and increasing stability when rocks are rolled over.

--Carlos "works at JPL" V.

 

[Tom-D]

But they're not very good at rolling over rocks. And the Rocker/Bogie system that the rovers use also do a good job of minimizing deck angle and increasing stability when rocks are rolled over.

--Carlos "works at JPL" V.

That is why they work so well in deep snow.

 

[Jay Honeck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBjlSJf4274

That's cool -- but this is cooler:
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2010-1-2-YouCanFlyUsingThis.wmv

 

[Tom-D]

That's cool -- but this is cooler:
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2010-1-2-YouCanFlyUsingThis.wmv

So's this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGLNcIkSm0

 

[Henning]

I've seen an amphibious tractor/bucket hoe like that in the oilfield.