Corkscrew Drive.

von Poop · 15-07-2007, 12:47 AM

Pleasing Zil project from 1970:
YouTube - ZIL screw drive (2)

YouTube - Сross-country vehicle ZIL-29061

This chap traces the system back to 1944 germany and one 'Johannes Raedel', interesting stuff:
Strange screw vehicles Nobody is perfect, I am Nobody

Cheers,
Adam.

Slipdigit · 15-07-2007, 01:35 AM

I wonder how that beast would work in the red clay mud of Alabama? I have a feeling that the mud would win.

von Poop · 16-07-2007, 09:36 PM

I'd forgotten about the recent 'Ice Challenger' expedition.

MikB · 17-07-2007, 08:16 AM

Nah, they've all got it wrong - you got to get the cabin inside the profile of the screw. They obviously didn't read their Black Sapper adventures in the comics of the 1950s (Beano? Beezer? Lion? can't remember...)

Regards,
MikB

Owen · 17-07-2007, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikB

Nah, they've all got it wrong - you got to get the cabin inside the profile of the screw. They obviously didn't read their Black Sapper adventures in the comics of the 1950s (Beano? Beezer? Lion? can't remember...)

Regards,
MikB

>>>> Black Sapper <<<<

Similar vehicle at the end of The Incredibles when The Underminer appears.

Bodston · 20-09-2007, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Von Poop

Pleasing Zil project from 1970:

This chap traces the system back to 1944 germany and one 'Johannes Raedel', interesting stuff:
Strange screw vehicles Nobody is perfect, I am Nobody

Cheers,
Adam.

There are a couple more of these..

The DAF amphiroll (1960) and the Chrysler Marsh screw amphibian (1964)

von Poop · 25-08-2008, 10:36 PM

1944 hardly the earliest I see:
The peavey snow locomotive:

With mention of a 'Lombard' from 1904:
Patent Pending Blog - Patents and the History of Technology

Drew5233 · 15-07-2009, 10:09 AM

Adam/Bod,

I take it they are now surplus to requirement?

Smudger Jnr · 15-07-2009, 01:27 PM

Archimedes would be proud that his screw invention was being used for other functions and not just water retrieval.

Regards
Tom

MyOldDad · 27-01-2010, 01:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by von Poop

Pleasing Zil project from 1970:
YouTube - ZIL screw drive (2)

YouTube - Сross-country vehicle ZIL-29061

This chap traces the system back to 1944 germany and one 'Johannes Raedel', interesting stuff:
Strange screw vehicles Nobody is perfect, I am Nobody

Cheers,
Adam.

Hi Adam,
I think this concept may be of earlier American origin. The project was looked at by the Germans later on and obviously taken up by the Russians. Why aren't there more of them - we could have beaten the 'Big Freeze' and got our kids to school on time!

YouTube - Fordson Snow Machine - 1929 Concept

Tom

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von Poop Adaministrator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: The Abbey of Thelema Posts: 8,596	I'd forgotten about the recent 'Ice Challenger' expedition.

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MikB Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 177	Nah, they've all got it wrong - you got to get the cabin inside the profile of the screw. They obviously didn't read their Black Sapper adventures in the comics of the 1950s (Beano? Beezer? Lion? can't remember...) Regards, MikB

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