November 22, 2006

Skaters’ pusher: all play, no work (Feb, 1965)

Filed under: Cool,Toys and Games — @ 2:43 pm
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1965
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Skaters’ pusher: all play, no work

The rear skater in the quintet at right furnishes locomotion —the others just go along for the ride.

Strapped to his back is a homemade air propeller powered by a lawn-mower motor. The blade of the pusher fan whirls in a protective wire frame.

Introduced on Como Lake, St. Paul, Minn., it can do 30 m.p.h.— without extra riders.

3 Comments »

1. A tank of gas, a spinning propeller, a gas motor, a bunch of kids on ice…
   what ever could go wrong?

   Comment by Stannous — November 22, 2006 @ 8:01 pm

2. Not to worry! There’s a “protective wire frame”!

   Comment by Laura — September 18, 2007 @ 10:35 am

3. I think the protective wire frame protects the blades when the skater falls over. Not sure I would want that thing strapped to my back going full throttle if I have fallen over backwards.

   Comment by darren — November 17, 2010 @ 10:35 pm

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