February 12, 2008

Prop-Driven Car Makes 85 M.P.H (Nov, 1934)

Filed under: Automotive — @ 12:19 am
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Nov, 1934
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Prop-Driven Car Makes 85 M.P.H
BY MOUNTING a four-bladed airplane propeller on an auto chassis, a Georgia mechanic has evolved a combination vehicle which has attained speeds of 85 miles an hour. The wheels of the auto-plane are not connected with the engine. Motive power is furnished entirely by the pusher-type propeller.

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  1. That looks very safe! I wonder why it didn’t catch on?

    Comment by albear — February 12, 2008 @ 9:49 am

  2. I wonder what all the fuzz was about propelling vehicles by propellors. It seems awfully inefficient to me.

    Comment by Casandro — February 12, 2008 @ 9:50 am

  3. here’s a timeline of land speed records:
    http://www.channel4.com/scienc.....eline.html

    85 mph was passed in 1904 (91.37 mph) and by 1931-35 Sir Malcom Campbell had broken the record 5 times and in ‘35 did 301.13 mph!

    Comment by Stannous — February 12, 2008 @ 1:04 pm

  4. That’s one sure way to reduce tailgating.

    Noise and wind make a propellor a really lousy mechanism for land propulsion, at least in traffic.

    Comment by Richard C — February 12, 2008 @ 2:22 pm

  5. I don’t see where the propeller shaft goes. Does it go right through the driver’s back?

    And does it connect to the engine up front? How?

    Comment by Rick Auricchio — February 12, 2008 @ 7:57 pm

  6. My brother and I want to make a car pushed by a propeller.
    We have a 55 HP Geo motor.
    We need to know what propeller to get to push the VW that we will retro fit.
    I hope to hear from you soon.
    Thanks,
    Larry

    Comment by Larry Yeager — January 26, 2009 @ 4:03 pm

  7. what size prop would i need for a prop driven car with a 60 hp motor? pitch , dia. and etc.

    Comment by jay — January 26, 2009 @ 7:37 pm

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