Prop-Driven Car Makes 85 M.P.H (Nov, 1934)
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Nov, 1934
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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.
That looks very safe! I wonder why it didn’t catch on?
Comment by albear — February 12, 2008 @ 9:49 am
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
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
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
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