73 SPECIAL OFF-ROAD VEHICLES 2


Sea Tank 1914 -18. During WWI, Italian made a motor-boat which drew very little water. Running under the boat were two endless chains, like the treads of a tank, which allowed to pass up over the logs protecting enemy harbors. From the book : 'Inventions of the Great War' by A. Russell Bond, New-York, The Century Co., 1919. Information given by Ruben Hoggett from www.cyberneticzoo.com https://archive.org/details/inventionsofgrea00bondrich; http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45269/45269-h/45269-h.htm#ip_273

Snowmobile with skis, on cover of P.M. Feb 1948. It was probably of the kind of the Kristi Bear-Kat with ski Action. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/158540849352366202/

B Flying Car of 4force. They will replace or complete, perhaps, land off-road vehicles. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2017062404/b-flying-car-goes-to-the-future.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux2JqKYHilY

Rolling Spider Drone of Parrot. It can fly and does loops in and outdoor. With its removable wheels, it runs from floor to ceiling and walls. Drones are really new products to go anywhere. http://www.parrot.com/usa/products/rolling-spider/

Ghe-O-Motors-Rescue Vehicle, from Romania. Additional bags on the wheels help for floatability and moving in snow. http://www.ghe-o.com/ghe-o-home.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNwWf1r0HbA#t=73

Mecanamu Robot uses the omnidirectional system mecanum. Is it really off-road ? http://www-robot.mes.titech.ac.jp/research.html

Nikko RC SlammR toys, 2014. The articulated arms help crossing.

Russian Airoll; http://vk.com/wall-59815220?offset=260&z=photo-66056709_338288880%2Fwall-59815220_4330 page 27

Airoll of borg warner 1

Airoll of Borg Warner in the 60s in open air at WES, Vicksburg, Mississippi, is more and more decrepit. http://i.imgur.com/5GNCdaf.jpg?1

Terrastar of Lockheed in the 60s in open air at WES, Vicksburg, Mississippi, is more and more decrepit. http://i.imgur.com/MFV3Pf0.jpg?1

Spring wheel 1918

Spring wheel : a close-up of the steel spring tire, created as a substitute tire because of a shortage of rubber in Germany. 1917. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/148900331402272709/

Terrastar of lockheed 1

Terrastar of Lockheed. http://www.amphibiousvehicle.net/amphi/Lb_Lz.html

Uhac amphibious vehicle 1

UHAC amphibious vehicle. http://www.navy.mil/list_all.asp?id=82174; http://www.unusuallocomotion.com/pages/more-documentation/38-additive-3-2.html#page2

Water skipper 1

Water Skipper at Swamp Fox Tests, 1962, Panama, of Borg Warner Ingersoll Kalamazoo Division at Swamp Fox II. It seems no real proto was built. Although it is a drawing, It really existed by Canadair Fisher and larger models of Borg Warner with Airoll principle. See Chapter : 34 Special Off-road Vehicles.http://imfmotorpool.com/Special%20Vehicles-%20Remote%20Area%20-%20Guerrilla%20-%20Jungle.pdf

Grass skis tracked

Grass skis, tracked from Rolka. http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Remember%20these&qkiwiana=9&qimg=56#n_view_location ; http://www.skipass.com/petites-annonces/ski/skis-chenille-rollka-pour-herbe.html; Lower right is the brand Speedy, Austria. http://www.grasski.com/en/

Scv slug crawler vehicle 2011

SCV (Slug Crawler Vehicle), 2011. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/creepy-crawly-slug-robot-has-tank-treads-for-skin; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhpIgaSxCxw

Scv slug crawler vehicle 2011 2

SCV (Slug Crawler Vehicle), inside the crawler, 2011. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/creepy-crawly-slug-robot-has-tank-treads-for-skin

Special tracks

Special tracks. It seems to be a scale vehicle.

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Cadillac cage side mover vehicle system

Cadillac Cage Side Mover Vehicle System, with mecanum wheels of the Swedish inventor Bengt Ilon in 1973. Not really off-road. From the book : Fifty Years anniversary of ISTVS : http://istvs.org/fiftyyears/, http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19940027945.pdf

Canadair fisher cl 213 airoll type

Canadair Fisher CL-213, Airoll type. from the book : 50 Years of ISTVS : http://istvs.org/fiftyyears/, http://www.unusuallocomotion.com/pages/locomotion/airoll-marginal-terrain-vehicle.html

Cutangus tracked legged vehicle

Cutangus tracked legged vehicle. http://cutangus.deviantart.com/art/FOUR-TRACK-ALL-TERRAIN-VEHICLE-88639426

Flexible track lego

Flexible track in Lego. Very rare subject, interesting ! http://www.moc-pages.com/moc.php/365209

Segmented wheel

Segmented wheel patent, to enhance mobility. http://www.freepatent.ru/patents/2280562