Ok here's something I've never seen before that dates back to pre-World War II. This contraption consists of a tractor and some form of corkscrew drive system. After a bit of research, it appears that this invention originates from Russia. Call it Russian mechanized genius/madness, you decide. Via - LiveLeak
Ok here's something I've never seen before that dates back to pre-World War II. This contraption consists of a tractor and some form of corkscrew drive system. After a bit of research, it appears that this invention originates from Russia. Call it Russian mechanized genius/madness, you decide. Via - LiveLeak
http://www.motorcities.com/vehicle/07FRC291706341.html
People still make vehicles like this. Many of them have been proposed for cross arctic expeditions because the ice screws with their large surface area can double as pontoons when the ice thins and a water crossing is inevitable.
Unless anyone can point to clear evidence of one, I'd be inclined to believe that either one of these made its way to Russia, and spawned descendents, or that Russian engineers came up with the same idea, but rather later (german troops captured several screw-drive machines in the second world war).
make the screws water tight and it was be a boat too