r/WeirdWings•
ectish

x-post does this count? "1921 Helica de Leyat, AKA 'The plane without wings' - Made of plywood, the car was powered by a giant propeller and an 8 bhp (6.0 kW) Scorpion engine - In 1927, a Hélica reached the speed of 106 mph (171 km/h) at the Montlhéry circuit - Only 30 were ever sold"

x-post does this count? "1921 Helica de Leyat, AKA 'The plane without wings' - Made of plywood, the car was powered by a giant propeller and an 8 bhp (6.0 kW) Scorpion engine - In 1927, a Hélica reached the speed of 106 mph (171 km/h) at the Montlhéry circuit - Only 30 were ever sold"

Posted Oct 10, 2020, 11:16 PM UTC

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MyShoesAreUntied•

Less than ideal for pedestrians.

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ectishOP•

Certainly not the kind of vehicle that you'd want to fight Indiana Jones in front of

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excowboy71•

Pedestrian Eliminator (TM)... hope that has good wipers... the resulting of goo of a pedestrian "encounter" would be quite messy on the windscreen.

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10001binary•

I would advise a an aviation windshield for the pedestrian/zombies strikes.

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Madeline_Basset•

How on earth do you get 106mph out of 8hp? Granted this thing's pretty streamlined and must be built as lightly as tissue paper. But I can't think you could do that even with a regular transmission putting the power into the wheels, and the prop must be so power lossy.

It is just a case of an extremely light streamlined vehicle on flat level ground, And it took them about ten miles to get up to speed?

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2Wombat2•

probably

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huffsturbo•

“IT’S A NICE DAY FOR A DRIVE.”

“WHAT?”

“I SAID-“

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labatts_blue•

Eeeek!

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ectishOP•

Pretty much how I feel about Labatts

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WarthogOsl•

You wanna get posts about airboats? Because this is how you get posts about airboats.

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FettuccineCannon•

turns birds, squirrels and cats into a fine refreshing red mist

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ectishOP•
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It would take someone with a death wish to try to exceed 100 mph is that contraption, even if it was possible (which I doubt).

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SemiDesperado•

Ahhh the days before there were any safety standards of any kind....

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