tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post5967213529557383663..comments2024-02-28T14:41:47.313-07:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: The Fordson Snow Devilambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-6444994824090409862012-04-24T20:39:29.661-06:002012-04-24T20:39:29.661-06:00I would have like to have seen that. Too bad you c...I would have like to have seen that. Too bad you couldn't get the steering working. Did it run over pretty much any surface?ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-21349133751193330182012-04-22T08:12:59.373-06:002012-04-22T08:12:59.373-06:00Yep ... I've seen that video before. The Fords...Yep ... I've seen that video before. The Fordson concept was covered in a Popular Science ... back in the 1950's I think. <br /><br />In any case .... I made a model based on the idea using balsa to make the frame and some Mechano hardware fro the power train (electric moter and chain drives) ... fabricate the screw tubes from the tubes that come with waxed paper and used wire to wrap helixes.<br /><br />No controls but I could turn it on an let it go until it found some place to get stuck ...OMMAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475151103850378778noreply@blogger.com