Snow vehicle, 1924

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Holy shit. Never realised how much the Star Wars model designs were based on reality. That looks like one of the two-legged (AT-ST) walkers.

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Here come the choppers to chop off your head…

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I can’t say that I know, but my wild-ass-guess would be that the energy loss in driving large metal screws around is much greater than for tires, or even tank-treads. Not to mention the engine would need to be maxing out on torque and less able to take advantage of higher horsepower.

This may or may not be related.

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Yes, it’s true. File the giant motor on huge hollow screws under “Flying Car, Want” along with the jetpack, army of murderous robots, and one of those cybernetic lions from Voltron.

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Thumbs up for Soundwave.

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Yeah, I’m also not sure that’s the reason, but it’s certainly a good guess.

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