[Land-speed] Fw: 1932 Helicron & prop driven

Richard Kensicki lowtek at ptd.net
Tue Dec 23 10:19:26 MST 2008


Been sitting on this for a while waiting for someone to dip their toe in 
the waters of propeller driven again. Is there a place for twin engine 
prop driven motorcycles in the rules?
http://www.wackerengines.com/Gallery.htm
About 2/3rds the way down the page.

J.D. Tone wrote:
> >From my daughter in Florida...........Can this be a friend of
> Glens??????????????????????????
>
>
>         1932 Helicron
>         In the late 1930s this one-of-a-kind Helicron was placed in a barn and
> forgotten. More than six decades later this odd lost little gem was
> rediscovered, rebuilt, and reintroduced to the world. Although the
> manufacturer is unknown, it's believed that this car was built in  France
> 1932. Following the first World War it was not uncommon for recently displaced
> airplane engineers to look towards the automobile industry for employment.
>
>         As in this example, a few entrepreneurs developed propeller-powered
> cars with the notion that propeller power was an efficient means of moving a
> vehicle.On this car, when the wooden propeller is spinning at full speed and
> efficiently, this little 1,000-pound boat-tailed skiff can hit freeway speeds
> exceeding 75 mph. This is the one and only Helicron in existence, owned by
> Lane MotorMuseum in  Nashville ,  TN.
>
>   
-- 
RichK 

I could be wrong.
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