Extreme Machines - Mechanical Elephant This will definitely turn your head Designed by British engineer Frank Stuart in the Fifties: He began by building a steel skeleton, the size of a full grown elephant, and mounted a 10 h.p. petrol engine within. This operates the feet by means of elaborate mechanism and the animal can attain a speed of 27 m.p.h. and has a special licence to use on roads. Over 9000 parts were used in its construction, and the cost exceeded £1200. The entire mechanism is covered with a hide of 1/2 inch thick specially toughened paper [using a gas technique] , and the admirable modelling of the head and trunk (used as the exhaust pipe) and the convincing tusks.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:05:44 +0000
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