SSTF@lemmy.world to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 months agoAdmiral Byrd’s snow cruiser designed for Antarctic exploration drives through traffic. Massachusetts, 1939. (Colorized)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1189arrow-down1imageAdmiral Byrd’s snow cruiser designed for Antarctic exploration drives through traffic. Massachusetts, 1939. (Colorized)lemmy.worldSSTF@lemmy.world to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square18linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCannonFodder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 months agoI wonder how many gallons to the mile that bad boy got.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 months agoAs its use turned out to not work as intended, these are just the design numbers: 2500 US gallons / 5000 miles range = 0.5 gal/mi (= 1.2 l/km) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Snow_Cruiser#Arrival_in_the_Antarctic
I wonder how many gallons to the mile that bad boy got.
No.
One highway, zero city.
As its use turned out to not work as intended, these are just the design numbers:
2500 US gallons / 5000 miles range = 0.5 gal/mi (= 1.2 l/km)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Snow_Cruiser#Arrival_in_the_Antarctic