I just looked it up! It apparently only ever really worked when they drove it in reverse, and it was considered such a failure that it was abandoned in Antarctica and got buried under the ice until some people dug it up in the 50s and then lost it again, and it's current whereabouts are unknown!

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago

To be fair, if I'm a failed prototype scientific machine, 'Buried under the shifting Antarctic ice and lost forever' is a helluva grave.

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

There's a pretty good video on YouTube that details it's failure. The Russians also had something similar and I think they where more successful at it. https://youtu.be/pW0eZRoQ86g?si=4JCqtCmS1mMLDOve

[–] qx128@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

See?! Proof that Cybertruck is copying earlier designs!

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

I bet this one could take a sledgehammer, though.

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Surely you meant aborted

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

abortive
adjective
abor·tive ə-ˈbȯr-tiv
Synonyms of abortive
1
obsolete : prematurely born
2
: FRUITLESS, UNSUCCESSFUL
3
: imperfectly formed or developed
4
: tending to cut short

The Snow Cruiser was shipped to Antarctica, but it performed poorly and the expedition itself was cut short due to the US entry into WW2.

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those are awfully flat tires

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

Smooth, to prevent snow from building up in the grooves!

Unfortunately, it also made it so they couldn't grip the ice and would spin fruitlessly in place.

Bit of a problem machine, this one.