Visions of Future

[Antonio]

How many times have you read articles on "visions of future", this topic is related to conceptual and pure fantastic (although with a minimum interest and value) art shown in this kind of articles.

I want to start the topic with this dramatic illustration from a british magazine from 1916. The scan comes from a facsimil reprodution in a Spanish newpaper. It shows the horror of war in a far future. A "Gyro-cruiser" battle with an enemy "Mobile-trench" while a town is anhilated under its colossal wheels. A terrific view but nothing compared with the real war machine to come.

Pure fantasy, but anyone knows if it any real basis under that "Gyro-cruiser" and "Mobile-trench"?. 1916 saw the debut of the Tank but this invention would be based on a engineering background?. Land vehicles would have been in many engineer's mind in early XX Century.
In fact I have found this real beast which is not quite different (despite of the size) from the 1916 art. The Lebedenko tank comes from this link posted by Overscan

http://www.lonewulfmodels.co.uk/

 

[Matej]

Here we go...

 

[Antonio]

More

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/lebedenko_info.htm

Thanks for your help Matej, this web is fantastic!

Antonio

 

[Sferrin]

Damn crazy Russians

 

[flateric]

We are trying hard as we can.

 

[Antonio]

We are trying hard as we can.

Never give up, russian tech is great! :

 

[Kim Margosein]

This was the big wheel concept. The larger diameter the wheel, the rougher terrain the vehicle could traverse, all other things being equal. However, all things are not equal. You have a high profile on the battlefield, although your casement has its own high ground, as it were. Then you deal with the inertia of the massive wheel, requiring a much larger powerplant. The solution was the caterpillar tread, which essentially provides a wheel of essentially infinite diameter with low weight and low profile.

Kim M

 

[Deltafan]

I seen similar things before, but where ???


Oh, I remember ! It was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away ;D

 

[Antonio]

Found that ad from 1943. Total fantasy design about what they think the future will look. Simply wonderful!

http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1943/1943%20-%202369.html

 

[Rhinocrates]

I've amassed a number of pictures of GM's 'Futurama' at the 1964 World's Fair in New York. I'll stagger it out over 10 or so posts following. No particular order and there will be some redundancy.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-5aK0H05jk&ab_channel=captainlarrydart

 

[Rhinocrates]

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[Rhinocrates]

The pavilion in which it was all shown. A kind of mid-century modern Parthenon.

 

[Rhinocrates]

If you watch carefully, in 2001: A Space Odyssey, as Dr Floyd snoozes his way into space, an inflight movie is playing and the car shown is a runabout concept by GM that was shown as part of the Futurama exhibition. The interior of the Orion shuttle inspired the set for the reboot Battlestar Galactica's Colonial One as well.

 

[Nik]

Those sleek 'future' cars are so lovely, but I remember spending months touring 'real' car showrooms and trying to find modest-sized vehicle that would swallow my beloved wife's folding wheel-chair yet leave room for anything else...

Usual failure modes were 'Absurdly High Sill', 'Low Hatchback Hinge Line' and, yes, 'Hatchback Too Narrow'.

Sadly, these were logical consequences of streamlining and rear-impact mitigation...

Same issue makes me giggle every time I see those self-driving / wire-guided people-mover pods.

Could not get a wheel-chair aboard *and* attendant / partner, never mind neighbour's twin-buggy and pre-schoolers and shopping. A cubit or three longer, a hand-span higher could make them practicable.....

 

[yasotay]

Yeah, I was suppose to retire to the moon base.

Ba$tard$!