Dyno-Wheel Motor Bus

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Modern Mechanix June 1935
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Promising to revolutionize the field of motor transportation, the new Dyno-Wheel bus operates upon practically the same principle as the tiny “Dynasphere” auto which was successfully built by Dr. J. A. Purves of Taunton, England, some years ago.


A single huge drum wheel supports the car at high speeds. Control wheels on either side are raised or lowered in response to the steering gear, to tip the bus slightly and change the direction of travel. Small fore and aft wheels come into action only when stopping or starting. A stabilizing fin keeps the car level at high speeds.

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Aero-Drive Monorail Express

Modern Mechanix April 1935

Obviously, I usually focus on the covers of these magazines, but the articles are just as amazing in their own way. In this one issue, you could read about;

600-Passenger Plane of Future to Use Underground Airport
Scientists Invent Machine To Discover How Brain Works
Professor Stays Home; Conducts Class With Two-Way Radio
Turntable Swings Autos To Pumps In Rotary Gas Station
Building Stratosphere Air-Liners
Umbrella Follows Modern Trend With “Safety” Window
Baby Bounces Through Window in “Safety” Chair
Pneumatic Tubes Shoot Hot Meals To Homes
New Projector Throws Illustrations Behind Speaker’s Back
Defense Gun Hurls Balls of Fire

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Aero-Drive Desert Bus Replaces Camels

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Modern Mechanix February 1935
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Protected from tropical sand storms, desert travelers of the future may be able to whiz across the Sahara in monster 100-passenger aero-drive buses following radio beam highways. Camel caravans 
would be out-moded by the standard of comfort possible in the proposed buses. 
Preliminary details of this whirring, bouncing giant of the sands call for propulsion entirely by air, with a 2500 h.p. aviation engine and pusher propeller mounted atop the roof. Most unusual feature of the desert bus is a series of spherical tires on each side which would provide good traction over the shifting sands. Directly back of the propeller is a steering fin which controls the direction of the ship.

Also featuring Around the World on the New Airways of the Seas 

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Under-Sea Tractor-Sphere Roams Ocean Floor

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Modern Mechanix January 1935
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Newest of mechanical monsters intended for under-sea exploration is the tractor-sphere being designed by Otis Barton, builder of the bathysphere used by Dr. William Beebe in setting a new world’s diving record of 3028 feet.

The new invention, intended to be driven into the sea from the beach level under its own power, might be classed as a bathysphere mounted on caterpillar treads. Powerful electric motors operating from sealed-in storage batteries would move this undersea tractor over the rocky slopes and pinnacles of the ocean floor.

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