12 Unusual Abandoned Technology and Vehicles

Great inventions can change the world and become essential parts of the way we live our lives. Not all inventions are a success, although sometimes they just don't work as planned. In other cases, the world was not yet ready for them when

unusual

vehicles

emerged. or technological developments turn out to be unnecessary, are

abandoned

, and then become strange forgotten curiosities. This video is full of weird and wonderful creations. You may occasionally hear maglev trains being proposed as transportation solutions for modern cities. What many people don't realize. that the Soviet Union made them a reality already in the 1980s the ta o-5 wagon project was a magnetically damped train that floated on the rails moving silently at speeds of up to 155 miles per hour a functional model came into operation in 1986 and It may have become a huge success, but we will never know.

Fate intervened in the form of an earthquake in Armenia in 1988 that prevented planned development work. When the earthquake dissipated, the Soviet Union was in the process of collapsing and there was no more money to finish the project. This is an idea that may one day be revisited. Modern military tanks mostly look the same, but in 1915, when such

vehicles

were new, there were different ideas about the best way to design them, one that didn't make the grade was the Russian Tsar tank, which looks like a cross. between an armored vehicle and an old penny bicycle. It is a huge and impressive sight with two huge front wheels measuring 30 feet in diameter, unfortunately the huge wheels turned out to be the Tsar.

The tanks had a habit of getting stuck in mud when tested in off-road conditions which would render them useless on the battlefield, so the tank was scrapped at the prototype stage. The inventors were so embarrassed by the failure that they did not even take it home and left it in a field near Moscow until 1923, when they dismantled it to scrap it half boat half car the rolling boat looks like it belongs in a steampunk movie many of these designs of ships were proposed during the 19th century but only one was built, the serious Bazin named after its creator.

The idea behind the boat was simple: a series of wheels raised the hull of the boat above the water, reducing friction and maximizing speed. Bazin was so sure that the ship was going to be a success that, according to him, it would be the future of transatlantic travel that he had not taken into account and a vital factor, although the resistance of the water against the enormous 33-foot wheels, the Water acted as a brake that slowed the ship instead of speeding it up. More coal had to be added to the engine to push the wheels forward against the water, making the paddlewheeler less fuel efficient than the conventional ocean liner.

Bazin was still working to solve the problem when he died in 1897 and the idea because wheeled ships died with him here is another version of the idea of ​​a magnetic levitation train. This is a French version of the idea that emerged more than a decade before the wagon project in Russia. Jean Barton's Aero train did not float on magnets although it did float. On a cushion of air, the Aero train service was expected to be cheaper and easier to operate than a magnetic train in the long term, but special tracks had to be built to test them and the construction of the first two prototype trains was expensive. signs of promise as tests were carried out between 1965 and 1977 in which speeds of up to 250 miles per hour were consistently achieved.

Unfortunately, the French government stopped funding the tests and decided to invest in its new high-speed TGV train network. Instead, the testing pathways are still there today. between Rouen and the sign Soviet scientists were productive and inventive during the 1970s and 1980s. The Luna-class ekranoplane is another example of their ingenuity. This unique version of the seaplane idea was proposed in 1975, being the only model ever built for the Soviet forces and later the Russian Navy between 1987 and the late 1990s, to the untrained eye the loon looks like an airplane. normal, but it is not. He used his enormous wings to generate ground effect that allowed him to fly as close to the water as 13 feet above it. technologically different not only from regular aircraft but also from hovercraft, seaplanes and hydrofoils eight turbofans powered the ekranoplan propelling it forward at speeds of over 300 miles per hour now retired the loon is at a naval station near Kaspersky it is not clear why What a replacement has never appeared Everyone knows about the Americans' space shuttle program, but there was almost a viable Russian answer in the form of the Buran-class orbiter, visually similar to a space shuttle.

It went to space only once, launching in November 1988 and spending three hours in orbit before returning. to its launch pad and land as planned on a runway at that time it was the first space vehicle to fly into space and land automatically, ahead of American

technology

, it was a perfect test but it never flew to the stars again the dissolution of the Soviet Union It meant there was no money to continue and the spacecraft ended up consigned to a hangar in Kazakhstan. To make matters worse, a freak storm caused the hangar roof to collapse in 2002, destroying the Buran orbiter in the process.

Have you ever been to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA? You may have met the NASA tracked transporters nicknamed Hans and Franz. The two have been working there for some time moving spacecraft like the Saturn 5 rocket into position to be launched into space. In fact, we have accumulated 50 years of service and are still going strong. How can we call them abandoning

technology

? Because no one knows how to replace them after the Apollo program ended in 1975. The two transporters were mothballed and the engineers who worked on them. They moved forward when NASA finally decided they would launch more shuttles and rockets.

Hans and Franz were brought out of retirement because no one knew how to build a new transporter. The technology behind them has somehow been lost, which is why they continue to restore and renovate them. They simply cannot be replaced Continuing with the space theme, the Buran orbiter had a predecessor in the form of the MIG 105, also known as a bast shoe due to the distinctive shape of its conical nose, this was the first Soviet attempt to create a Space plane capable of entering orbit entered development under the code name Post in 1965. It took 11 years to build and test a prototype, but the first test was considered a success in 1976.

More testing continued over the two years. following, but the Soviet government Losing enthusiasm for the project, the larger and more attractive Blue Rann program had turned their heads, so they finally made the decision to cancel a pose and go with the Blue Rann. Unlike the Buran orbiter, the MIG 105 prototype still exists and is operational. show the public at the Mannino Museum of the Russian Air Force who needs runways when you have an aircraft that can take off and land vertically that was the idea behind the American experimental aircraft programs lockheed xf g and convair x FY Pogo two simultaneous attempts to create an aircraft capable of taking off and landing vertically the idea was that one of the options would prove to be better than the other and the winner would be adopted in wide military use unfortunately neither project could be considered a winner the lockheed was slow compared to other fighter aircraft When it first took off in 1954 and only very advanced pilots could fly it, making it unsuitable for general military use.

The project was canceled in 1955. The Convair Pogo fared no better, it was also too slow and a design flaw meant that the Pilot had to look back over his shoulder in order to land the plane. Both aircraft prototypes are now museum exhibits. Have you ever looked at a tank and thought it was cool, but it would be better if it could fly. If so, you would have done it. I loved the Antonov A40 flying tank. Other nations flew tanks to battlefields by loading them onto gliders and other aircraft, but the Soviets decided to try to cut out the middleman and put the wings on the tank.

Instead, the A40 was a glider built around the existing T60 light tank. For the model a cradle was built around the tank containing wooden and fabric wings and a tail that allowed the tank to land where it needed to collapse its wings and be ready for combat instantly. All it needed was a bigger plane to tow it that could do the same. Rest, this all sounded great in principle, but the planes of the time simply weren't strong enough to tow a flying tank. During the only test flight attempted, the tb-3 plane towing the a40 had to ditch the tank to avoid being swept away. fell and crashed a solution to the weight problem could not be found and the project was

abandoned

the Benny railway plane was a dynamic and unconventional idea that probably emerged years before its time the mode of transportation proposed by the eccentric British inventor George Benny involved an airplane-like device with a propeller traveling on conventional railway tracks suspended by a second elevated rail, the idea was that the existing rails on England's tracks would be used to transport heavy goods and the new Benny Rein airplane would travel on them moving faster to transport people by mail Benny even went so far as to build a short track prototype near Glasgow in 1930, people were impressed and provisional orders were made for two short lines between Glasgow and Edinburgh and Blackpool and Southport, but Benny could not find the financial support necessary to fulfill orders.

He eventually went bankrupt trying to make his dream come true and the prototype was sold for scrap. The Americans may have tried unsuccessfully to create an aircraft that could perform vertical takeoff and landing in the 1950s, but that didn't stop the Soviets. Union tried it itself in the 1970s, this time with an attempt to create an aircraft that could take off and land on water, the vva 14 was conceived not only as a high-altitude flying machine but also as one capable of Gliding over water using ground effect and stopping in water if necessary, the basic flight test in 1972 was a success, but installing inflatable pontoons to help it land on water in 1974 proved problematic.

Rigid pontoons were attempted instead, but problems arose with the engine battery along with The death of the project's chief designer, Robert Barr, caused the VV to 14 experiment to be halted in 1975, although an existing model is now on display in the Menino Central Air Force Museum as a reminder of what could have been: subscribe to the channel and tour. in the notifications and you will be the first to know when a new video comes out thanks for watching and see you soon