--- Brandon Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't remember the name of the machine, but I remember seeing a > photo of a real monotracked snow vehicle on the web last year. It had
> an enclosed cab (not the motorcycle you are describing). The only thing I can think of that resembles that description is the snowcat, which pretty much a generic term for "an enclosed large vehicle designed for driving on top of snow", sort of a snow-bus or snow-tractor or whatever. Snowcats generally one of the following drivetrain arrangements: two tracks, four tracks, two tracks for power with two skis in front for steering, or four skis and a ducted fan at the back for power like a hovercraft. I've never seen a monotracked snowcat - it would be rather unstable to have that large a vehicle on a monotrack... Or is the vehicle you're thinking of a single occupancy thing like a skidoo, but enclosed? Some pictures of snowcats: http://www.skicooper.com/chicago.html - two tracks (plus plow blade) http://www.seismicmapping.com/images/tucker-snowcat.jpg - four tracks (plus plow blade) http://www.westga.edu/~jmayer/yellowstone%20photos%201992/snowcat.jpg - two tracks and two skis. http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~rjohnson/bv/MooseJaw/snowcat.jpg - four skis + (I think) ducted fan -- Emily Smirle Zwischen Leber und Milz, passt immer noch eine Pils. Denn wo frueher mal die Leber war, ist heute eine Mini-Bar. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
