{"id":184,"date":"2012-10-20T19:46:58","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T23:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atomicspa.com\/?p=184"},"modified":"2012-11-04T14:52:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-04T19:52:03","slug":"from-the-strangers-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.atomicspa.com\/?p=184","title":{"rendered":"from the stranger’s land"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There was something new at this year’s EuroCar. It is a strange conveyance, but after reading its reason for being it is a useful solution to a potential problem.<\/p>\n

When I was a kid all of the US spacemen landed –splashed-down– in the ocean. Not so for the Soviet cosmonauts. They got to splash-down on dirt, or if things went really pear-shaped they came down in swampy rural part of Siberia (just guessing but I think the majority of the area was\/is rural). That swampy rural part of Siberia is where this machine would earn its rubles. It is a air-boat. Not too dissimilar from those that are seen on Swamp-People TV, but leagues more cool. Thick over-lapping props, gull-wing doors, and this big-ass hammer and sickle painted on the side. I haven’t seen any of that on Swamp-People TV.<\/p>\n

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Red interior with room for about four — if they are comrades. It is a bit tight, but if you’re in Siberia you’ll accept heat where ever you find it. There is some room behind the rear seats for luggage.<\/p>\n

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\nRadial air-cooled engine with no bloody thought of noise abatement. Little stubby stacks pump out the decibels. I don’t know if ear-plugs were considered to be a decadence of the West.<\/p>\n

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It was by far the coolest thing at the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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