Classic Space Balloon Bike - a photo on Flickriver

The early days of speeder bike development were littered with many weird and wonderful dead-ends. Perhaps the most charming was developed by Llwyngwril Systems for the spacemen of Classic Space. Prior to the invention of anti-gravity generators, the only way to achieve lift was either with fans or balloons.

The dense atmosphere of Venus lent itself particularly well to latter approach. A relatively small volume of helium could float a pilot & engine.

Spacemen did not normally fly this close to cliffs. A gust in the wrong direction could have had disastrous results. The writing on the back of this ancient photograph suggests that the spaceman was showing off to get an exciting picture to send home to his Mum.

Taken on: May 17, 2019

Tags:

Lego

Classic Space

Beic

Cliff

Balloons

Minifigure

Yellow Spaceman

Toy

Sci-fi « less

Sets appears in: • Classic Space • Aircraft more » • Speeder Beics « less

Groups appears in: • LEGO • LSB - Lego Speeder Bikes more » • Lego System (SPACE) • A LEGO Life • EiA LEGO! « less

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