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[–] mo_ztt@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The smaller edition which weighed 188 tons and which they did actually build a couple prototypes of, had a for-real problem that it was difficult to find a motor powerful enough to drive the thing but small enough to fit inside it. It wound up going 8 mph.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

They probably would have gone with jet engines in the end.