Agree that when you look at this picture I recall of illustrations of sci-Fi novels, telling inpresence. Design I. Lagos from the village Donbasenergo Voroshilovgrad region, perhaps for this reason he received such a fantastic title.
“8 years I have been designing stepper mechanisms, the author writes. — Over the years, built 4 small and 6 large models. The latter, shown here equipped with an electric motor with 250 watts of power and reaches speeds of about 5 km/h. Its disadvantage is that the path length depends on the length of the cable connecting the motor to the power grid”.
I. Lagusa now building a new model with the internal combustion engine.