Experimental crane design

Tom Jackson (EQW)
Jan 11, 2010

Don’t throw your engine hoist away just yet, but this “Bumble-bee crane” from designers Yuan Biao, Qiu Meng, Liu Xiao and Tang Gang certainly doesn’t take up much room when retracted.

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