My Senior design project - a "Swamp Thing" tracked vehicle clone

[airbiscuit]

It looks like it handles/turns well and doesn't bounce. Just a few refinements and your off and running. Well done!

 

[MossRoad]

That's too cool! :thumbsup:

 

[GolfAddict]

I want one! :thumbsup:

 

[Garauld]

If there is enough interest, I may be able to offer drawing kits so you could build your own. :blacksmith:

 

[jmc]

Impressive. Sometime, I'd like to see a closeup video of the tracks moving over their mating components.

It might be interesting to take a slow motion video of where the noise is coming from. My iPhone 6 has that feature. I used it to troubleshoot my neighbor's clock mechanism that moved too fast to see in real time. Quick search found these slo-mo examples:

Apple iphone 6 slow motion video test samples - YouTube

 

[KubotainNH]

Very cool, some tweaking here and there should do it.

 

[ProjectKing]

That thing is neat! Fast too! Thanks for sharing

 

[ArlyA]

I've operated various tracked machine over the past 20+ years and during this I did have to do minor servicing to them. They are not easy to build or keep running for that matter.. I will give Gary much credit for all his hard wok at this.

 

[Garauld]

Thanks Arly. This was fun work, kinda like a big boy's erector set.

 

[ProjectKing]

Thanks Arly. This was fun work, kinda like a big boy's erector set.

What are you using to tension tracks?