3D Printed Tank VS Mt. Rainier 

7:30 "Putting in automode now" Tank perform a 180deg turn and run right over the nearby human The machine revolution has begun!

When the yellow parts of the tracks are in sync thats so satisfying

17:11 Love how the track speed match the frame rate

7:33 Human detected Current objective: KILL

Spectacular, and I don't think this video was too long, it was perfect

I am a snowcat operator, this design is awesome! As an operator thinking about the snow as water and the cat as boat helps a lot and I think it could possibly help in your design, thinking about the skid plate as the haul of the boat and the tracks like paddles. Snowcat tracks are designed with the grousers or "treads" strait with no bends in them to help with spin turns so the grousers slice through the snow instead of getting caught. and for sidehill grip they use ice picks which are the bumpy sharp things on the grousers and offsetting each grouser can help with sidehill grip while still allowing easier spin turns

Everytime you release a video I'm like "OH MAN YES FINALLY". I'm excited to see your next project!!!

10:47 Jarvis: Sir, there is a fatal buildup of ice on the suit

16:00 the drop of the beat aligns perfectly with the drop of the tank👌

would it be viable to make a program to draw more complex shapes (or even pictures) in the snow?

Who cares about the performance when those tracks look soooo badass

The scenes and the shots are really quite visually appealing. There's also many technical observations and playfulness, which makes this just joy to watch. Nice work!

Please bring a RC plane to the mountain next time! A bird's eye view of these peaks would be beautiful!

In other news, mysterious crop circles have appeared near [where ever you live]

After the you put the 6cell battery the treds matched up to the camera shutter which made it look like it's no moving at all,satisfying

This project is just awesome man, good job on the design. I ordered all the bearings today and just started printing!

When I worked as a snowmaker at Killington "The Beast of the East" I watched the snocats go up an extremely steep hill. There they would use winch system to pull it up, or let it go down in a more controlled way.

20:05 Yup, cascade concrete. Welcome to the NW!

This is really cool. I have operated snowcats for about 10 years. You mentioned the one big thing I would change, make the tracks wider on each side to float higher in the snow. The only other thing I would change that I don't think you mentioned, the weight distribution is too far back on your model. Cats need the weight evenly distributed for the best climbing.

It’s soooo satisfying that the speed of the tracks is the same as the FPS of the camera in some shots, so you only see the yellow part moving

16:55 The way the speed of the tracks and the frame rate syncs is memorizing

"I've got work to do!" *Insert clip of him driving his rc-snowcat-tank-thing* btw that thing is awesome, nice work ;P

Daniel, consider this a major compliment: If you aren’t doing this already, I predict that you will be designing and engineering new aircraft or analogs for Boeing within 5-10 years. I have watched your channel since it’s earliest days and your projects have always been incredible. Well done!!

you sound genuinely more happy and excited in your videos, also the video quality got to a really beautiful standard. Love the robot and your work!

Being a snowcat Operator myself. This is very cool! You should look into how the tracks of pistenbullys have ice cleats on them they help a ton with traction

The improvements achieved with each iteration is so satisfying to watch

I watch this video a couple times I keep coming back… It's satisfying to watch just like you said it was satisfying to be there… I love the colors especially the yellow on the tracks so you can see the movement better. You're really good at this. I really enjoy it thanks for being here

This has been a cool project! Nice videography, editing, narrating, building and problem solving! Hope to see more!

This thing is epic! Thanks for bringing us along on your journey

17:40 that segue into the ad was about as smooth as my parents divorce.

Mt. Rainier! You're here in Washington state ❤ I'm 30 minutes out from Yakima and about 3 ish hours away from Seattle. Nice to see a video closer to home 👍👍

This is a really neat project! Also really cool filming angles, that camera stick you have is really interesting how you don't even see the stick at all from the shot.

Might actually be "The Most Interesting Man in The World"

17:04 love when the track speed matches up with the camera frame rate

Phenomenal video all around. Great tank shots (especially with the snow cat tracks; the yellow looks almost like a light racing along the track). Good use of 360 camera. Gorgeous scenery. Couldn't ask for better.

One of your best videos yet! Loving the beautiful shots of the mountains.

Dude nice! I couldnt wait for your new design as I want to make one too

17:25 Yeah nah I'm not going anywhare. Don't touch me *runs rolls? tracks away*

Hey man, just wanted to say thanks for providing the 3d files, I'll be using your design for a super large build!

Another great video! Always such a pleasure to be along for the ride through your iteration process. And great music!

Please do more stuff in snow, this is just beautiful.

3:20 Duuuuude, you look like Max Verstappen!

When the camera refresh rate syncs with the tracks so it looks like they're just staying in place... so good! Awesome progress!

13:50 That's a PistenBully, yeah! Greetings from Germany where these were constructed. I just recently discovered your channel and i like the stuff you're doing. Thumbs up!

made me remember going all these places as a kid. nowhere like the pnw

I’d love to see some 4G connected stuff. Seems like you could program waypoint missions miles out and have a live connection to it at all times.

This video was not way too long. I was entertained the entire time. Great video! Love to see the process and improvements along with those amazing views!

Watching this video of outdoors and snow and mountains (and that little tank doing the rounds) was just what I needed and didn't know :-) Excellent video quality too!

11:36 When you get home from work after a really long day

Watching from the Philippines :)

so freaking awesome I love it! I'm always amazed that you've just kept making this stuff like you always did with no bullshit, just better than ever

No, this video is not "way too long". I watched it from the beginning to the end with a hot cup of coffee. Enjoyed it a lot. Thanks also for taking the time to appreciate and share the scenery!

16:36 it'll go 60 track section a second

Bro your hand picking up that snow looked terrible like it was frost bitten mate wear some gloves man great vid though

it's fun to see you developing the design bit by bit. really enjoyed the series so far (:

The yellow segments on your black tracks are so hypnotizing and satisfying to look at

Yeaaaa a new videoooo

Cool

First off, Ayyyyy Washington gang. Secondly, the snow being pushed up into the front is a a big contributor to why you need so much torque raising the undercarriage will let you access a gear ratio with higher speeds.

Still enjoying your projects after all these years. Don't ever stop creating, testing, breaking, redesigning and testing more. :^)

FIRST PLEASE NOTICE ME SENPAI

Incredible work! It's also amazing that you have shared all design files!

Around 17:00 when the traxks are roughly in sync with the frame rate it's wonderful, like the yellow magically slides on them while the tracks are frozen.

I love how you test things. Awesome videos! They are filmed and edited so well. Very pro.

Tank crew member from Finland here. Kind of neat how all of the same problems we have in deep snow are also problems with this scaled down 3D printed tank. On our tanks we use cross shaped ice cleats on the tracks to fight the lack of sideways traction on snow and ice, maybe something similar could work on this design?

Was on my list to try and make a 3d printed tank. Thanks for posting! Great video as always 👌

I love this project. I hope I get around to doing one like this or like your boat soon. The performance on that thing was amazing.

I think part of how actual snowcat treads are so effective is down to the fact that they've usually got a plow on the front aswell, that way they're not dealing with lightly packed snow they're cutting into the denser snow below the fresh layer.

This is AWESOME. Cant wait for part 3. not too long at all the footage was great. that 360 cam is perfect for this

Its pretty nice how the speed of the track matches up with the camera so it looks like its still

I enjoyed this video so much! The vehicle, the views, the snow, the production, I could go on for a while. Mt Rainier looks amazing! So many adventures in one video. Thank you for sharing.

Dude you are my new hero. Watching you Freeriding + prototyping autonomous tanks is my new dope

Man i love your videos and to see the r&d you put in. Keep em coming!

BRO!!!! For real awesome content man! Been a fan for a while. Please keep up the amazing work!

that's very cool! You've got a beautiful playground to drive in! All that snow and those trees.....gorgeous!!!

Great vid,beautiful area,super weather,Thanks for sharing.Would love to see reaction of first person that sees those tracks when you;ve left the area.

I'd love to see that turn into an RC waypoint-controlled snowblower. Great work as always!

This was just the coolest project on your channel & the scenery is incredible. Wow

Wow, definitely enjoyed this video. Awesome surroundings, chill music, cool engineering. Not to mention the effort it must've taken to drag that little monster into the wilderness.

Great video! Love your work with the snowcat. I would love to see another autonomous boat video, with an actual mono- or double-hulled boat instead of a barge. You could round the bottom properly this time to keep weeds from building up. I think it would be super fun! A submarine might make for some interesting video too, I know Petersripol has done some cool stuff with that on his channel. Great work!

Only halfway through, love the snow spike cam! I was going to give you snowcat track mod info but I thin' you got it. I do think rubber conveyor strips would help, and make your idler wheels smoother, as well as some more clearance. (If it's not later in the vid.Great content, awesome seeing real snow again Been home in SC for 9 years after about as many in Idaho over by Yellowstone. Miss the NW sometimes(especially when it's hot and humid, lmfao) Thanks for making the coronapocalypse better brah. Look forward to next vid! Peace

I find it extra satisfying that the snow treads movement matches the camera refresh rate

Dude, this is an awesome project. I would totally test the machine out here in Alaska. BTW, thanks for releasing the stl files for free! I'm sure you'll get a lot of backers who would like to improve this project. I wouldn't mind improving it, but I have no 3D printer at the moment.

Adding a skid to the bottom should stop it from sinking in that much. Some mad design skills!

You know the design is good when it start to look so good too! One thing I noticed was the rear idlers had all the snow in them. By driving from the rear, all that energy can go directly into crushing/spitting the snow out rather than having to pull the torque thru the track. It would put the bottom of the track in tension rather than the top. From a length in tension perspective: to climb a wall/cliff, only the bottom would be in tension rather than the entire track. Dozers and tanks drive from the rear, it makes sence.

I'm impressed! Just have to follow your videos and progress with this design and tests. And amazing mountain skiing and terrain. Considering designing my own tracked 3D printed vehicle, for all season purpose. Looking forward to next modifications and designs you comes up with. (If just Prusa can send me my 3D printer ordered a few months ago)... In the meantime, I'll keeping modifying my 7" quad with Inav. Cheers!

Awesome video. Super satisfying to see good engineering create functional solutions. I get tired of seeing “creators” be unsuccessful video after video, especially when they aren’t even funny. You are very skilled and entertaining. You should do this stuff full time!

Great project, love your channel! The snow cat is so sick. You should make one of those rock crawlers that can drive across water at high speed

great content, as usual! I look forward to some new autonomous vehicle projects!

Man, I love snow lake in the winter. Freezing cold when the wind hits, but so beautiful

I freakin love the tank design, your explanation and the footage. Great videos!!

To make your tank have less ground pressure and wider tracks, you could always make duckbills. Basically duck bills are flat plates that were attached to the side of tank tracks in WW2 to make them be able to handle snow more easily, and I think if you made duck bills for your own tank it would have a lot less ground pressure, therefore floating on the snow much easier. Also I love the ski on tracks design, never would have thought about that, great video!

Word of advice, when ski touring (skinning). Try not to lift the skis of the snow. Let them slide along, and if you have touring bindings, release the heel! Hope you see this at it will make your life much easier!!!

What an awesome intersection of maker/RC and incredible mountain vistas. Dang I miss the PNW.

I bet those black straps on the tracks help with ‘floatation’. Yours could use something similar. Looking forward to what you have in store for the coming winter. 👍🏻

Keep up the good work. I am very impressed with your progress. Thank you very much.

I'm hooked. Love your work bro!! Keep it up!!

When you mentioned the really loose powder snow being a worst case scenario, I (living in Finland and having really seen many different kinds of snow) wondered to myself: what about just slightly wetter snow that gets stuck everywhere and gets packed hard-as-concrete (and is the perfect kind of snow to build snowmen and snow fortresses)... And five minutes later :D And near the end, "I don't think I've ever had this happen before" - you ski like someone who knows what they're doing, I'm actually surprised you haven't seen that kind of snow before. It isn't that uncommon, at least in here. But anyway: awesome video, awesome project, and wonderful mountain scenery, thanks a lot!

Nice! I like that you push the design to optimise it, and not leaving it "as is". One note; for hill climb back of this vehicle is too heavy - work on weight distribution. Waiting fot the next one, BR.

Possibly one of the most underated and undersubbed channels in the hobby! Great work.