R/C Snowcat VS Full Scale Snowcat 

Haha glad you found the video! Thanks for not running me over

@@rctestflight that would have been so sad!!! I swear you bumped the tiller in the back and honesty I was hyped to still see you rollin. We have problems climbing just like you do! That was a hot, hot day! Up at the steepest points, our tracks would slip or spin!

@@its_generik this is so cool!!

That's awesome. You guys were such good sports.

Where can I buy on of your rc’s?

That wave was so cute lol

and an air horn to piss them off after you wave.

@@markmywords5342 not cool lol

Actually one of the best parts of his videos, I come for the cool tech and mechanics, and I stay for the increased faith in humanity 💕

Hmmm I think I know a guy...

well what do we have here

@@rctestflight If only you knew someone who worked on drone autopilots... Hmm... Now that'd just be the frosting (heh) on the cake.

HMMM, I WONDER.

With them steering under their own power. The load from being yanked sideways is likely a factor. The tension on the tether could be controlled, which would result in circles.

It would interesting to see an Xmaxx work

@@BabeLincoln33 the one problem js they cost like 1 or 2 k usd

it would be so cool if he could do that

@@Uberwald93 figuring out a way to make them follow a path like that.....

lmao yes

I would imagine that a far forward center of mass and spiked tracks would help a lot in that case.

How about a version that can be flipped over and still drive around?

@@remyllebeau77 That would be cool. The main design challenge would be getting the camera and antennas to extend upwards after a rollover.

@@JWQweqOPDH Yeah that might be a deal breaker if you have to have a high antenna. Camera could be in the middle on the nose, not sure how to adjust the antenna.

maybe tracks with those studs, maybe higher power motors and a grappling arm, those would probably be some very easy-to-do modifications too

I don't know what agency regulates unmanned ground vehicles when outside of the realm of roadways. Unmanned farm equipment has operated beyond line of sight for more than a decade now... I expect that any rules about operating a UGV will be set by the owner of the property being driven on.

There's always the least-appreciated law of remote operation -- Murphy's Law. The farther away you are from the device, the more likely a completely unrelated mechanical failure will happen.

skyviper uses internet connections for their bigger drones

I dont know, i think pistenbully already has a partnership with Pistenking...they make actual 1:12 scale pistenbullys

you mean a modified drone?

@@TantalumPolytope drone and/or plane

@@pugz3230 i think a drone would be more practical since it can hover in one spot

@@TantalumPolytope I'd imagine a plane would be more efficient, and he has shown GPS guidance on many things, including on planes

Wouldn’t a drone work better for search

A PB600W will do 10 mph on the rope. A PB600 will do closer to 15 mph (w/o a winch fitted). Years ago, we had an old LMC 3700C with Morse controls that we used as a haul cat, which was nostalgically fun to drive, but our groomers were 600/600W. If I was still in the game, I'd love to have a go in the E+.

Yes! Robot dog sled would be amazing!

In the same boat, I wonder what mods could be done to make it better for sand

Same here, I would love to drive it on the beach.

@@Falconguygaming The cool part is, is that I'm sure it could be done. But again, I wouldn't know what I was doing.

Came here for that comment

Or just use the lower kv (not kVA) motors with a proper sine inverter like an ODrive or similar.

Shouldn't be hard to do (though I'm not sure if feasible without modifying the software), but you kinda need a wheel-independent speed sensor that's more precise than the wheel slip control you desire. I can only think of doppler radar (those HB100 would do if you could control/account for the effective distance it'd see, though a fixed down-and-forwards angle may be enough), and modding the sensor of a non-laser optical mouse with suitable optics to work at the distance it'd be from the ground. Downside there is that it's directly sensitive to the distance (measured_speed * distance / true_speed = constant). With that radar it'd be indirect, through changing what the average/effective angle is of the reflected signal (the HB100 operates at a 3cm wavelength, and anything within around 10 wavelengths is notably different from far-field in the interference/reflectance behavior).

Yeah, traction theory basically goes out the window with deep snow. Most theoretical models rely on breaking through the snow to the hard ground below. Actually powder snow is so variable it's very very hard to model.

Loved my Rebound, it got really smashed up from flying into concrete steps at high speed but it kept going.

@@MattTester Mine held up alright until I found it hidden in a box somewhere. Drove it around a bit and all the plastic has gone brittle.

@@wippip Damn that's a shame, mine's still around somewhere but I'll leave it alone. I wonder if there are any still in the box and if they have gone the same way.

Thats...... a really interesting idea =]