Tank Tracks Experiments- Space Engineers 

when clawing over larger obstacles, consider a 4th Bogie to lengthen the overall track system. then, add the Hull Deck for some substance. the real question for me is how Survival Ready are they and how hard will their use impact one's computer performance

Wish they would add a tank tread block. Everyone of those rotors is 100 PCU so it only makes sense to make these if its for show or you only have one vehicle. Still pretty neat though

Wow super cool designs! Nice work

Excellent work. Also in my opinion tracks should be available in a vanilla game by default, same as advanced suspensions.

Incredibly cool stuff, definetily gonna build something like this

Maybe add a sort of ballast system with pistons and/or rotors so that you can control your center of mass to ascend inclines

I have never once built a tracked vehicle in SE just for the fact I don't trust the game that much. However I have suggestions for you from experience with other builds that should/might improve them 1) Use suspension blocks. Replace the wheel with the placeable block versions. Using build vision I believe you can do the attach command on them similar to rotors and if you get the block wheel close enough to the suspension it should click on when told to attach. The suspension blocks can be WASD controlled and tension the tracks. Skid steering script recommended. 2) if grip is an issue replace the interior pillar blocks on the tracks with a small 1x1 wheel suspension and max out the friction. Assuming they stay parking braked it should be far more than enough to climb steep hills 3) If you are afraid of the tracks getting trash removal'ed stick a battery on them somewhere and turn all of the rotors off. They should in theory use no power and the single battery will never run out of energy so its considered a live grid. 4) If you are brave enough to try mag plates on the tracks being triggered by sensors, it would probably be able to go vertical and or drive on ceilings (poorly but it should work, albeit in a straight line).

I wonder, if you replace every single one of the 1x1 cylinder blocks with 1x1 wheels, if you manage it before losing your mind, would you perhaps have more grip?

You need to design a drive wheel that is gear like that fits into gaps in the track to drive the track better to over come the friction issue.

Other than a spelling error I loved the video! Gave me a couple build ideas

I am sure this is very late to even mention, but like I seen another post mention, I would add smallest wheels to the center of your pillar blocks on the tracks with max friction setting, and I believe that'll solve any traction issues you experienced during development, I've been trying to design tracks myself, and I am not a fan of how costly, time consuming, and unrealistically large the whole thing turns out to be, this is a game that literally should've had tracks in game to begin with, in current NASA programs and development they use tracks all the time on rovers and other vehicles depending on the type of mission or landscape they think will be present and how best to fit systems to conquer those terrains and/or logistics, I've been playing SE for 3 months as of this writing, I'm on Xbox, and I was stunned from the start to find put there were no tracks available, makes no damn sense to me at all!!?? Hopefully Keen will at some point finally offer those systems, especially since it's been years now from what I've seen in many videos that players have been building tracks with blocks provided, we already have wheels, we have thrusters, but we have no tracks, it's like evolution completely skipped a form or mutation and went straight to flight and space lol...

Max speed before breaking track, around 15 MPS. Check out the KALE343 Manticore Super Tank to see what I'm talking about.

What a great job, really like the way you workout each problem!

Hypotheticaly, if I emailed you a blueprint of a "thing" I built, do you think tracks would help or is the idea just not pheasable in SE.. to clarrify, its essential and aircraft carrier on wheeled outriggers. Deserts of Kerahk style.

Oh man, you really need help. Thats just way too much engineering fun you'r having there. And I see I need to get into the tank development scheme 😁👍🏻

You inspire me!

really wish that Keen would add in Tracks to the vanilla game

Very inspirational

i really just wanted to see how you got the treads on the wheels then you said you werent going to show it thumbs down

nice vid, nice work💯

Since the tracks are unpowered does the game clean them up?

you gonna revisit this when the 2x2 wheels drop?

Could you add thrusters pointing up for extra grip to drive up walls? :D

What i miss is customizable friction block. I absolutely hate moments when tracks literally slip on ground, i build tracks for climbing and it is stupid when wheels have better friction than tracks. Yes, i can slap little 1x1 wheels on tracks but it looks stupid.

11:20 iirc the hitbox of wheels are sphere not cylindrical like the wheel shape, no?

How are these mounted? It seems stupid it but I doubt they'll climb up a suspension

Good project, good video, best game. 10/10 Do you know the Whip's Skid Steering Script by Whiplash141 ? Made for steering tanks. I would be interested to see how your track/tire concept behaves with this script.

What language this man is speaking

Sorry bro but since all kind of terrains have the same friction to the wheels, having tracks is pretty much just a downgrade. They are slow, very vulnerable, and consumes a lot of time to build them. Idk what was your point with these however its really cool and useless in the same time.

You drag out the god dam video so much