This was filmed during the 2021 lockdown when a travel radius limitation was introduced to reduce spread. That's why it wasn't appropriate to travel to and film at the beach. They are no longer in effect.
Ahhhhhh. See I came here to ask what changes could possibly make it to where you werent allowed to have an electric arc car on a sandy beach. I was like some weird motorized vehicles on the beach law? Some environmental protection law? Covid. How could I forget covid. Makes perfect sense lol
I have a question why is it that my pla when it’s going to finish the print it start stringing or little spot like it not conecting. It only happen at the end. Can you help.
When I saw the spiked wheels continue to drive while upside-down, it reminded me of a demo of police robots that I saw a few years ago. They had one, not much larger than your platform, that was made to be tossed into a building. It didn't matter how it landed - it could drive either way.
And it reminds everyone else of Robot Wars, where robots capable of operating in either orientation are a common defence against flipper weapons and wedge-bots.
Hi, There is this stuff where you can "rubberize(?)" your metal tools so they have a rubber grip, what if you put that on the edge of the wheels to give them some grip?
Ngl I was giggling seeing the concept of my wheel's design performing so well. Downside - damn slippery TPU. Really appreciate the ego inflation going on there. Also damn sorry my design embued your rover with my slightly pervy sense of humor.
No matter what many people think, military designers are not stupid and there was a reason why tracked vehicles were adopted due to there offroad capabilities. No type of wheel can ever come close.
Reminds me of the old Tyco Rebound. Its a bit silly but I'd rotate the axles outward and stick some 2.8 monster truck wheels on if the gearing doesnt burn out the motor and allow it to run upside down like the Rebound
Someone may have already suggested. What about create a gear and idler wheel for the new platform and print tracks and see how the new platform behaves against the tank?
Some years ago, there was a huge debate in Canada about whether we needed true tanks for our army, or could do the job with light armoured vehicles. LAVs are not only cheaper to purchase, they're easier and cheaper to operate because they have wheels. In the end, experience in Afghanistan convinced the government there was still a need for track-laying armoured vehicles. The bit with the EAT06 reminds me a lot of the videos being passed around by the pro-tank side. :)
Has anyone else realised that Angus looks really fit? Like how do you do it man? Looking quite snazzy in those shades btw Also I really enjoyed watching the video :D The names of the obstacles in the course show how much you think these things out haha
"King Blob" might not have the most informed understanding of what constitutes "fit". Angus should be 0.66 of his current mass to be considered close to fit. Just fact. Even Angus was kind enough to mention he's not fit here. These lockdowns are brutal on our overall health.
@@mozkitolife5437 Actually, you are correct. I infact am not an expert on what and what is not considered fit. It was just Angus's appearance of fairly well built that led me to that conclusion.
@@kingblob6244 No worries. I'm not trying to be insulting. I guess there's fit for lifting and fit for stamina etc. Angus is neither of those. Again, not insulting. This is fact. Sorry for discussing your physique, Angus. I'm in no better shape.
The wobbly wheels being good on rollers kinda makes sense. Because they aren't just pushing in line with the platform, they are also acting kinda like a with a screw action where they are pushing sideways as well which moves it forwards
This was a fun video to watch, but then so are all you videos. Each video you release I learn something and have fun. Thanks for teaching a 54 year old dog new tricks. LOL :)
Did anyone else get a "young kid in backyard, playing make-believe" with the obstacle course? Fun video and great finding a solution to "can't leave home"
If you used a spray rubber coating on some of the smooth plastic wheels, I'd be interested in the results. Might give more tractions. Another idea - wheels with variable but even width. Would allow you to climb narrower surfaces that are above and below and drag the cart towards the grip
V1: low fast fairly simple V2: more ground clearance, better motors, gear box V3: suspension, monster truck tires V4: tracks without suspension V5: half track with suspension on the tires and tracks with all previous aforementioned upgrades. V6: some sort of system to allow for vertical movement like a grappling hook launcher
I wonder if adding some sort of suspension to the wheels could help them get over some of the obstacles and help with all the dumps. Maybe adding some weight to it as well to ensure it is making very firm contact with the surface it is on (and increasing the weight required to send it flying).
I was experimenting with TPU wheels. Printed on the side, with no top or bottom layers and hex of triangle or gyroid infill so its soft and complient. it had a tractor texture on the outside. ajust the infill % and perimiter layers to change stiffness.
Quite fun to watch :) If indeed your gears got damaged you can use helical gears next time. With more teeth in contact at any time they can handle higher torque. With 3D-printing even double helical gears are easy to manufacture. That way you don't even get axial forces as a tradeoff.
Adding a extra set of tires would divide the load of the RC car you made over the car. Also, it would add more weight to it, providing more downward force, making more traction. You can also do the same thing with lead sinkers or under mounted rails (like a bobcat, a Johnny cart, or something along those lines)
Back in the early 90's I had a Tyco Fast Traxx that was quite the unit. It did have 2 limitations, ground clearance was not very good and it was prone to getting stuff lodged between the track and drive wheels. But the big problem was a weak gearbox. After minimal run time it would start loosing teeth and have to be replaced.
Anyone remember that toy car called The Animal? It had claws that extracted out of the wheels when it came upon an obstacle. It was pretty fun to play with around the backyard.
The 2021 Summer Olympics have nothing on this. Speed, performance and stamina and possible sabotage with banana leaves. The encounter with the garden hose is what lifted it to achieve Gold.
Future idea: Using your custom design, some large toothed wheels that are taller than the body to allow for inverted driving + tracks connecting front and rear. Maybe even with additional rollers in the centre region so that the side profile of the tracks is a squished hexagon.. sort of like how the side profile of the cheap tank looks but on both top and bottom. Apart from the difficulty of turning on the spot (should be overcome by the more powerful motors you have on that platform) I reckon it could drive over damn near anything
One thing that you should test is Platform configuration, I mean, its better a 4x4, 6x6 or 8x8 with what wheels in what terrain. A lot of offroad vehicles add more axles to better distribute the weight, so I do wonder if that can be seen at scale
Those Flex wheels need to get patented... Completely serious. The tests were unfair comparing to the tires and tank tracks due to their rubber construction. Solid plastic tracks would've undoubtedly spun on the rollers and seesaw, too. It'd be VERY interesting to see the Flex if made from rubber, or coated somehow in a thin film of soft rubber. Spray on rubberized vehicle "undercoating", which in North America is applied to vehicles to protect from rust in snowy/icy winter months (de-icing roads is with salt or chemical, or worse, a mix of both). Although, rubber tool handle dip might be better for traction, it's thick and that'd be problematic for applying... Though perhaps a modified wheel with one less "link" and more gap in between to make up the difference, might work, allowing the handle dip to run off instead of clogging... But yea, pure genius design and hats off to the creator of them for thinking outside the box! There is SO much potential for them, especially if they can be molded, since more complex designs can be used and no support material needed - say, diamond shaped, which would act like studs, for improved soft-surface (off road) traction.
This was very interesting! I'd be interested to see what some of these wheel shapes do with added traction, so that the wheel shape is the big comparison difference to regular Wheels, eliminating the friction difference . For example, what would the wobbly Wheels do if they had a strip of rubber attached around the circumference?
With the lockdown going on, you should send it to the shops to do your shopping to avoid contact. Bonus marks for remotely driving it all the way to the beach and back without leaving your house :)
LOL at your silliness !!! Love the video as it got be extra difficult make content under lock down ! Stay safe and hope everyone will get the injections soon Love and kiss Jenifer xxx Ps hope the hairdresser will open soon and you can get the blond tips back !!! lol
The "Granularity" of the obstacles just seems an order of magnitude too large for the vehicle; especially the fronds and hose. Interesting experiment, I guess.
Mad respect for the decent handheld Rode mic. I can't stand when people use shitty Lav mics that pick up tons of shirt noise and are hard to understand. For some reason people always do that when they're outside. Plus you get that awesome Bob Barker vibe going on.
Could you possibly try printing the MM wheel in TPU and at a lower than normal temperature for TPU so there is less gloss? Oh and make the the diameter of them much bigger so that they have traction no matter if the platform is upright or upside down.
You could probably do independent 4 motor atv style tracks on your platform. Main sprocket would connect to motor. Could probably print the track tread out of tpu. There are several thingiverse projects like “no tanks”, mini track loader, “rc snow tracks”. Each wheel would be replaced by an independent track unit.
