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Published: 2016-01-20 06:16:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 92; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 2
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Which of the 2 is more impractical?Related content
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The Crab, if you don't have a name for it already
How it's supposed to run?
On a conventional tank, the treads can drive forward or backwards and switch directions to create rotation around the center of the vehicle.
The Crab one is... unstable even if it is able to suspend the lateral treads while driving forwards or backwards, most of the force created by the converging vectors behind will be lost as pressure into the structure, the front diverging treads will force the rear and center down and apart.
By adding some kind of magnetic bearing or a free rotation wheel at the end of each leg will give the desired stability and steering capability - if that's what is intended with a crab looking vehicle.
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I honestly don't remember what the heck I was thinking (or even thinking at all) at the time when I made that (holy shit was that 4 years ago already?!?), maybe besides the fact I wanted a walker tank on the cheap (in terms of recycling existing assets). XD
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