Got Articulation?

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Got Articulation?

Post by studum »

I've never seen anything like this before...

http://www.gamaniak.com/video/4844

There's some pretty awesome home-brew engineering there.
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Re: Got Articulation?

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lol, I clicked the link and got blocked at work due to it's content not being permissible in accordance to the corporate policy.

Reason: "Porn"...

I guess they include truck porn. Friggen' Disney filters.
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Holy crap! Awesome, wonder how hard it is to operate this thing :shock:
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simply one word .....

WOW
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Wow is right!!!!!
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Re: Got Articulation?

Post by PiDGE »

SICK! (thats what the cool kids say right?) I'd like to see the crazieness with the driveshafts. How the hell dose that work??? Suspension also. Looks like hydrallics and coils?? How the hell dose that work I wonder? Very neat Beave!
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Wow, that is some setup. He is definitely going where few have gone before. If he gets that thing stuck in there, he's going to have to call in one of these guys for an extraction:

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Now that I've seen the vid, I remember the truck. The wheels are hydraulically driven, each "arm" on it's own pivot point.
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When I first saw it all that I thought for some reason was "transformers"
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it would have to be hydraulic drive. I simply cant imagine any other soloution
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Re: Got Articulation?

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Is this Treading Lightly?
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Re: Got Articulation?

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I think Howe and Howe Tech. made this vehicle, they used to have a show on Discovery channel with some of their vehicle builds as the subject .
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Re: Got Articulation?

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Nope not them. :-) or at least not on their web site.
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Re: Got Articulation?

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Almost takes the fun and challenge out of getting from "A" to "B"...... :teeth:
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