offroadchef
Adventurer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoSSbg4y72k&mode=related&search=
the part I am talking about comes @ about 2:10 min into it..
the part I am talking about comes @ about 2:10 min into it..
here is a way to use a sand ladder
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That is very cool!!
xcmountain80
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I love it! Of course now I want one of those.
Aaron
Aaron
Very interesting.
I wonder how they keep from getting bound up? I mean, if the ladder was solidly connected to each tire, then if one tire slips they would bind. Know what I mean?
However, it appears in the video that one tire slips a little, and the system still works.
I remember an episode of JunkYard Wars where one team attempted to build a walking machine something like this, but couldn't keep the wheels turning in unison, so it destroyed itself.
I wonder how they keep from getting bound up? I mean, if the ladder was solidly connected to each tire, then if one tire slips they would bind. Know what I mean?
However, it appears in the video that one tire slips a little, and the system still works.
I remember an episode of JunkYard Wars where one team attempted to build a walking machine something like this, but couldn't keep the wheels turning in unison, so it destroyed itself.
The BN Guy
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Quite inventive! Strong supports to boot.
Wish they had racing like that here in the States.
Wish they had racing like that here in the States.
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Lynn said:
Theoretically, assuming they have locked differentials (which I am 100% sure they do), and the drive system between the two axles has zero slip (such as a standard driveshaft configuration). There wouldn't be a way for the two to move independent of eachother, they would essentially stay clocked?
adventureduo
Dave Druck [KI6LBB]
This was posted in another section of the board recently. Yep, very cool!
Mwilliamshs
Explorer
resurrecting an OLD thread (reading this forum in reverse because i'm sure there are some good old ideas I haven't seen and will never again be on the first page if not for an activity such as this) but I thought this was a really cool idea. However, if you look closely you can see the ladder is bent slightly the last time they show it (2:30ish probably, don't have the video up at the moment). A bend shortens the effective length of the ladder (from mount-to-mount) (shortest distance between two points is a straight line, blah blah blah) and a severe enough bend (rock buried in the sand for example that the center of the ladder lands on) would cause some severe damage, to either the ladder (most likely) or the weakest link in the drivetrain (I'd be shocked if anything were weaker than a bent [and thus weaker than normal] aluminum sand ladder). For a bomber setup this should probably have a steel ladder or even better, a chromoly tubular cage regular aluminum ladders can be attached to and replaced easily.