Ground X-Vehicle Technologies

Kinja'd!!! "Matt Nichelson" (whoismatt)
06/26/2018 at 11:30 • Filed to: None

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Cool video I just found regarding some interesting tech from DARPA. The wheels that transform to tracks are pretty damn cool. 


DISCUSSION (3)


Kinja'd!!! My bird IS the word > Matt Nichelson
06/26/2018 at 11:47

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I was gonna say, that track/wheel tech would be perfect to retrofit to strikers but it seems like they have that in-hub motor set aside for that. Clearly they both can't work at the same time.


Kinja'd!!! BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > My bird IS the word
06/26/2018 at 12:24

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I think the track/wheel could be redesigned to work with an in-hub motor, though that would likely maybe make it more complex to reach the same performance while keeping the size of the wheel/track the same.


Kinja'd!!! WiscoProud > Matt Nichelson
06/26/2018 at 12:30

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The METS vehicle looks like a fancy version of this: