The turning radius and the looks are all A1, I'd be able to live with only ONE Hemi though, thanks :)
Stick to the issues. :)
Two Hemis? You'd have to turn the motors off at the gas station so it doesn't get ahead of the pump.
Sounds good to me. But I wish I knew what a "Hemi" was.
:o)
The skid steer diagram is screwed up. The front wheels are working against the back wheels. The vehicle has to come to a complete stop and the trans shifted to do this. The steering mech also needs a tranny to shift from goofy to normal.
It won't be too long before that thing turns up in some action flick or other.
OK, that's cool, but where do you store your stuff?
Here they are still trying to build a SERIOUS off-road vehicle with mechanical shafts driving from the power unit to the wheels. How about:
Using a power unit that drives a hydraulic pump, and have a hydrostatic motor on EACH wheel, with no mechanical linkage at all between the power unit and wheels? The hydrostatic motor would be mounted above the centerline of the wheel, driving a reduction gear that was keyed to the wheel hub, and the entire unit rides up and down with the deflection of the suspension?
Changing the power unit to a regenerative steam piston engine, fueled by propane or other petroleum fraction of high volitility (even natural gas?), with a condensation and recapture sealed system for the use of steam to water cycle.
With some attention to design, like using relatively large-diameter wheels, the center of gravity may be kept down below the tops of the wheel diameters, making the vehicle practically impossible to overturn. With the high clearances possible by moving drive components above the hub of the wheel, and with a long vertical travel on each of the wheel suspension systems, it would be possible to crawl across rocks that are now impractical for most designs.
We haven't even STARTED to design for the 21st Century, people.
I need every car in the world.
BTTT
I've often thought that having dual power sources would be useful for such things. The "hybrid" concept almost takes you there as well, but the engines in them seem to be underpowered as they are used more for electrical power generation than for driving. Of course, having multiple power sources means you need multiple ways to transfer power. This increases complexity and the number of moving parts required, which lowers the MTBF.
The car pictured sure looks cool, but I would bet care and feeding would be a bitch.
These vehicles will soon be seen picking the kids up from school and being used for drive by shootings.
From a German owned company!
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