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Originally posted by pauluffel
There will probably be ditches and slight bumps that will be large enough to cause problems for 4 wheels, but if we"re going to build the chassis ourselves and just use a premade motor, why not use six wheels instead of four?
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why not use tank treads?
the difficulty with steering could be solved (at least) 3 ways:
[how old tanks solved it] the seperate treads on each side could be hooked up to seperatea clutches and brakes, and you could use these to power and de-power(is that a word?) the treads independantly
[how new tanks solved it] the engine could feed turn a generator that would power an electric motor for each tread
finally what if you where to use two smaller engines instead of a large one?
i think for simplicity and weight, the first is the most suitable idea (that i know of)
anyways, just figured i'd fling some ideas at ya'll...
<edit> what if instead of clutches you did something with CVT's...</edit>