nerdsforprez Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 Okay.... I am already super-backed up on projects and cannot take on another....but someone absolutely needs to make this machine! in LEGO! Quote
Doc_Brown Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 Awesome! This would be perfect with the new tumbler front tires. Quote
Tommy Styrvoky Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 That ground clearance though... it's practically unstoppable , This would be an awesome model. I would like to see a variant with the rear snow tracks. Quote
nerdsforprez Posted November 21, 2014 Author Posted November 21, 2014 I was thinking the same thing. Also, it would be easy to strap little balloons or bags to the outside, just like in the video, to make the thing amphibious Quote
Rishab N Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 Wow that is very capable, where can I buy one . Seems like it would be useful during the zombie apocalypse Quote
bonox Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 This would be perfect with the new tumbler front tires. it does look like another product of Wayne Enterprises! Quote
TheRacker Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 How is this any different than existing off road trucks like the Unimog? Seems like they just put on balloon tires and a cool body with epic music and are marketing it as a sort of new vehicle. Quote
aol000xw Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 It just needs a team of lumberjacks to open roads wide enough for it. Quote
TinkerBrick Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 Wow. it makes a Defender or Hummvee look quite tiny. I like the add-on. Quote
Strikeman Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 It makes Fiat Multipla look pretty. NEVER ! Quote
miguev Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 I added this vehicle to my wishlist some time ago, and I'll probably only buy Power Puller wheels (if and) when the vehicle is done. I still prefer those to the new tumbler tires. But since it may well take me a decade or two, I'd love to see it done by anyone meanwhile :) Quote
nerdsforprez Posted November 21, 2014 Author Posted November 21, 2014 How is this any different than existing off road trucks like the Unimog? Seems like they just put on balloon tires and a cool body with epic music and are marketing it as a sort of new vehicle. Hmm... yea kinda disagree. I see this as much different than the unimog. The fact that the body is different is part of the point. The tires-forward body along with swept-back front allows this vehicle to have such big tires w/o raising the center of gravity too much. If you place the same tires on the unimog, the center of gravity would be so high that it would just tipover too easily. Chassis is likely much more different as well. Quote
nerdsforprez Posted November 21, 2014 Author Posted November 21, 2014 It makes Fiat Multipla look pretty. Yikes! Just looked this vehicle up.... super ugly... please no one try to build this little bug splat :)Sariel, by your comment I guess you think the Gheo is ugly? Yea, purely aesthetically i guess... but wonderfully handsome in a in-the-trenches, football lineman, ruby-tackling, broken-nose-boxer-type of way :) Quote
miguev Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 I actually like the aesthetics of the Gheo Rescue, it may not be pretty but it looks cool in its own way. Quote
TheRacker Posted November 22, 2014 Posted November 22, 2014 Hmm... yea kinda disagree. I see this as much different than the unimog. The fact that the body is different is part of the point. The tires-forward body along with swept-back front allows this vehicle to have such big tires w/o raising the center of gravity too much. If you place the same tires on the unimog, the center of gravity would be so high that it would just tipover too easily. Chassis is likely much more different as well. There isn't anything in the video that an unimog couldn't do besides the pitifully slow amphibious thing. Just seems like any other off road truck. Quote
Lakop Posted November 23, 2014 Posted November 23, 2014 (edited) They do motorsports vehicles too. It's an interesting one but there are many more all terrain vehicles out there. It's not a favourite of mine. H Note to self: Must get tumbler wheels. Edited November 23, 2014 by Horace T Quote
Doc_Brown Posted November 24, 2014 Posted November 24, 2014 For what it is I think it looks pretty good. Quote
Nalyd997 Posted November 24, 2014 Posted November 24, 2014 Mmm It kind of kicked the defender in the face. Btw all that music is sampled from the batman trilogy Quote
nerdsforprez Posted November 25, 2014 Author Posted November 25, 2014 There isn't anything in the video that an unimog couldn't do besides the pitifully slow amphibious thing. Just seems like any other off road truck. hmmm.... I am no pro but kinda disagree. The balloon tires give it more surface area. 'Mogs have relatively narrow tires and are known to sink b/c of them. Also, the center of gravity of this beast is lower. Although 'mogs are torque beasts, they can also flip at extremely high inclines, especially if on an angle. Quote
TheRacker Posted November 25, 2014 Posted November 25, 2014 hmmm.... I am no pro but kinda disagree. The balloon tires give it more surface area. 'Mogs have relatively narrow tires and are known to sink b/c of them. Also, the center of gravity of this beast is lower. Although 'mogs are torque beasts, they can also flip at extremely high inclines, especially if on an angle. I watched some off roading umimog videos, there was equal/worse terrain that they made it through just fine. Plus I'm sure there are other trucks out there, like Tatra ones, that can do the same. Quote
nerdsforprez Posted November 26, 2014 Author Posted November 26, 2014 I watched some off roading umimog videos, there was equal/worse terrain that they made it through just fine. Plus I'm sure there are other trucks out there, like Tatra ones, that can do the same. Watching videos is one thing my friend. Physics and data are quite another :) More horsepower, wider tires and a lower center of gravity. Whomever has those..... is going to win. And the 'mog could not pull that landrover out of the snow like is done in some of the videos for this machine. I love the 'mog too friend, but I think this machine adds something new. Quote
miguev Posted November 26, 2014 Posted November 26, 2014 Just realized, hadn't seen the video opening this topic, which features I few things I hadn't seen (e.g. top rear wheels). Also realized, some of you might not have seen GRIP's review of this car. It's in German but what you can see is probably enough Quote
bonox Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 I watched some off roading umimog videos, there was equal/worse terrain that they made it through just fine. Plus I'm sure there are other trucks out there, like Tatra ones, that can do the same. surely by that logic, since designs for 1940's jeeps exist, there is no reason for anyone to ever make something new.... Sure, the unimog might be able to do similar things, but then there'd be little use for those piles of spare tumbler wheels we've all got lying around Quote
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