[TC22] Tracked dumper on the Mars

[Ctan]

Hi, 

Contests are a great opportunity to finally build something :) I wanted to make an tracked vechicle so I did. It's mostly done because my kid didn't have such device for transporting stuff aroud his room. 
It's very tightly packed and rather rigid. For sure I'll do next iteration to make the structure kids proof. 

Functions:

- steering 2x PF L motor (no subtractor, not enough space)
- tipping 1x PF L motor, 2 small LA
- tracks tensioners
 

dimensions: height 17, length 30, width 19 = 9 690 

 

 

 

 

Soon I'll take better pictures.

Please let me know what you think guys! Thanks in advance 

Edited June 1, 2022 by Ctan

[Maaboo the Witch]

That tailgate is genius! Brilliant work. 

[Philtech]

Cool, that looks great. It seems to work very good and smooth, especially the tailgate.

[jorgeopesi]

It is not the only good think but the tailgate is hypnotic.

[SaperPL]

Really cool - awesome presentation on damping and tailgate.

I feel like the proportions between the tracks and what is on them feels off, like it's a sci-fi space vehicle rather than something made here on earth, but it feels like an old-school Technic set that way - I would suggest stealing some ideas for the cab from 8462 or Samolot's recreation of it for TC20.

Just out of curiosity - did you try making the bed lift with mechanical advantage in mind? I think it may not lift much weight (but I done the same a lot). 

[Ctan]

Damn, I think I'm late to the party... I wish I have a bit more time earlier. But all in all I'm pretty satisfied with the build :)

[Jundis]

This thing is an absolut blast of a MOC!

Can't mention all the details here and there, because there are so much!

Are the single axle connectors with a C-clamp original? I've never seen them ...

Edit: I now wish for a TC about the theme "Make a MOC of a vehicle from the future"

Edited June 1, 2022 by Jundis

[Ctan]

duplicate, please remove this post

Edited June 1, 2022 by Ctan
duplicate, please remove this post

[Ctan]

Hi, sorry for late replies but I really didn't have too much time recently.

On 4/27/2022 at 12:08 PM, Maaboo35 said:

That tailgate is genius! Brilliant work. 

 

On 4/27/2022 at 11:39 PM, jorgeopesi said:

It is not the only good think but the tailgate is hypnotic.

On 4/27/2022 at 4:35 PM, Philtech said:

Cool, that looks great. It seems to work very good and smooth, especially the tailgate.

Thank you! I always wanted to build something like this, so my kid wouldn't scatter all the stuff from bed on the flor. 

On 4/30/2022 at 6:14 PM, SaperPL said:

Really cool - awesome presentation on damping and tailgate.

I feel like the proportions between the tracks and what is on them feels off, like it's a sci-fi space vehicle rather than something made here on earth, but it feels like an old-school Technic set that way - I would suggest stealing some ideas for the cab from 8462 or Samolot's recreation of it for TC20.

Just out of curiosity - did you try making the bed lift with mechanical advantage in mind? I think it may not lift much weight (but I done the same a lot). 

Thank you! :) I have scifi truck in mind from the beggining of the project, because I like space theme. I have used your idea with the flex axle, it work pretty cool! 

Bed itself did not pull too much because of almost horizontal LA position at the start. But hey, it's only for transporting bricks, it can lift whole bed. 

 

2 hours ago, Jundis said:

Are the single axle connectors with a C-clamp original? I've never seen them ...

I think you have seen them lot of times, but rather not in this context. They are pneumatic hose connectors :)

 

I'm glad you like it, thank you for feedback! 

Edited June 1, 2022 by Ctan