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Mud n' Water - Research for Major Project
carracarra13:
would tracking of some sort be good as youn eliminate punctures and could make it fully amfibious
trautmann:
What a response!
Cheers, guys, this is some really helpful stuff. I'd not contemplated a lot of the ideas presented here, so thanks!
The project is still developing, we're presenting a very basic idea to our head tutor tomorrow, so everything posted here will go a long way :D I'll let you know how it turns out.
It seems that tyres would be a good topic of debate. We're looking for mud-grabbing, high traction tyres, but at the same time, we're looking at the possibility of urban disasters, and driving over materials such as rubble and general debris. A little outlandish, but we're trying to make the vehicle traverse stairs. My experience of driving on stairs is accidentely going down some in a beetle, so I'm not sure what kind of compatibility issues there are there. The beetle was fine, by the way :oops:
Skibum, I very much appreciate your comments on this topic. Like I said, the project is very much still in it's infancy, however, if it's cool with you, I'll talk with the group about the possibility of meeting to discuss when we start to develop ideas in the coming months?
Might stick some scans of ideas up on here, too, if its cool with everyone else.
Anyway, progress as it comes :afro:
Gordo:
Without knowing how familar with off-road vehicles and driving, it might be worth seeing if you can get a trip out, off road, in a Land Rover with the kind of modifications / equipment you're considering.
I'd offer, but a Freelander is a very different beast to a Defender so perhaps not ideal for a demo.
Disco Matt:
Something to consider with very aggressive tyre patterns is the stress they put on the drivetrain. I recall reading that the Darien Gap expedition Range Rovers blew differentials on regular occasions due to having larger "bogger" type tyres. Generally the half shafts will go before the diffs and are easier to replace, but they can still be a swine to fix.
You can get heavy duty halfshafts but you end up chasing the stresses up the drivetrain, so the diff will be the weak spot (until you replace them, then it's the propshafts, then gearbox).
An automatic will do a lot to reduce this sort of problem as it tends to blunt the power delivery. Alternatively you need to train your drivers to use just enough power to get the desired effect and no more.
lee celtic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wBkX3UeQio
These are the best and you can get them for between £6500 and £15000 depending on age and condition, they seat 16 , they are all terrain and they float :cool:
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