The soviets had a similar setup on their armored reconnaissance
vehicle--the BRDM. This baby (which only has 4 wheels) has a pair of
chain driven wheels on each side in the middle of the thing that look
like they're hydraulically lowered when you get hi-centered. Their
military vehicles are super, super well made (i.e. low tolerances, idiot
proof, and lots and lots of common sense ideas incorporated, like the BMP
coming equipped with a side-mounted log to chain across the tracks when
you get stuck.)
bill
On Thu, 24 May 2001 13:55:56 -0400 Easton Trevor A
<trevor_easton@dofasco.ca> writes:
> Teri-Ann's post started me thinking (Lord save us). If the rock
> slider was
> equipped with a series of rollers set inside the U channel and a
> belt was
> fitted around said rollers then instead of sliding one could roll
> gracefully
> across the rocks. The next iteration being to apply power to the
> rollers and
> make it into a mini tank track. One of those supermarket roller
> conveyors
> could provide all the parts needed for the basic version.
>
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