Would this vehicle work?

SWPIGWANG · Post by **SWPIGWANG** » 2003-01-31 11:54pm

Maybe not as a combat vehicle, but just a cross country vehicle?

Silver · Post by **Silver** » 2003-01-31 11:55pm

I dunno, all those... leg things look like they require too much maintenance to be more useful than what already exists.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-01-31 11:55pm

What's the point of all that bullshit, when you could just as easily put those wheels on the main chassis with simple axles?

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-01-31 11:56pm

Fucking stupid for combat, it would almost certainly suck for cross-country.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-31 11:57pm

Darth Wong wrote:What's the point of all that bullshit, when you could just as easily put those wheels on the main chassis with simple axles?

It reminds me of some sort of mobile crane system used in docks (this design is from Patlabor 2).

This tank was used in jungle warfare and got owned by several other tanks, I guess it's just used for recce and avoiding obstacles, not really an MBT or APC.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-02-01 12:08am

Reminds me of Fuchikomas.

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2003-02-01 12:20am

If you got rid of the wheels and designed the legs for very steep inclinces then it might make sense as a mountainous terrain vechile.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-02-01 12:21am

Three letters: P.O.S.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-01 12:33am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Reminds me of Fuchikomas.

Fuchikomas are far better and actually do what they set out to, they in no way try and copy tanks and use both robotic legs and wheels for any given scenario.

This is just... not right.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-02-01 01:10am

I seem to remember something like that in one of the Wizzard of Ozbooks. I think in the book, it was a particular group of people who had wheels instead of hands and feet. It was fantasy bullshit then and its fantasy bullshit now.

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2003-02-01 01:20am

Actually, I just realized that on some level that POS bears an uncanny resemblance to the POS in Wild Wild West.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-02-01 02:04am

If your gonna use legs, get rid of the wheels and add some feet.

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2003-02-01 04:35am

This crap is ridiculous.
It's unsuitable for combat, and for off road purposes a jeep will do a hundred times better.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-01 05:49am

It's too big for the wheeled legs to be practical.

Wheeled legs are more suited to smaller vehicles, like Fuchikomas and Tachikomas.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2003-02-01 05:53am

Just use hover vehicles...

Dark Reign's Triple Rail Hover Tanks were good enough...