We work on a personal mobility vehicle with wheels of very big effective diameter (>2m) to provide good driveability and comfort in moving across small obstacles. To not take space, wheels are emulated by tracks in rigid mode at their “useful” lower part and become flexible tracks elsewhere. This at the end gives a stable platform with low clearance and accessible from any side while benefiting from big effective wheels. A one-page illustration is presented on www.zippertank.com (patent pending). To be very clear about goal of our project - it’s a city personal mobility vehicle with pedals or electric motor for better stability and comfort. Nothing to do with “tactical” or “all-terrain” stuff.
We would need to realize a 3D model and rigging of such track in first place to test several implementation variants. Behavior of tracks variants on defined terrains would be tested. Very close examples of what we need are below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1fsN2oySFg (0:45…1:20 treads moving on a terrain by mcBlyver)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiVpKoVc7c8 (by mcgavish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WnWuwdEx_c&list=PLmzy_9RO1WXhIVTTA3foKRtDxVAehSaiP (7:39…8:08 treads animation, by voronoi657)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Tp8vdZhOM (by andris gailitis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snQSI8Cx6Sg (by andris gailitis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thkh9SErxIo
a bit too much “tankish”, but could be relevant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8uh_mzdm_A (by shareck)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fWvIvcg5qM (we need treads only as in videos above, by tooner)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia9v_SdTyNU (by vadimlu)
If somebody is interested in doing a 3D model and rigging in a very similar setup to those videos, please, react with your price.
Best