There is most likely something in all of us that yearns to drive a tank, just once. a lot of of us will most likely never meet it, in fact, unless we work in farming or building we’re unlikely to even drive a skid-steer automobile of any type of type. however that doesn’t indicate we can’t have a go at building one ourselves, as [samern] is doing with his Hackaday prize entry.

The GoKart storage tank has a chequered history, as a develop that started as an interior combustion go-kart, ended up being a half-track, as well as ultimately the completely tracked electric automobile we see today. It has a wooden frame, two 1KW electric scooter motors, as well as tracks made of IntraLox modular plastic industrial conveyor belt parts. This last option is especially fascinating since even though it isn’t created for utilize as a track it is created for durable service as well as might offer a element source for other tracked automobile projects.

What you see is a working tracked vehicle, however it is not without problems. The electric motors are only powerful sufficient to step a child, so there are plans to return it to interior combustion power. We can, however, see it working, as you can enjoy the video of it we’ve put below the break.

If you have an rate of interest in tracked vehicles, we took a look at a few jobs with tracks back in 2015.

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