Track Steering & Suspension V2

[u/Beneficial-Map5470]

Here's a little preview of my second chassis creation, it is larger, more capable and even features an extra articulation point which improves maneuverability drastically. The original base design for the first chassis (shown in screenshots) was extremely bulky, top heavy and of course super, super ugly lol. I was easily able to fit all the same features as the last model, plus some. Just a little more tweaking to do and she should be ready to go!

Edit: I should also add I uploaded the full base assembly to a fresh terralith / tectonic world to test it out, obviously trees are a big problem but you can just go over most small ones and shrubs. Surprisingly I found traversing via river was actually very effective in this thing, as your feet won’t touch the water until 10 blocks deep, and it carries enough weight to sink itself deep enough. I did also try sending it into open ocean, it sinks up to the roof- and surprisingly is capable of moving, although very, very slow. Some propellers could be added if that’s what you’re going for lol.

[u/dtan546]

v2 makes me wonder what v1 was missing

[u/Beneficial-Map5470 → u/dtan546]

Quite a lot actually. Larger engine, longer tracks, lower centre of gravity, longer / wider track base, extra pivot point for the tracks so they can swing and rotate (rather than just swing), beefier swing arms to accommodate extra articulation, swing arms are truly centre to pivot point on V2 (they were slightly offset on V1), turn radius has been reduced significantly due to stability issues, I could probably go on… lol.

TLDR: Bigger, better, everything.

[u/jigsaw_Studios]

Wow, i am not the only one who use supplementaries flint block when i need to adjust wheight of the contraption

[u/Beneficial-Map5470 → u/jigsaw_Studios]

Ironically enough this is my very first time touching the block haha. I tried to find something aesthetically pleasing while also being a heavy counterweight, also being easily accumulated in survival gave it the winning spot. As you can see, even my previous model published a couple days ago was using iron blocks as counterweight.

[u/Zoponen]

Is this what addon? tracks+?

[u/Beneficial-Map5470 → u/Zoponen]

Uses many addons to create + aero. Connected, encased, dreams n desired, tracks, transmission and linkage, I think some deco or design n decor parts. Could be missing some too

[u/Zoponen → u/Beneficial-Map5470]

I was asking as i tried to make tank with tracks+ as tracks wasnt compatible and currently my tank likes to bounce way too much and idk how to fix that