The Gaganator Project

[Beeman]

Soo... this will be a long winded post but will be a nice start to explain what this machine is all about..

In the beginning, I bought my first AATV and quickly decided that it didn't have enough speed to keep up with the Quads I went riding with. After a little modification, I had enough speed to keep up, but ran into a slight issue with the steering of it at high speeds (http://www.6x6world.com/forums/gener...eo-time-4.html).

So, there must be some way of creating a machine that could do what quads could do, and float at the same time. Which made me start designing stuff..








The idea is an 8x8, with 8 wheel opposed steering, powered by a 3 cylinder suzuki motor. A couple neat features I want to incorporate are a cut-brake steering system also (to allow for skid steering), an override lockout for the back 4 tires steering straight at high speeds and a propellor system built out of the 4 back tire rims. The body is to be mounted between two frames, one for the drive on the outside and one to hold the motor, tranny and other stuff on the inside.

a few pics of the build:

[Mike]

This is one awesome project Beeman! How long has this been in the works and when do you plan on finishing it up?

Also, do you already have the wheels designed/made that will act as propellors and what are you making the body out of?

Keep us updated on the progress!

[Beeman]

This is one awesome project Beeman! How long has this been in the works and when do you plan on finishing it up?

Also, do you already have the wheels designed/made that will act as propellors and what are you making the body out of?

Keep us updated on the progress!

The project started last year around january and go put on hold until I can build my garage (I recently bought some land and built a house). I plan on starting once again when the garage is finished, and will continue to post updates once I get up and running again.

As for the rims/propellors, I don't have anything built since this idea came to me after I stopped working on it. I will probably do a test run first with one modified rim in a pool or something to see what the thrust is like (plus the maximum angles have to be worked out too). The body I plan on making out of fiberglass, since it's relativly cheap and easy to work with.

[Don]

That is quite a project, and has real possibilities. It looks to be quite a long machine; do you know what the turn radius will be? Good luck with it, and keep us posted on the progress.

[jpswift1]

That thing is really cool! It sure looks like you put a heck of a lot of time into the design and building of it. Keep us updated for sure. This has the potential to be one of the most uniuqe AATV's ever built!

[Beeman]

Thanks guys,

I don't know what the turning radius will be yet. I did a quite search on the geo-metros that I grabbed the strut towers off of and found they have a turning radius of 32.2ft. With rear steering I think that will either be cut in half, or possibly more...

I will definitely post more pictures when I start building again. I've been itching to get going again, but the garage has got to come first (november maybe?).

Cheers,

Beeman