Suppose you took an average car and instead of wheels, you put tank-like tracks on it. What would happen?
>can you turn as fast and effectively as a four-wheeled vehicle?
>would maintenance be harder/more expensive?
>would a road vehicle benefit from having tracks instead of wheels?
>does the extra traction help brake easily?
>can you actually reach 100 miles/hour with tracks?
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tracks are expensive
Why exactly?
A tracked vehicle attempting to turn on a road would fuck up the road so badly...
>What would happen?
You'd wind up with a really slow car that's good in snow. If you turn too hard in a tracked vehicle the tracks tend to fall off. Rubberized tracks would spread the weight more evenly which would be good for the roads. That thing or that ripsaw thing probably doesn't even do 50mph. You'd definitely die if you went to turn at 100mph with tracks.
Tracked vehicles are usually made for off-road terrain. I'm sure you *could* make a tracked vehicle that runs fast. Right?
Suppose you could make a tracked car that does 100mph. If you needed to brake suddenly, would it be faster than a wheeled vehicle? It's not like a regular car can turn at 100mph either.
The only advantage you get for tracks is a lower ground pressure which is good for soft/muddy terrain. Other than that you need way more wheels / moving parts, replacing links requires pulling off the whole track (much harder and more expensive). You'd be able to stop pretty easily but no better than four wheel braking.
A tank track moving around a tread profile is much less efficient than a wheel spinning meaning its a lot harder to run at higher speeds.
TLDR a road vehicle would basically not benefit at all from tracks whatsoever. Would be cool as fuck offroad though if you had the resources
I understand now. Unfortunately, real life can't be cool all the time.
It would probably slow a lot faster than a wheeled vehicle and have a lot more lateral grip, since the surface area of the track is far greater than a tyre touching the ground, which is less than a piece of A4 paper.
> a car can't turn at 100 mph
as we all know the steering locks in straight position when going over 85 mph
> amerifag education
>no, but with differential clutches you can turn on the spot
>harder but cheaper
>no
>no, traction on tarmac would be similar or worse to wheels
>not really, 60 is doable though
Are we talking rubber treads or full metal tracks?
Your thinking is off, by a lightyear.
Tracks are like super low pressure tires. All tracks do is reduce ground pressure.
Doing 100mph with tracks is possible but a design capable of doing this would lose all pros tracks give you in the first place. Not to mention it would be impossible to control at these speeds.
>Not like a regular car can turn at 100 mph either
What kind of wobblematic suspension-ed car with 125 width tires all around do you drive?
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Did you forget that pic related was a thing?
A 17 ton tank destroyer that could do 60 mph on-road.
Imagine cruising down the highway and this thing passes you.
this is only true of tracked vehicles using steel tracks or tracked vehicles that weigh multiple dozens of tons. a track light vehicle, likely using all rubber or composite steel-rubber tracks wouldn't do any more to a road than driving with chains on your tires.
modern tanks have brakes, but it used to be that you used the engine to break by dropping gears, or you flipped the bitch into neutral and locked the tracks. going 100mph in a tracked vehicle and full-braking will simply lock the tracks and you go skidding across the pavement, probably throwing the tracks, requiring you to painstakingly put them back on, on top of being dead.
>>can you turn as fast and effectively as a four-wheeled vehicle?
With two belts like you have on a tank it would turn very well given that you have enough torque. Still, this puts heavy wear on the belts & the road, and is not at all comfortable
>>would maintenance be harder/more expensive?
Extremely. Belts have a shit-ton of moving parts, they're really heavy, they need to be tightened often, and all the wheels need to be greased
>>would a road vehicle benefit from having tracks instead of wheels?
No
>>does the extra traction help brake easily?
It would probably just start leaning forwards, making you lose a lot of the belts contact patch. It would probably increase your braking distance due to that and the sheer amount of weight added
>>can you actually reach 100 miles/hour with tracks?
Anything is possible in theory, but realistically... nah. You'd need a really smooth and predictable surface, you'd need weight that keeps the suspension stable & makes it less vulnerable to wind, belts that wouldn't just come apart at that speed and you'd need the actual power
Then you have ones like this. They perform OK in snow, but they suffer from a lot of the same problems, and a few more; extremely shit turning, highly reduced speed, heavy, tons of moving parts, vulnerable, rough ride and so on
youtube.com
This is a good video comparing these types of tracks to tires, even if its made by a slightly biased company
Not that guy but the absolute fastest my car can do is 95 mph
Wow, slow down there Steve McQueen. I'm struggling to hit 82 mph, and your speed demon machine is too much for these roads to handle
Are you actually autistic? He meant with the tracks, at 100mph trying to turn with tracks would result in the tracks sliding off and hitting some nig babies or some shit. Next time try reading the post dipshit
ripsaws do 80+
>>can you turn as fast and effectively as a four-wheeled vehicle?
No. Tracks don't do continuous turns. At all.
>>would maintenance be harder/more expensive?
Yes, of course it would be.
>>would a road vehicle benefit from having tracks instead of wheels?
No.
>>does the extra traction help brake easily?
Yes, because your contact patch is the entire length of the track, for braking.
For acceleration, however, your contact patch is the drive sprockets.
>>can you actually reach 100 miles/hour with tracks?
Fastest recorded is 70MPH, in a light tank with a Jaguar engine fiddled with by a Jaguar mechanic to remove the limiter.
Also, UNSPRUNG WEIGHT. All those road wheels and arms, all of the track. Not a lot of weight compared to the rest of a tank, but quite a lot compared to the rest of a car.
Only with steel tracks designed to bite into surfaces for grip.
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individual track systems are way different than 2 big'uns
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Mostly because there's only so much acceleration they can handle before they try and turn around the wheel hub.
>not grasping that actual tanks operate completely different than 4 wheeled vehicles.
>being this much of an idiot.
>muh truck