I checked with someone on Tartan and he tells me that while it's a neat vehicle, they never got the sensing parts working too well, so it didn't function that great for that particular competition. However, I just want it myself to run over things.

Laura

@Calhoun: lmao

EMoShunz

Dukes of Hazzard 2008!

Marco

that video would have been much cool sans music. yeesh.

James

the Darpa Challenge is for an autonomous not RC automobile. That means when you hear that big V8 roaring down on you, there is no human compassion to make it not want to run over you :) Sweet dreams.

JAV

@stonedbeyondthepoint:My thoughts exactly.

GizFanAlpha

Sweet mother of God that looks AWESOME!

stonedbeyondthepoint

A few modifications and I bet this thing could even be used as a boat.

A really usefull all-terrain vehicle I must say. Too bad I don't have 200,000 bucks lying around, this certainly sounds like something I'd drive around.

Klappstuhl

i'm tryin to imagine a small army of these things, all armed with long ranged automatic 50 caliber weapons, armored (or course), and advanced radar and sound systems that could be easily operated by the man driving it

the sad thing is i bet it doesnt have the armor on due to the weight dampening the speed significantly. Be that as it is however, this vehicle concept brings novelty to the idea of light weight tanks.

jrghoull

a 200K toy with RC. no more no less. Can anyone tell me that you have a good use of this? Only contribution is $200K worth of CO2.

PHJ

I liked the part where they compare the $200,000 vehicle to a beat-up truck with $500 painted on the windshield.

Calhoun

I'd think any tank could do this if you removed the armor, ammo, all weapons. Heck I'm sure there are tanks in our military that can do this now fully armed right?

OldCrow

@Barry99705: Now THAT I can get behind!

Except for reliability and robustitude that eliminates many of my initial concerns!

ME NEXT! ME NEXT!

strider_mt2k

The newest version is unmanned. They built it for the DARPA grand challenge. So basically it's a $200,000 rc car. A kick ass rc car.

Barry99705

Mod up @newgalactic! Oh wait, wrong tech site . . . but still, good reference dood

suckacheese

Do Want!

D_Zarster

Cobra HISS!!!

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newgalactic

@dimensionaltrend:

I don't Know for sure but I Think aLamborghini or A ferrari for instance Would damge the road a lot more , than this baby.

but Again I just thnk that not for sure

Jeremias

That thing is friggin cool! I'd love to have it for the acceleration alone! Flyin thru fields in that thing would be great. As for the weaponry, it probably wouldn't take much to make it a great hit-n-run vehicle if you could kill the sound a little. Of course, depending on the situation, that badass 'Merican V8 noise can be just as intimidating as staring down a large bore weapon. Shock and awe indeed. Me likey.

SkyLab

This reminds me of the 80's cartoon called Wacky Racers.

Justapspfan

I hope they cleaned up that mess they made of the barn.

yo_jimbo

"Badass" just doesn't cover it.

Brian B

id like to take that thru the burger king drive thru.

albokay

I see this as nothing more than the perfect solution to rush hour. Nuff said.

WorkingOnYourInvoice

You must be pretty weak if you took that long to rip open boxen.

As a concept it seems cool, but that unit wasn't armored or armed, wasn't carrying ammo, nor has it been field tested in battle conditions.

Get back to me after all that's done.

strider_mt2k

The video wasnt that impressive. And I thought the barn scene was dissapointing.

Stacky Botrus

this would be awesome if it were street legal... seems kind of flimsy though

dimensionaltrend

WANT.

WorkingOnYourInvoice

shockingly fast and awe.

mettleh3d

@AndersonBMX: You can get a Rover or a Daimler or even a Humber. The 4x4 versions are usually street-legal and all angles that have that tank-sexiness to them.

logruszed

Not a tank so much as a jacked up snowmobile.

And I would like to see the 0-60 times after adding at least as much armor protection as a BFV has and at least some kind of armament like a .50 cal or a TOW.

The potential for this thing is probably in the role of lightly armored scout in conditions prohibitive to the use of helicopters or UAVs. Hell, it looks like it only seats one person; but in all honesty this is not how our budget should be spent. The fact is that at the speeds it is now capable of there are many other vehicles that will do the job and are about as damage resistant as this thing will ever be unless they load it out with some much plate that it is no longer able to move at evasive speeds.

logruszed

me want

would be nice if was legal to ride this on streets

AndersonBMX

That video is photoshopped.

NZRUSS

@newgalactic: EXACTLY What I was thinking.

I WANT THIS BAD

And for those who are all "m'eh." about the barn thing, go try that with your daily driver or even a good size pickup and see if you can drive away in one piece afterwards.

DirkusMaximus

@ ANDERSONBMX

yeah...photoshopping a video would be kinda hard...considering photo shop is for STILL PICTURES.

If this thing is RC that would suck... you could get a four-wheeler for a couple thou and mod it for tracks i guess...much cheaper and you actually get to RIDE IT.

Rob C

it should fit in my carport...

kimchi43

What's the warranty on this thing? I wonder if you can connect your iPod to the radio and if it has handsfree bluetooth? :)

cowboyshootist

it amazes me that people get hung up on the amature video quality as a judge of how wel the machine works.

"ya, the machine is ok, but the video sux so I would never buy one!"

LOL

JAV

speaking of 80's cartoons, this thing is like a real-life version of a Cobra H.I.S.S.

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tr

@Justapspfan: the Wacky Races was a cartoon from like 1969, wasn't it? perhaps it reminds you of the 80's reruns of the Wacky Races. ;)

tr

I can somehow imagine some forest ranger somewhere convincing his boss they need like 50 of these things. You know, because a pickup just can't barrel through a shack without showing at least a little damage. Okay okay, I shouldn't be so sarcastic. I actually love the thing in all it's purpose-built ugliness. That vicious growl would probably be music to my ears if I were a stranded hiker, hunter, or downed pilot in some god-forsaken place a heli couldn't land. Problem is, if you can afford this thing, you probably should be looking at your own helicopter instead. Unless you really dig a $200k tracked ATV. Unfortunately, I do dig it.........I gotta be rich.

whiteknight

So it's $200k for a sports car on cat-tracks?

Collins1

What's the milage? :)

BrokenHaiku

@logruszed:
there is also the Russian T98 Kombat, with armor and 50mm glasses that can hold a shotgun with armor-piercing ammunition.

AndersonBMX

Reminds me of theBig Trak from the 80's.

DeadWriter

Perfect for the drive to work. Nothing like an armored vehicle to make the drive worth something.

Mecharine

@Collins1: Not so much a "sports car" with cat tracks, more like a monster V8 in a minimalist roll cage, on cat tracks. Than can go though small buildings. And do donuts. And make small children poop themselves.

I'm pretty sure that the only explanation for the sheer amount of Awesome this vehicle contains is that it was invented by Chuck Norris, and he's just letting these guys build it because it's too hard to roundhouse kick someone in the face as you're running them over inside their own house at 60mph.

DirkusMaximus

@DeadWriter: Why does the Big Trak not appear to actually have tracks?

tayaya

Wow. Think of the applications for park rangers and search and rescue missions... Could make some serious time over bad terrain.

And it needs more bling. ;-)

techmuse

@newgalactic: Ok, now I'm sold.

I need to go find a good paying job so I can save up for this and paint it like the Cobra tank. My license plate will read RETREAT, right under the cobra logo.

gokor

@AndersonBMX: Yeah that car is pretty sweet if you're into the whole Hummer look.

But not really all that tank looking.

logruszed

cool, looks flimsy though

tin

I think I used to have one of these except mine was black, it had mounted weapons, and it had wheels on the bottom because the treads were stuck in place. Also, I could hold it in one hand for easy transport.

@newgalactic, tr, & gokor: So I'm not the only one who thought of the Cobra H.I.S.S. then. :)

Brian Sexton

How can this be called a tank? It doesn't have armour or weapons.

IMO it's a buggy with tracks

snrub

Looks like a Cobra Hiss tank

karmavore

@Tin:

I'd say it's probably very sturdy... Any idea what kind of torque forces a blown 427 can generate? :)

rihahn

Halo 4 should have this instead of the Mongoose.

Moordryd