Flying platform

mallen

Hello everyone. I've been working on this project of mine on the side and thought it'd be a good idea to post it here for some feedback.
So what I have here, or what I'm trying to do at least is to create a floating construction platform, or a materials transport platform, basically its not a killing machine. The high poly is still WIP obviously, currently working on the robotic arms on the rear side of the vehicle. Unfortunately i'm not working from a concept, I normally do, so right not its just me throwing in this and that and seeing what works.
So yeah critique away please, much appreciated

Mark Dygert

Wow great sub details good renders too. I love the last 3 shots. The one thing that bugs me floating piece on the thrusters makes it look like the base shape is wonky, but just in that top shot, it looks fine in all the others. Any plans to put a dangling hook on the end of that winch?

mallen

thanks for the compliment. about the winch, I might put a hook, but what I really want to do is place a sort of hook launcher right in front of the winch where that flat platform is, much like mounted harpoon gun if that makes sense? you know, the contraption that is used by whalers. The idea is I guess is it's useful to latch onto things, pull things down? etc.
I have no idea how it would work, not even sure if its physically possible, I think harpoon guns would normally have "loose" rope in a coil when they launch the spear, right? I dunno, thoughts? suggestions?

Also the floating part in the rear will change a bit, at first I had some sort of a mechanical hands in mind, but I decided to change it to a crane with a single mechanical hand at the end. i'll post it when i have the base mesh constructed.

thanks again for the comments

greevar

I see that your platform has hydraulic pistons to actuate the wheelbase. The only problem is those pistons won't do anything but push the the whole thing until it busts.

Look at this:



The only reasonable way you could maintain that setup you have is to make it a "shaft drive" wherein a shaft turns a gear at the other end:



So if you want to keep the current shape, make it look less hydraulic.

mallen

wow, thanks for pointing that out greevar. yeah I totally did not think about that. I might do some re-arranging since I do want to keep the hydraulics, maybe.

SnaFuBAR

placement of the thrusters really doesn't seem stable, and it doesn't look like there's any way to maneuver it. look into thrust vectoring.

mallen

ah yes, about maneuvering. obviously rocketry or physics isn't my expertise so forgive me if this idea seems a bit absurd. but I was thinking that those small pockets on the sides of the rockets would open and close according to the actions of the operator behind the controls. The idea I had in mind was that this thing would primarily be going up and down while maneuvering itself around the scaffolding of construction sites, or something like that. but I guess I'll slap a rocket somewhere on there that would be used for longer distance traveling.