Ivan, this is still a great project. I have forgotten, what is your material PLA or PETG? I build autonomous mobile robots (tracked) we are currently testing tracks made from Onyx with 8 layers of carbon fiber embedded. Keep up the great work.
It's really cool that even when it's "finished" you're still going to iterate on it and improve it! That is one of the fun parts of invention, after all.
I think either you’re gonna have to use a stronger filament or you’re just gonna have to get tracks that you can sit on your tank. But other than that, everything seems to be working fine that’s really the main thing that kept breaking while you were testing. Very good work I haven’t seen anyone work with filament quite the way you have.
Wow a lot of respect! I am building a mini tank as well and having stuff break and is steel! Seriously good design work to get those plastic parts working as well as they did
Despite it's a early prototype 3d printed tank is not good at terrain, but it proves 3d printed tanks are effective and more fun, i hope they could make a advance tank design for off road and powerful psi gun in the future.
Well, stealth vehicle this is not, but truly amazing that an ambitious (and slightly crazy) person can design and print out complex creations like this!
Really cool build I like. The final should include 100% infill for areas that need it to be. The other areas could be lower infill like the side frame or center area for weight reduction.
I think you need bigger wheels to get higher off the ground and stronger chains with better grip and so that you can putt more tension on so the keep straight below the wheels and not give way to everything.
I imagine that the tank would be better if some parts were used to make molds. then you could, for example, have the treads be made of something much more suited to the task. I don't actually know what I'm talking about though so I have know idea what parts would be good to replace with what materials, assuming this is a good idea.
The tracks would work really great if they wre make in something like injected PA6-GR30. Pretty strong and resistant material. But 3d print with one is really costly
I was gonna say maybe you should add ridges or spikes on the track for better traction for gravel and dirt but then again since its 3D printed they would most likely break and you would end up with smooth tracks again. But regardless this is amazing to see it used in the forest and how it come a long all these years.
Needs more ground clearance and larger rollers if you want better durability in that terrain, and a parking brake of some kind would probably be a pretty good idea too just for safety purposes I hope to see it evolve further
it's a fun and nice project. But it kinda reminds me of a game we had as kids where we would paint cardboard boxes and ride them down a grassy hill. And every two rides or so, we'd have to tie them glue them, and otherwise patch them up knowing that in the end, they will just fall into pieces. You know that no matter what, unless you change the building material, it will always fall into pieces, right?
Poor cameraman without Ronin :D ! For the suspension, should it be metal ? Also for the tracks, can you add a TPU cover to get a better grip and power transmission ?
Could spraying the ground side of the treads with a rubberized coating help gives them a bit of traction and strength, something like those rhino truck bed liner sprays? Might also makes them a bit quieter depending what you're driving on.
Honestly i would much rather see how this bad boy of a tank performs on a obstacle course, with targets to shoot, in like a hangar/parking lot or wherever the space is ^^ Woods are fun and all, but shooting while driving, making a little competition out of it, i think would be a blast!
Fantastic! I know a lot of your chanell is about 3D printing, but it would be fun to build this tank or something similar out of metal. Either machining the parts or possibly get some company to sponsor printing the parts out of metal. Maybe using some improved suspension from a car or motorcycle? :D
@@edzatool Well, he does machine some stuff. I would just love to see him put his engineering mind to such a task. And if he can get the use of a commercial metal 3D printer, it would still be printing. :D
Just outstanding! Are you prepared to sell the designs to the Ukraine military? They can make it a national project with citizens across the country printing parts on their Enders. They can use all the help possible and need a battle tank that's inexpensive to build, easily maintained, a canon indescribably destructive, an open cockpit easily to extract yourself before being in incinerated,and with minimal environmental damage to fit the EU green initiative! You got it man!
You need better approach and departure angles so you can go over obstacles, and less slack on your track so it doesn't loosen and then suddenly tighten and snap parts when you surge the throttle!
Has considerado TPU para las orugas? Se pega bien al suelo, es suficientemente duro con el grosor suficiente (no hace falta que sea mucho) y es los suficientemente elástico para no partirse al primer bache
You could put a 3d printer in the back, so you can print parts that break in the field, also a way to convert the broken piece back into filament. Don't know the details, there's a lot to work through but a self reliant tank would be unreal. At the very least a small store of filament and printer.
IMO major mistake is that parts are printed in PLA and not PETG. Also i would add some physical mechanical brake on the back like forks or something that doesn't need electrical power to use it.
The problem of doing this is the nozzle of the printer it, this kind material destroy the regular nozel of copper. You should use a rubi nozzle and even in the regular size are pretty expensive and can't imagine in the size he is using for his huge printer. And idea could made with ABS if posible and make a coated by regular carbon fiber. like you are construnting a ship or race car.
This is why field testing exists. You're 90% there, just need more ground clearance, more robust suspension, and stronger motor. More torque in general but i feel a more powerful motor would do it without much other modifications to teh drivetrain.
If you want to make the threads stronger then I would suggest making them from something else than PLA like aluminium bars or something. Also I would suggest making different drive wheels. Edit: I will also make my own electric/gas powered tank but from wood and with a metal frame. For electrical drive I will use wheels from balancewheel because they’re very strong brushless motors and for the gas I will use a gas generator to charge the batteries while driving or smth. I will make videos of this but I don’t know when I will post them, also I’m from Poland.
Hi Ivan U back at it again. Just Sean the vid pop up. Pore me my vector 3d printer kit I put toger. Even tho it has a little printing plate at the time 10 to 15 year back when I built it 3 d printing had just started bean talk about. I had 90 book about it all. But my printer has sate their. Glad it has a cover so. I've made Shaw it's stayed clean. And still hope to get it's calibrated. I need a 3d printer Tek. To help me set it up and follow the stage steep. I got up to .it has a recourse switch. Cas have to have the cover up. To calibrate it. Then revource the switch
I have watched "The Tank" iterations since March 2018. Wow what an achievement. You are truly amazing. Thank you for all your videos.
Thank you for your support! 😉
Damn, I've been watching for 4 years already?
@@RamenPoweredShitFactory Just wait time goes quicker and faster. ... Papu would say "Time Compresses".
same'
People concerned about 3D-printing guns and Ivan is over here 3D-printing TANKS.
if only we could 3D print wifes.
Rotflmfao bro
Lesson learned don't read replies while eating cereal. The floor and kitchen table are covered in Cheerios and milk.
To be fair it's not like this is a particularly threatening tank, it's more of a threat to Windows than it is anything else
Hey, it's safer than Lego, it's giant so it's not a choking hazard for kids. So it's safe :D
next are 3d printed planes and guided rockets
need to add a camera on the "cannon" with targeting display to see what you are shooting at :)
The day we’ve all been waiting for. Looks amazing. Well done.
Thanks!!
This was awhile ago
The fact that it works at all is epic! Now you need to cluster motors to get more torque and you need more ground clearance too!
""It's not finished anymore" - I'm gonna steal that!
Beside that it went all good, you had fun, you tested all things, you had new ideas!
You had fun!
Ivan, this is still a great project. I have forgotten, what is your material PLA or PETG? I build autonomous mobile robots (tracked) we are currently testing tracks made from Onyx with 8 layers of carbon fiber embedded. Keep up the great work.
Really looks like a FV4005 with the turret on.
Love it.
Suggestion: Upgrade the bottom of the treads to use replaceable TPU pads.
or...flexible pla. Ohhh there is that tire tpu from Mich
It's really cool that even when it's "finished" you're still going to iterate on it and improve it!
That is one of the fun parts of invention, after all.
It is just great ! What you can do with a 3D printer is mind boggling, Miranda puts the BIG into the Big 3D Prints World.
Cool project now it's finish.
next step: make cockpit with screen which display the view of camera on top of canon! 😁
DANGGGGG That is one hell of a torture test! Nice work Ivan!
I can see this being popular with tank paint battle games! 😆
... that gave a new meaning to running "out of track" ...:D
“How long do you want your print to be?”
“Yes”
I think either you’re gonna have to use a stronger filament or you’re just gonna have to get tracks that you can sit on your tank. But other than that, everything seems to be working fine that’s really the main thing that kept breaking while you were testing. Very good work I haven’t seen anyone work with filament quite the way you have.
Man respect, man, for testing it to destruction and showing it!
Wow a lot of respect! I am building a mini tank as well and having stuff break and is steel! Seriously good design work to get those plastic parts working as well as they did
sorted tank, but I think that some TPU may help with the suspension or Tracks? I hope you get him going again.
GREAT !!! improving improving improving... im cant wait...
Amazing ! why not print the track in TPU ?
Despite it's a early prototype 3d printed tank is not good at terrain, but it proves 3d printed tanks are effective and more fun, i hope they could make a advance tank design for off road and powerful psi gun in the future.
I am just waiting for the end result of him taking 6 of these to a park. 3 red, 3 blue. Some kids are going to have a massive blast.
Wow you got it to DRIVE! I am actually a bit speechless and don't even know WHAT to think. But kudos for PERSISTENCE !
Well, stealth vehicle this is not, but truly amazing that an ambitious (and slightly crazy) person can design and print out complex creations like this!
add some thin steel/ alu tread plate at the front/ spaced armor
The guy in the bicycle getting shot it's hilarious lololol
This is great Ivan!
Really cool build I like. The final should include 100% infill for areas that need it to be. The other areas could be lower infill like the side frame or center area for weight reduction.
Police stops a white van: hello sir, what are you transporting today?
Ivan: a tank.
I think you need bigger wheels to get higher off the ground and stronger chains with better grip and so that you can putt more tension on so the keep straight below the wheels and not give way to everything.
I imagine that the tank would be better if some parts were used to make molds. then you could, for example, have the treads be made of something much more suited to the task.
I don't actually know what I'm talking about though so I have know idea what parts would be good to replace with what materials, assuming this is a good idea.
hmmm what about a skateboard suspension system... maybe add some aluminum for strength down there? fun times!
The tracks would work really great if they wre make in something like injected PA6-GR30. Pretty strong and resistant material. But 3d print with one is really costly
What a life's work Ivan ! Simply amazing !
Maybe try a TPU for added traction and higher strength?
Just a little bit of battle damage. Maybe reprint the parts with Polymaker PLA PRO? :D
You should add a sighting camera to the turret, then you can also record video with it. Love these videos!
How does this not have a million views already?
I think those tracks will need to be solid infill, preferably nylon.
When you have ironed out all the kinks you should release a 1/10th version for us to build
I was gonna say maybe you should add ridges or spikes on the track for better traction for gravel and dirt but then again since its 3D printed they would most likely break and you would end up with smooth tracks again. But regardless this is amazing to see it used in the forest and how it come a long all these years.
Needs more ground clearance and larger rollers if you want better durability in that terrain, and a parking brake of some kind would probably be a pretty good idea too just for safety purposes I hope to see it evolve further
You should and an Armed mode with the Unarmed mode and a battery inductors for when it gets low. (edit: "also with an auto locking turret if legal.")
it's a fun and nice project. But it kinda reminds me of a game we had as kids where we would paint cardboard boxes and ride them down a grassy hill. And every two rides or so, we'd have to tie them glue them, and otherwise patch them up knowing that in the end, they will just fall into pieces. You know that no matter what, unless you change the building material, it will always fall into pieces, right?
Suspension and drivetrain issues? Now you can say it's just like a real prototype tank!
what would be next level is if you casted metal tracks from printed molds
question: would this big hunk o' plastic be suitable for taking gun fire and or frontlines of war?
Ya man don't give, this is AWSOME. And I love the soud it males
*patiently awaiting 3D printed crane*
Genius at work
Poor cameraman without Ronin :D ! For the suspension, should it be metal ? Also for the tracks, can you add a TPU cover to get a better grip and power transmission ?
Could spraying the ground side of the treads with a rubberized coating help gives them a bit of traction and strength, something like those rhino truck bed liner sprays? Might also makes them a bit quieter depending what you're driving on.
Honestly i would much rather see how this bad boy of a tank performs on a obstacle course, with targets to shoot, in like a hangar/parking lot or wherever the space is ^^
Woods are fun and all, but shooting while driving, making a little competition out of it, i think would be a blast!
Why did you make the turret part above your head so tall?
Maybe use TPU or Filaflex instead of rigid link threads?
Fantastic! I know a lot of your chanell is about 3D printing, but it would be fun to build this tank or something similar out of metal. Either machining the parts or possibly get some company to sponsor printing the parts out of metal. Maybe using some improved suspension from a car or motorcycle? :D
Would that not deviate from the theme?...3D printed.
@@edzatool Well, he does machine some stuff. I would just love to see him put his engineering mind to such a task. And if he can get the use of a commercial metal 3D printer, it would still be printing. :D
Has to be the best 3D printed project ever! Qué crack!!
I think you should machine the treads out of UHMW. Or maybe bamboo plywood or something
time for upgrades, cnc cutted aluminum threats, metal wheels wish aluminum spockets and steel angle supports for steel suspensions made by springs.
May try rubber tread, I know it’s heavy but it’ll be better
Just outstanding!
Are you prepared to sell the designs to the Ukraine military? They can make it a national project with citizens across the country printing parts on their Enders.
They can use all the help possible and need a battle tank that's inexpensive to build, easily maintained, a canon indescribably destructive, an open cockpit easily to extract yourself before being in incinerated,and with minimal environmental damage to fit the EU green initiative!
You got it man!
Ivan was my inspiration to build a 3d printer myself... Failed horribly at it tho
Very impressive motors and battery pack. Kudos to your interesting project. 😎
You need better approach and departure angles so you can go over obstacles, and less slack on your track so it doesn't loosen and then suddenly tighten and snap parts when you surge the throttle!
Ivan, ponle la cadena oruga de caucho, sobre esa, hara menos ruidos, haz caso a este animal y ponle un rodillo delante y detras como parachoques
That's not a tank, that's a Gun Motor Carriage.
Will you try a diffrent material for the tracks? Stuff like nylon or PC?
Класс. А пониже всю конструкцию можно сделать? Видно же, что башня сверху мешает нормальному ходу.
This project is amazing, congrats!
you should add a canopy with plexiglass windows
TPU treads ? Or will it be too stretchy?
Has considerado TPU para las orugas? Se pega bien al suelo, es suficientemente duro con el grosor suficiente (no hace falta que sea mucho) y es los suficientemente elástico para no partirse al primer bache
I think you need to print the tracks, and a few other things, in alloy now....
You could put a 3d printer in the back, so you can print parts that break in the field, also a way to convert the broken piece back into filament. Don't know the details, there's a lot to work through but a self reliant tank would be unreal. At the very least a small store of filament and printer.
LoL, impractical
oh shit! now for something completely different
... both tracks came off?
IMO major mistake is that parts are printed in PLA and not PETG. Also i would add some physical mechanical brake on the back like forks or something that doesn't need electrical power to use it.
Project suggestion full sized 3d printed X-wing?
Have you thought about printing the tracks with Carbon Fiber embedded filament, it may prevent some of the damage/failures during operation.
The problem of doing this is the nozzle of the printer it, this kind material destroy the regular nozel of copper.
You should use a rubi nozzle and even in the regular size are pretty expensive and can't imagine in the size he is using for his huge printer.
And idea could made with ABS if posible and make a coated by regular carbon fiber. like you are construnting a ship or race car.
This is why field testing exists. You're 90% there, just need more ground clearance, more robust suspension, and stronger motor. More torque in general but i feel a more powerful motor would do it without much other modifications to teh drivetrain.
So cool this project. i would make the Tracks of TPU
Time to get into metal casting, and cast AL wheels and idlers and tread.
Dude, with this there is a slightly chance to win the Takeshi's Castel Show.
How do you not have more views and subscribers. You literally made a all terrain combat vehicle out of plastic.
Will hard tpu or flexible filament work for the caterpillar feet? It might take a lot of time to make them but I'm just wondering 😅
Could you not do the tracks with tpu
Attach a tow hook to the front?
If you want to make the threads stronger then I would suggest making them from something else than PLA like aluminium bars or something. Also I would suggest making different drive wheels.
Edit: I will also make my own electric/gas powered tank but from wood and with a metal frame. For electrical drive I will use wheels from balancewheel because they’re very strong brushless motors and for the gas I will use a gas generator to charge the batteries while driving or smth. I will make videos of this but I don’t know when I will post them, also I’m from Poland.
Hi Ivan U back at it again. Just Sean the vid pop up. Pore me my vector 3d printer kit I put toger. Even tho it has a little printing plate at the time 10 to 15 year back when I built it 3 d printing had just started bean talk about. I had 90 book about it all. But my printer has sate their. Glad it has a cover so. I've made Shaw it's stayed clean. And still hope to get it's calibrated. I need a 3d printer Tek. To help me set it up and follow the stage steep. I got up to .it has a recourse switch. Cas have to have the cover up. To calibrate it. Then revource the switch
Man, this thing can give the Tiger's armor a run for its money. I mean the survivability though
You should build a V2.0 together with Colin Furze!
Brilliant!
Add manual breakes to the tracks
incredible work
I think you need to add brakes for safety, maybe some mountain bike brakes on a lever attached on the opposite side the controller
Some regular grass would have been cool too haha
the forest thanks you for the released microplastics.
Lupus Nocte, nice!