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SLB Heavy Industries – Griffin Hovertank - Finished
« on: December 06, 2017, 09:46:23 PM »
SLB Heavy Industries – Griffin Hovertank
E100 side armor skirts, Leopard 2 turret, guns from Gepard AA
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« Last Edit: April 30, 2018, 09:40:32 PM by Steve Blazo »
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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2017, 03:13:47 AM »
Interesting....
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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2017, 06:47:13 AM »
Promising start!!! :smiley: :smiley:

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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2017, 07:26:55 PM »
Generic question about hovertanks.
By what mechanism do they negotiate hillsides and going downhill/uphill on paved roads ?
One of those don't ask don't tell subjects ?

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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2017, 09:22:41 PM »
Generic question about hovertanks.
By what mechanism do they negotiate hillsides and going downhill/uphill on paved roads ?
One of those don't ask don't tell subjects ?

Not sure, in the Hammers Slammers books they dig in and power thru, or the power increases to lift the front. Wonder how the LCAC's handle it ??
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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2017, 10:05:34 PM »
Love those details, Steve! Especially the rack in back.

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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2017, 12:40:51 AM »
Generic question about hovertanks.
By what mechanism do they negotiate hillsides and going downhill/uphill on paved roads ?
One of those don't ask don't tell subjects ?

Hovercraft, by their nature, are not great at negotiating steps or troughs and they are absolutely unable to climb any but the most gentle of hills. To start, the air cushion acts perpendicular to the surface, not the local gravity vector, so instead of lifting straight up, you actually get both pushed a bit back _and_ the lift vector is now less than the gravity vector, meaning you have to pump more air into the skirt. And then the engines have top provide some thrust up the hill because the weight of the vehicle wants to roll down the hill. And that's to just sit in one spot on a slope. To climb the slope you need additional power to accelerate up the slope. Enough power to actually overcome the mass up the slope angle. Which is a LOT.

Which is why hover craft are not used as combat vehicles today and, frankly, won't be used as combat vehicles in the future, no matter how cool Hammers Slammers are (and they are). Ground effect vehicles really don't work well when the ground isn't mostly flat.

Now, using engines to directly provide hover lift and not relying on ground effect, that would work. essentially you are flying all the time at whatever altitude you like.

But that's a different universe. Like Star Wars.

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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2017, 01:12:40 AM »
Agree, no surprises there - Thank You
If that holds true even in BTS universe, it is then necessary to make technology advance to vectorable ground proximity resonance anti-gravity drive to negotiate slopes and irregular terrain. :D
Thatz for sure on a round earth.
« Last Edit: December 09, 2017, 01:25:42 AM by finsrin »

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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2017, 07:15:06 AM »
Agree, no surprises there - Thank You
If that holds true even in BTS universe, it is then necessary to make technology advance to vectorable ground proximity resonance anti-gravity drive to negotiate slopes and irregular terrain. :D
Thatz for sure on a round earth.

Love that hull shape  :-*  And bring on that vectorable anti-gravity drive  :smiley:
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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2017, 10:38:09 AM »
E100 sure lends itself well to the hovertank design!

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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2017, 09:08:13 PM »
E100 sure lends itself well to the hovertank design!


Yes, it sure does. I have used the armor skirts before – although the lines did not turn out as good as this time.





Skirt armor and turret for this one –



And of course the turret on Bruno, the tracks and bogies even went on the Siberian Logging Tractor.
I will pick up the E-100 anytime I find it on sale or at a show.
« Last Edit: December 13, 2017, 09:59:13 PM by Steve Blazo »
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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2017, 12:53:41 AM »
Well built well painted hovertanks. :smiley:
Be interesting to read analysis reports about tradeoffs regarding composition of skirts.  Material type versus weight versus thickness versus projectile damage versus air pressure loss versus mobility impact.  Am confident you made best engineering choices regarding these concerns.
« Last Edit: December 14, 2017, 04:38:00 AM by finsrin »

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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2017, 01:35:45 AM »
Great job Steve  :smiley:
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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2017, 02:28:55 AM »
 :smiley:
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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2017, 04:01:06 AM »
Wonderful stuff, Steve! You get the weathering spot-on every time!

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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #15 on: December 14, 2017, 04:45:13 AM »
Thank you all.
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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #16 on: December 29, 2017, 03:43:19 AM »
Update –
Not sure if I like the turret, looks like something is still missing








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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #17 on: December 29, 2017, 03:50:16 AM »
Looks good to me.
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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2017, 03:57:23 AM »
Looking good, Steve. Love the details!

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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2017, 07:49:35 PM »
Update –
Not sure if I like the turret, looks like something is still missing

Commanders cupola or RWS? ???
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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #20 on: December 29, 2017, 08:43:06 PM »
Commanders cupola or RWS? ???
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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #21 on: December 30, 2017, 04:47:29 AM »
Looks very good :) Keep up the good work!
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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #22 on: December 31, 2017, 02:38:15 AM »
Best thing about hovertanks? Not having to paint a bunch of road wheels!
Looking good!

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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #23 on: January 02, 2018, 05:27:33 PM »
Best thing about hovertanks? Not having to paint a bunch of road wheels!
Looking good!
Why do you think they invented hovertanks in the first place??? ;)

Sleek and cool design, Steve!

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Re: SLB Heavy Industries – next project - Hovertank “???????”
« Reply #24 on: January 16, 2018, 12:43:36 AM »
For those who have never read the series -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer%27s_Slammers