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If you also think wheels are boring :

 - 8 legs

 - 8 motorized rotatrons

 - 56 uncontrolled bearings

 - 362 parts

 

 - 30 tons

 - max speed 5,5 m/s

Thanks Theo Jansen for the incredible design, thanks Sirkut for infernal robotics.

 

Download here : https://kerbalx.com/Varsass/StrandBeast-Light

How to make it work in two steps :

 - Step 1 : put the 8 legs in walking position. The walking sequence is 3-1-4-2, so legs starting position from left to right is :  180° / 90° / 0° / 270°. If you have IR sequencer, the second sequence does it automatically (if lost have a look here), if you don't have it, do it manually when you're on the runaway (don't forget to do it for both servos on each leg).

 

 - Step 2 : set servos speed to 7 and click "toggle negative movement" in the IR servos controls. Enjoy !

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1 hour ago, Majorjim said:

Yeah that's awesome!

 I get the feeling it was much easier to make than it appears.

Maybe not as hard as some may think it is (thank you symmetry !), but it was not an easy build.

Fortunately, I'm an expert in "pushing IR to the limit" :sticktongue:

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Just now, varsass said:

Maybe not as hard as some may think it is (thank you symmetry !), but it was not an easy build.

Fortunately, I'm an expert in "pushing IR to the limit" :sticktongue:

I don't doubt it! It looks amazing. I just meant once the powered hinges are there you can copy the actual design of one of the beasts. Man those things look epic walking along a beach.

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I've removed all the useless parts and replaced everything I could with stock parts.

Now the only mods needed to use it are : IR + IR model rework, and tweascale.

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Thanks for all the good feedback.

8 hours ago, EVA_Reentry/Strangelove II said:

Awesome! Keep it up! Would love to see the one with the sails and such...

Since there is no wind in KSP sails will be useless, and adding weight would be a bad idea, legs are already at their limit.

If someone tried it and found a way to make legs stronger, please share :kiss:.

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