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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Wells' fantasy becomes reality, A tripod really can walk. Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:30 pm |
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Loz
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:51 am |
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Joined: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:00 pm Posts: 2870 Location: Liverpool, UK
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Love it. The martian hood would have to somehow stay upright. But that could be done. Very alien mode of walking.
Bah bah black sheap April diamond spheres, Rigsby, Rigsby, Eight sided Pears.
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oever532
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:08 pm |
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Joined: Sun May 29, 2005 5:02 pm Posts: 3114 Location: Ridderkerk, the Netherlands
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I second what Loz said.
The Tempest is an advanced assault vehicle, which carries two heavy Heat-Rays and a Canister Launcher.
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:18 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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Loz wrote: Love it. The martian hood would have to somehow stay upright. But that could be done. Very alien mode of walking.
Yes in one of the film clips it shows you strider being used for reconnaissance, presumably with a camera and a light how would they orientate those without a fixed base?
Still it looks cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DldFBFJgWmw&feature=player_embedded
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oever532
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:47 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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Perhaps they made the legs like that and built the rest around it. At least it represents the "Walking Engine of Glittering Metal" exactly.
The Tempest is an advanced assault vehicle, which carries two heavy Heat-Rays and a Canister Launcher.
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:42 pm |
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Martian War Lord |
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oever532 wrote: Perhaps they made the legs like that and built the rest around it.
That's the trouble, there is no immobile surface to build the body on, as the machine walks the top surface of the platform becomes the underside of the platform, there is no surface that remains a constant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DldFBFJgWmw&feature=player_embedded
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oever532
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:40 am |
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Martian War Lord |
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Not even if the surface is completely round like a ball?
The Tempest is an advanced assault vehicle, which carries two heavy Heat-Rays and a Canister Launcher.
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:38 pm |
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oever532
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:46 pm |
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In any case, we're getting close to make our own 'Tripods' now. All we need to do is to make variations of them, and try to make them match the walking pattern of the Martian counterparts...
The Tempest is an advanced assault vehicle, which carries two heavy Heat-Rays and a Canister Launcher.
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Xuxa the White
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:30 pm |
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That should not be too hard to do. Then we can invade Mars!
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Lonesome Crow
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:59 pm |
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oever532
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:43 pm |
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That is, if we can FIND them...
The Tempest is an advanced assault vehicle, which carries two heavy Heat-Rays and a Canister Launcher.
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