Hydraulic Car test drive

Purdue senior design project done by Mechanical, Electrical, and Computer Engineering students during spring 2008. The car moves by using hydraulic pressure and is remote controlled.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• remote
• controlled
• hydraulic
• car
• control

[rrpeters]

This was a senior design project? I don't see how it took 4 years of engineering education to design this.

[gemstone06]

A senior design project is only one semester during your senior year, not a 4 year project. We worked on it from January to the end of April. This is an ongoing project each team that works on it takes the project a little farther.

[rrpeters]

No this is the culmination of your 4 years of college. You had 4 years to learn everything needed to successfully complete an engineering project and this is the best you could do. There are rednecks building higher quality and more complicated projects in their sheds.

[gemstone06]

Senieor design projects are chosen by the proffesors, not the students. Though this doesn't look like much, using hydaulics to move the car and controlling the car remotely have significant challenges. The guy walking next to the car only has an emergency stop button, the person controlling the car is behind the camera.

[tommee10533]

We built a drag car using a hydraulic accumulator, at rivaled a top fuel dragster.and it all ran off a 1/10 horse electric motor that was solared powered to charge the accu.(it took all day to charge)It was realy a cool way of demonstrating the awesome power of hydraulics.

[777strongcoffee]

sounds like it really grunts just to move a little. I'm thinking there are quite a few farm rednecks out there that could have built something equally as good or better. Interesting though...

[erth64net]

@tommee10533 Info or links? What was the model/mfg for the hydraulic traction motor?

[KlevenRobert]

@tommee10533 Why use hydraulics when you already have a linear power source like an electronic motor??? Seems like a waste of energy to me, i could be wrong but it seems strange to me.

[KlevenRobert]

Don't be sutcha bitch everyone, those guys propably put a lot of work in that thing and its great that it works. I mean just because there are some insane videos on youtube doesn't mean that everyone has to live up to those standards. Only comment i have is they should have included a metalworker to make an exhaust pipe xD gese that thing is loud

[24preacherboy]

@rrpeters

Looks like something from junkyard wars.

[MrTommelton]

i am a hydraullics tech in the us airforce, and using hydraulic power to move a 4 wheeled car ir really hard to figure out, good job guys.

[Charles2337]

lol at the negative camber.

[fightnight79]

Is this like a hydro-static electric driven design?

[jeffery19677]

@jeffery19677

I can't believe I got a thumbs down. I was making and honest and thought-provoking comment.

[reallysillywilly]

I can think of a "real world" application! If they added the smarts for it to follow a preprogrammed route using GPS and obstacle avoidance, it could mow a law? Naw, just kidding. I figure with that kind of guidance, the application could work one of those huge tractors (without driver) on a farm big enough to apply for statehood!