This radical concept in wheeled vehicles applies the principles of rotor craft to a two-dimensional plane. It s as difficult to describe as it will be for an audience to look at. Parts have been collected for computer-controlled Hydraulic Walking Leg Sets, capable of supporting and moving objects weighing 40 or more tons, in the manner of groups of foraging ants. The power plant is a 175 hp Boeing gas turbine engine. This will be SRL s first mobile jet engine powered device.
All parts are secured and construction is underway.
An Intelledex five-axis robotic arm was obtained indirectly from Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation. It was used in the recent SRL performance to rearrange a large tray of meat scraps and aging vegetables. A high resolution camera attached to it s end recorded the action. It uses a simple jet engine fabricated from a modified high pressure axial turbocompressor driven furnace burner with a Lear Jet combustor can . It uses a Kawasaki 750 motorcycle engine to power the turbine and associated pumps.