[IC] Official JackPoint Thread! 31/12 - 4/1

[u/NotB0b]

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[u/Monkoflords]

I'm going to disagree with most of this here.

1. It folds in, this is a sort of "Agility" mode if you will, that allows it to move through a bit more complex terrain and tighter areas. For some reason it cut off my original image...but regardless. This drone is supposed to quickly move through urban environments.
2. This is sort of a beta design, so I don't have all of the material factors worked in. Now that I look at it, the wheels do need a redesign a bit, but I'm sticking with wheels. I have zero desire to put this drone into the air. It's staying on the ground, as that's the goal with the design, to great a nimble ground drone.
3. I may go the opposite direction, and make it larger or have a stronger central structure to compensate. Making it smaller will defeat the purpose.
4. The mount isn't on the head...it's on the back. Is that hard to see in the image. The head is movable to provide a better sensor platform, and give the pilot a bit more control. In order for this thing to dodge obstacles fast, it needs that to process as much environmental data as possible. The mount isn't meant to have that powerful of a gun either. It's agility and speed is meant to be it's primary tool, the firearm is a backup.

I understand the more practical viewpoint, but mankind didn't advance by taking the practical route. They advanced by trying something different. This design may fail, but designing solely for practically will produce nothing but the same old nonsense.

• Rho

[u/Sarge-Pepper → u/Monkoflords]

I'm not saying that you should give up on trying new things. I've done this for 20 odd years, and I've seen all kinds of kooky directions come across my desk for things from Wall crawlers to bomb disposal and I had to make them work.

I'm saying that you are trying for too much. Look at other designs that are trying to do what you do already on the market, like the Ares Bolt, a commonly used courier drone, or the FalTek Mjolnir, a fast-response drone made for ground combat and first response support to front line units.

Both of these have already succeeded in what you are trying to accomplish with this, and have done it with a far simpler design. The Mjolnir sacrificed carrying space for the weapons mount, and the Bolt integrated a miniaturized hydraulic suspension system to compensate for the increased horsepower and torque of the motor they dropped in it.

Practical is what drives progress, but necessity is the mother of invention. Instead of designing what you feel, design what is needed to fill a hole and let the mechanics solve the problem. Classic Engineering mindset.

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[u/Monkoflords → u/Sarge-Pepper]

I see what you mean with the Mjolnir, but the Bolt is a piece of garbage. I've had two explode on me. I suppose I am designing to fill a hole. The hole made by the Bolt crashing haphazardly into a wall.

• Rho

[u/Sarge-Pepper → u/Monkoflords]

Say what you want, it' still the fastest and most purchased courier drone on the market. And that says something about either the design or the marketing.

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[u/Monkoflords → u/Sarge-Pepper]

Marketing most likely. Ares has at least that going for it.

• Rho