Scratch Build – In Progress C&C tiberium wars Advanced flame tank

Very nice. I love the fact that you are sand casting yourself. CNC is always good, C&C is always good too. Knowing your last build, I know this will work out!

Greetings from the Netherlands btw. Ill be watching.

 

Pure crazyness... I love it

Fix a chainsaw & circular saw to the tank at the end & you could also use your mod in robot wars

 

This is a really ambitious project, I really hope you achieve what you set out to, it will be amazing

 

diecyde:

You sir, you are a genius.

 

Awesome.

 

thanks guys

sadly my little brother destroyed an engine a week ago, this is why i did not post any updates so far.
I will do so in a short while.

keep you updated

 

Wow, this is extreme modding & I love it , I would say crazy cool but nah this is crazy hot & I simply must subscribe to this .
5 star rating is well deserved .

 

pretty mental

 

Interesting work! I will be following this one

 

Dude, if you can pull this mod off, I think you can give oldnewby a run for his money . This years Mod of the Year's going to be a hard choice....

 

Wow. OK, building a furnace to make a computer... that's epic.

I have to be honest, for the most part I have moved away from theme builds, but I have to watch this just due to the extremes you are taking.

Good luck!

 

very nice waiting for more pic add

 

Update 4

Update 4

Hello people, finally update number 4.
Sorry for keeping you waiting, my fathers engine of his boat broke down and I had to overhaul it.
And after it was fixed it ran well for a couple of hours but then one of the injectors broke down.

If someone likes to take a look at the process, I created a page on the overhaul.



But to the point, I have also done lots of work to the tank.

• I stripped my PS3 from its housing to take a look at the electronics
• The electronics and pneumatics had been bought.
• a succesfull pour of a row tracks have been done.
• a track has been assembled.
• multiple parts of electronics have been designed
• I started shaping pieces of metal.

This is 1 of the airbottles I will be using, it is resistant up to 200 bar pressure and used by paintball devices.
A pressure reducer will be connected to this bottle.


A converter to connect the hoses to the bottle has been bought.


To connect the bottles to the frame I created 2 mounting brackets.


As you can see it is placed on the bottle like this, it is held in place by 3 screws.


This is the airstation to fill the bottles with air from a large diving bottle.




I did continue the development of the electronics of flame tank V1.0
This one had a screen and some other electronics which on the new MCB controller will be removed.


The old MCB controller connected to its small computer, that is a simple x86 processor which runs on 300MHZ and runs ubuntu 10.04 server edition.
The PS3 will use this version too.


This is the NEW MCB controller V2.0
It supports the following features:

• 3 bobines to ignite the fluids.
• usb slave interface to the ps3
• 4 sharp IR distance sensors.
• i2c bus for software updates and control of the motor PCB's.
• spi interface
• pressure sensor (up to 10 bar)
• 8 servo's
• external serial bluetooth module
• 4 external leds
• electronic compass
• PCB is 45 x 55 mm

I did continue analysing the PS3


The PS3 with the PSU next to it, as I want to use a 12V power supply for the PS3. I had to develop my own (stable) PSU.


This is the PS3 PSu, as you can see it is quite large.
It generated 2 voltages 12V for the board and 5V as standby power for the capacitive buttons and bluetooth receiver.


On this picture the 12V connector is good to see, I had only one problem.
I couldn't find the connector anywhere to buy, I think I will solder my PSU directly to the PS3 PCB.


And this is the inside of the originale PSU, as you can see It is a simple design.


And this is what I came up with, the specs:

• buck boost design with a voltage input range from 7 to 16 volt DC
• output is 12v stable and 5v constant (it can be disabled through the internal processor)
• The design can handle up to 200 Watt.
• The PSU can be controlled through i2c
• processor updatable through i2c
• voltage and current measument, these values can be read constantly.
• PCB is 86 x 45 mm
• PSu can also run natively (without processor in the PS3)

Next step was to look at how the track would fit.


The motor fits perfectly.


The concept of the current tank has been changed quite a bit compared to the first tank.
With the first tank a Motor controller which could controll up to 8 motors was used (through i2c)
For the new concept one processor for each motor is used, still controlled through i2c.
In total 4 wires run into the track (GND, VCC, SCL and SDA)
I want to mount the new controller directly to each motor.
(this is quite a challange as the pcb needs to be small)


This is the track,it isn't welded yet but fits perfectly.


The designed motor print has the following specs:

• The design withstands voltages up to 16V
• short circuit proof.
• The design can controll motors up to 3 amps.
• The PCB can be controller by an RC controller (as motor or servo)
• digital (puls) and analog(trim resistor) feedback sensors
• power measurement of the motor
• PCB van controll a motor normally or as a servo, when a second print is mounted it even van controll stepper motors
• PCB has a diameter of 26 mm
• software is upgradable by i2c

This is the bobine used to ignite the spiritus fume.


I bought the camera at dealextrem, I am using 4 of them.


THe GPS module is also bought from deal extreme.




These are the tracks, milled from MDF wood.


Too make the surface smooth I use filler and then sand it down.


These are the plates after treatment.


After that a mold had to be made to place the bindol sand in.


Because aluminum is quite dense I use bolts to ensure I will not float while pouring.


The mold is coated by graphite so the sand releases the mold easy.


The graphite on the plates.


After the sand can be poured.


The other site is filled too, after that the wooden mold is removed and the complete thing is tightened.


After that the first test pour has been done, sadly it didn't came out quite right.


As you can see the aluminium didn't flow quite right.
This is due to the temperature and the consistency of the aluminium.


The tracks which are good fit perfectly


I created an improved burner, now the crucible gets way hotter.


You can see the crucible glow even after a few minutes.


This is the new result, WAY better.





After this I started on the Stainless steel hoods, I want to mold the metal myself with a hamer and an english wheel.


I cut the shape out of the steel.


You have to hammer dents in the metal to stretch it as much possible and then roll out the dents.


I roll out the dents with an english wheel, I use different rolls for different curves.


And then the steel needs to be rolled...

I made a movie from this process and removed the audio (because of the noice )


ps. I Anyone wants to see the schematics of the electronics I created, just ask.

Thats all folks

 

This is looking good!

 

incredible work!

More to add:

I think you can truely tell when something is going to special...

Its the time they decide to put working flamethrowers on the case!!

 

Amamzing!!!

 

Ineffincredible diecyde , the cast parts are simply awesome, mad electronic skills, flipping good metal forming too, wish I was brave/crazy/knowledgeable enough to do stuff like this .

 

lol

 

Hahaha , didn't notice that earlier .

 

some people have a one track mind