[chrisyleigh]

never seen it before on a defender what are your thoughts?

4 wheel steer landrover defender - YouTube

 

[blue beasty]

Difficult to see cause puter won't play vids smoothly but looked to be crabbing all over the place?

 

[thought it was mine!]

why ?

 

[Thor1950]

Difficult to see cause puter won't play vids smoothly but looked to be crabbing all over the place?

you missed a good video was very impressive, yes did crab walk but also straight and very small circles. A good job of engineering

 

[blue beasty]

why ?

Judging by the vid (or more accurately jerky series of stills) so you can drive down the road diagonally

Useful for when you need to take up more width than necessary

 

[brian47]

I do believe that there might be a limited use for 4-wheel steering vehicles, and they are already available to those who need them, but dickin' about in a supermarket carpark after dark is neither the time nor the place.

 

[42rangie]

Might be handy off road. Tight turns, maneuvering around obstacles. A lot of heavy equipment and lorries ( ladder fire engines ) use a similar system.

Les

 

[SteNova]

I like it, would be cool with a joystick like control that self centered

 

[Nigel-S]

About as much use as a one legged man at an arse kicking contest

 

[chrisyleigh]

More use offroad than on road

 

[GINGE]

More use offroad than on road

i bet it aids parking at the supermarket though. :lol:

 

[thought it was mine!]

i bet it aids parking at the supermarket though. :lol:

that would just help wife to hit the both cars either side of her not just the one

 

[GINGE]

that would just help wife to hit the both cars either side of her not just the one

haha.

 

[Trewey]

They're so behind the times!
Me and some mates built a 4 wheel steer Mini in 1978.
Even appeared on Telly (Magpie) with it.

 

[easye1]

They're so behind the times!
Me and some mates built a 4 wheel steer Mini in 1978.
Even appeared on Telly (Magpie) with it.

top man.
did you put a complete engine/gearbox/subframe in the back trew.


a mate of mine did that a few years before,
billed as an 8 wheeled twin engined mini
he just welded 2 rims together for each corner and run them on lower tyre pressures,
and welded the track rod ends into a tube to cancel out steering.
Vince O`conner was his name, now heads/used to head the Rolling thunder roadshow @ Arena essex,
also races/buys/sells/leases american styled V8 sprint cars.


good trick though trew, got any photos by chance?

 

[mlucas110]

Seems a waste of effort to me and doesn't look very sturdy on tight turns