Mongrel Military Recon Prototype Hybrid Electric High Mobility Scout Car For Sale
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Mongrel Military Recon Prototype Hybrid Electric High Mobility Scout Car:
$9491.25
Mongrel Military Recon Prototype Hybrid Electric High Mobility Scout CarThe Army has been researching the use of Hybrid Vehicles for many years. I am offering for sale to the highest buyer, a unique 4WD Series Hybrid with amazing potential. This Hybrid Electric four wheel drive vehicleis a prototype. It was designed with state of the art heavy duty, independent swing arm suspension, at all four corners of the vehicle. Designed for independent operator control for traversing large obstacles.
Propulsion is from four 100kW (134HP x 4 = 536HP),liquid cooled,axial gap permanent magnet motors with a 100kW,liquid cooled,DC to 3 Phase AC inverter controller for each motor. The inverters max input is 400 Vdc and max output is 300 A pk/ph. Each motor is located at the wheel and connected to the dual caliper disc brake and then to the 3.5:1 planetary geared hub. The gear ratios can easily be changed to either increase speed or increase torque by replacing thecommerciallyavailable hub. The 3.5:1 ratio gives the best of both, speed and torque, in its current configuration for road or off-road.
The suspension is performed by four coil over magneto-rheological controlled shocks with controller.
The inboard internal combustion engine (ICE) is a 1.9L Turbo Diesel Volkswagen engine to be used as a generator. Fueled by an installed Racing Fuel Cell. The engine is included and installed, however, it does not have a generator attached. The engine does have a controller connected to it, designed to automatically start the engine to charge the batteries.
No battery bank is included.
The battery compartment is in the front of the vehicle between the front wheels. It was designed to slide into the front and be pulled into place by the installed electric winch.
All four tires are in excellent condition.
The chassis is custom built and includes an interior roll cage. The interior of the cab is bare. This high technology vehicle was designed for on and off road capability and the kicker is it is a pivot steering system designed so the speed, steering and vehicle attitude was to be controlled via a fuzzy logic joystick.
The fuzzy logic system and joystick controls are not included.
Good luck in obtaining this one of a kind, once in a lifetime vehicle. Over $750,000 has been spent on the engineering, design, parts and construction of this prototype. This prototype contains new parts that were assembled for proof of concept purposes. It is not complete enough to operate as intended. The parts are unused and custom made. I recommend serious buyers make an appointment to view the vehicle prior to purchasing. If you are unable to view in person, I will be happy to answer any questions in order to make you confident about your purchase.
One Research project for this vehicle contained the following abstract:
The objective of this project is to develop a significantly improved ground vehicle for military reconnaissance with high speed over rough terrain and high mobility a prime factor. Concepts to capitalize on the attributes of electric drive and active suspension utilizing swing arm technology are explored and a practical system selected. The use of independent drive wheels of a hybrid electric drive combined with advanced compressible fluid active suspensions with fuzzy logic controls provide the synergy to achieve greater vehicle performance levels in mobility, speed over various terrain and side slopes, and gradeability speed improvement beyond the state of the art. The project will also investigate the use of a joystick control for the functions of speed, direction, steering, and a chassis attitude and ride height using fuzzy logic in the control system. By using vehicle attitude control, side slope capability will be enhanced, approaching the 600 requirement. Constant torque motors provide high gradeability & speeds and series parallel motors provide the speed range capability. The proposed concept is feasible and has the potential tofulfillthe Army's need for a high mobility scout vehicle. The future need for a high speed, high mobility scout vehicle has already been identified by the military. This class of vehicle will have a significant potential as a civilian off-road vehicle as well. This project will further advance such a vehicle.
Another Research project for this vehicle contained the following abstract:
Future military wheeled vehicles will inevitably require equal or superior mobility and a greater ability to traverse complex obstacles in comparison with current tracked and wheeled vehicles. Ideally, no complex obstacle found in either a rural or urban setting should impede a vehicle's ability to maintain its operational tempo. This proposal demonstrates the feasibility of a complex user controlled multi-link suspension system for use on future four-wheeled vehicles. The proposed system will be verified by analytically testing its ability to traverse a specified set of complex obstacles. These obstacles are much greater in size and complexity than what current wheeled vehicles with a traditional suspension design are able to traverse. This proposal responds specifically to the United States Army's request for a complex suspension design that will be tested on the Mongrel test vehicle. This design will work in conjunction with the vehicle's electric motor-driven wheels, and will be an independent suspension design that can be used at each wheel, regardless of location. The vehicle will be able to traverse the proposed obstacles as well as be capable of traveling on typical roads and through parking lots at typical speeds.The goal of this Phase II project is to develop and fabricate propulsion and suspension components for the Army Mongrel Test Vehicle. The suspension system will be built around a swing arm design that is common to all four corners of the vehicle. Each corner will have electric in-wheel motors with planetary gear hubs (for torque amplification) for propulsion and hydraulic brakes for quick stopping (the electric motors will provide for regenerative braking capability). The swing arm design will also be fabricated to accept two different semi-active suspension systems. The first utilizes a magneto-rheological (MR) damper with coil-over spring made by Carrera. The second uses a compressible fluid damper system made by Liquid Spring Technologies. This compressible fluid system will be used in parallel with a wheel lift mechanism to allow for greatly improved obstacle traversing capability by allowing for the independent lifting or lowering of each wheel corner.
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This vehicle is a one of a kind prototype made for the Army. I have spoken to a civilian test driver who said he drove this vehicle on the Army test course and through the desert. Reporting that while driving at 55mph over railroad tracks, he didn't even spill his coffee. He also stated the Army test driver inadvertently launched the vehicle into the air during its climb of a 60 degree slope. The vehicle reportedly landed on all four wheels and sustained no damage.
When tested, this vehicle was reportedly controlled by a fuzzy logic controller and F-111 fighter joystick, neither of which were present when I received the vehicle. The interior was removed from the vehicle prior to my ownership. However the vehicle does include the Electric Motor Inverters, Engine Controls, and Shock absorber controller. The chassis is custom made and includes a roll cage. The front of the car has a set of rails for a battery box which slid in and out the front. There is a onboard electric winch for pulling a battery box inside. Under the hood is a radiator and coolant reservoir for the cooling system related to the electric drive motors and the inverter controllers. It can also be adapted to cool a battery box as well. The radiator has two electric fans on the back side.
The rear mounted internal combustion engine does not include the generator that was attached to it, but does include the bell housing and flywheel for the generator. Engine fuel is provide via the mounted Fuel Cell Racing Tank just in front of the engine.
The wheels are driven by electric motors at each wheel. As you can see in the pictures, the car has some over sized steel plates protecting the bottoms of the motors. These can be either removed or shortened by about 4". It looks like a beast because it is. The car has four wheel disc brakes. The wheels are attached to specialized geared hubs that can have their gear ratios changed for different capabilities. Currently the ratio is about 4:1 which should net a higher speed than the 9:1 tested in the sand environment. I will include a copy of a University study on this concept for this vehicle only to the winning buyer.
I will provide a bill of sale for this vehicle because it has never been titled. I listed the date of manufacture as 1776 because had I put 2003 required a valid Vin number, which this prototype does not have. And I'm a proud American so 1776 it is.
If you want to see the vehicle in person, just send me a message and we will make it available to view. Because of the unique nature of the construction of this vehicle, I won't allow anyone to take photos of the vehicle during the inspection. The winning buyer can take as many as they want after they get it. Even though it would be quite an expensive task to duplicate this vehicle, we did have someone view it with that purpose in mind. We just want to protect the new owners property in case they want a little secrecy for their new toy. Though this car will require some equipment to make it complete, I feel the car comes with the major components and engineering already paid for to the tune of about $1,500,000.00. That makes this a once in a lifetime deal for some lucky buyer.
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