SUSV Redesign
The College for Creative Studies TARDEC sponsored studio brief for this semester is to redesign the Small Unit Sustainability Vehicle or SUSV. The Bv206 has been in use since the mid seventies, and used a twin cab, quad track design to move slowly across Alaskan conditions. Its wear is visible, and so TARDEC has asked us to create the next generation of this vehicle. With that said, here is my design, using a quad screw system instead of tracks to provide higher speed, simpler production, lower overall height, and cool looks to the next iteration of this vehicle.
Winter Environment (With Personnel Variant attached)
Woodland Environment (With Engineering Variant attached)
Desert Environment (with Air Defense Variant attached)
SUSV on ice (APC Variant with mini snowmobiles out)
SUSVs at dawn
Getting to the destination
Docking bay (with Trailer Variant attached)
Switching Chassis from screw to tracked
Chassis Ideation (and epiphany for quad screw system)
Functional Ideation
Recon Ideation
Studio Shots
Features!
Laser Cut model with Engineering Variant attached
Crates out! (these pictures were taken while the model was still a WIP)
Personnel Carrier Variant Attached (those screws were a huge pain to assemble)
Inside the Carrier (notice the Masonite tabs used to connect to the Chassis, as well as the hinge system in the front.)
Avenger Missile System Variant
Avenger Missile System Variant (With a tracked chassis platform)
I built a Humvee for fun and scale!
During WIP Stage; Foamcore Skeleton (notice mounted snowmobiles)
During WIP Stage; The inside of the forward cab, one of the first things to be cut and assembled.
Building the Humvee
Final Models
Final Board