I wonder how well it steers....... Or how the steering even works on it.
Hydrostatic drive would make it awsome to manuver Clutches wouldn't be as fun.
That would be fun to make! Hmm... I think i found my next non-electronic project... The only hard part would be the tracks. I think it could be done with some old thrashing machine belt and some 2x4s.... maybe?
Steering would be pretty simple if you could independantly control 2 hydraulic motors. This is how modern skid steer loader and a myrid of other heavy equipment is steered. The ability to independantly vary the speed of the tracks, or to fully reverse one and go forward with the other is what gives a nice turn.
Older dozers, tanks, crawler cranes and even skid loaders used seperate steering clutches and brakes for each track.