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Designed for the disabled people, the Tank Chair is an off-road, all-purpose wheelchair that’s turning a lot of heads at the CES show. This tough chair is built out of a one-piece steel chassis with the tracks made from ruggedized rubber and lightweight aluminum struts. Boasting a top speed of 5 mph, the Tank Chair Mk II has 24V, 2HP, 127RPM variable speed motor that gets its juice from four Optima Deep Cycle batteries. Its creator claims that the chair can even outpace a golf cart. That sounds great as it would be able to go almost anywhere. Priced at $15,000, the Tank Chair is expected to be available later this month.
via Pocket-Lint
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But where is the seat belt?!?
Or the optional 30mm cannon?
I’d like to know HOW they expect a paraplegic or quad to get in and out of this thing on their own?
Supposed to be for more independence but how can that be if you need to find a crane to get your tail in and out.
Oh and btw, 42” wide. I guess it’s not going into too many vehicles, hotel rooms, private homes...Hmmm, sure hope it’s 100% weatherproof and waterproof.
If anybody is really looking for something like this, I’ve got one of these: www.tracabout.com. Costs less, goes indoors or out and well, it is unstoppable...more or less.
But what do I know, I only use one 24/7
Cheers.
this would be a great vehicles for disabled people. they would really help them to transport. and it even can outpace the golf car, so its so multitasking and it would also has fuel saver magnetic though it uses battery.
Gosh... that must be a very good chair instead of it’s $15K price.