HLR-001
SKIMMER
Walking habitat. Four legs. The ship that goes with the man.
- Duty
- Ice, muskeg, wind. Zero tailpipe.
- Stance
- Independent corners. Crawl, then sit.
- Swap
- Wheel, pad, or Paw on one ankle.
The man
You don't sell the machine. You sell the man who can keep it running when the road ends.
Design is not a rendering. It is a weld you can see from the house, done as if it were the house. The sun comes up. The wind blows. That is the input.
HL-LEG-001
LEG
Three nested barrels. The inner rod is Ø80. Intermediate Ø140. Outer Ø180.
- Stack
- ISO scraper, Stepseal, wear rings.
- Ankle
- Ø220 flange. Eight M16. Quick-disconnects.
- Cold
- Glands specced to −40 °C.
HL-PAW-001
PAW
Ankle-mounted track cassette. The tire's job when the ice will not take a tire.
- Patch
- 450 mm wide. Under 2 psi on the crust.
- Crawl
- 8–15 km/h off the road.
- Corner
- 1200–1800 lb. Flotation over payload.
Still in the language
THIRST
Harvest, store, drink. Snow in. Water out.
HEART
Sun and wind in. Batteries hold the night.
EYE
Weather, hull, and the man inside. Watch both.
The pack
Three depths. Same hull. Start where your hands are.
Need-to-know
Yard
Cut list, tack sequence, first weld. Enough to start before the shop opens.
Procedure
Shop
BOM, heat, penetration, the joints that fail if you guess.
Exhaustive
Mill
Glands, seal stacks, ankle moments. For the one who will live in it.
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