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Design and Construction of a Global Expedition Vehicle Douglas and Stephanie Hackney Exploring the World and Meeting Its People
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Challenge: Global Exploration by overland expedition vehicle Expedition Duration: 2-3 years Status: Vehicle Build Project Completed Sunday, 3 June, 2007
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Project: Design and build a vehicle to provide year-round, any-climate transportation, living, sleeping, cooking, showering and toilet capability. Vehicle must be built on a reliable, globally sold and supported (parts and service) chassis. Vehicle must be entirely self-sufficient and capable of travel on any surface including off-road, rock, mud, dirt, sand, snow, primitive two-track, gravel and pavement. Vehicle must be capable of water crossings of a minimum of 3.28 ft / 1 m. Vehicle must include integrated self-recovery / extraction capability and global voice and data communications. Primary vehicle and systems must be energy efficient and independent of any external supply except LP and diesel fuel. Vehicle and systems must be maintainable and repairable in developing economies using local resources. Vehicle must be capable of a minimum of 1,000 miles / 1,609 kilometers between fuel stops. Vehicle must be capable of being secured / hardened for RORO / Flatrack shipping. Primary vehicle must carry an integrated separate scout/exploration/errand vehicle, along with spare parts, fuel and repair capability for same. |
20 September, 2006
13 October, 2006
25 October, 2006
3 November, 2006
13 November, 2006
17 November, 2006
4 December, 2006
19 May, 2007
Rollout - 3 June 2007
Utilization - 19 June, 2007
Utilization - 30 July, 2007
Project: Hackney Expedition Vehicle
Goal: Self-sufficient, Self-Extracting Global Expedition Vehicle
Mission: 2 - 3 years of unsupported exploration primarily in developing
countries
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Douglas Hackney
