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V.M.E Mobile Autocannon Trailer
   
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28 Aug, 2020 @ 2:08pm
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V.M.E Mobile Autocannon Trailer

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Valkyrja - Maintenance & Engineering
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Description
The G.MS-T341 by Valkyrja - Maintenance & Engineering is a two-axle military trailer on 3x3 wheels, carrying a single gatling turret.

While this trailer was designed for the G.CS-LDT-1 Light-Duty Truck, it can be attached to any fitting vehicle with a compatible 1x1 Hinge tow-hitch.


This item is survival-ready! It is fully conveyor-linked, thruster-damage compatible and uses no mods or subgrids.

Keep in mind that wheels and the head of the piston-stand technicaly count as subgrids. So you will see a warning when loading it into a projector. The wheels should attach automaticly when building this item. The stand will work fine without the head, but to level the trailer correctly, I suggest adding it through the control menu manually.


Datasheet
Blocks: 94
Non-armor blocks: 55
PCU: 1,582
Triangles: 105,895
Grid mass: 11,962 kg


Key features
Automatic Setup
Move your Towing vehicle to the Hinge and lock the Vehicle to the Trailer. Press the button and the Trailer will...
- Raise the Piston stand
- Unlock the horizontal steering hinge
- Deactivate the beacon
- Release the wheel brakes

If you've built this in survival, check these functions before heading of!

Press the button again before detaching the Trailer from your vehicle. The Trailer will Reengage the brakes and piston stand to have your Trailer ready for deployment.


The G.XS-T321 comes with the following mission equipment:
  • 1x Gatling turret
  • 1x large battery
  • 3x small batteries
  • 2x ammo containers
  • 1x Programmable Block (blank)
  • 1x spare wheel

When exposed to the sun regulary, the batteries get enough power to keep this thing active for half of eternity. Ammo capacities are big enough to keep your perimeter secured. Deploy multiple trailers for an effective AA-screen.


Instructions
Setup: Make sure your towing vehicle is equipped with a compatible tow hitch. It will need a small grid 1x1 hinge that allows for vertical travel - meaning it must be able to move up and down. Remove the hinge-part. This is where the trailer will be attached to. The hinge should be mounted at the same high of your (3x3) wheel suspensions, so ~2 small blocks above ground-level. You can set it a bit higher or lower, but keep in mind that this might interfere with the trailers own ground-clearence. But you can adjust the suspension settings to a certain level. If you have build the trailer in survival, you will need to add the counterpart hinge to it as well. See the screenshots for reference and make sure it is aligned correctly. Hook-up: Carefully drive your towing vehicle to the trailers hitch in reverse. If you do it correctly, both the hinge on your vehicle and the hinge-part on the trailer should intersect without pushing the trailer away. Access the vehicles tow-hinge either via control-menu or toolbar-shortcut and select "Attach". The hinge should now connect to the trailer. If this does not happen, check the "troubleshooting"-section. If your trailer is attached, get out of the vehicle and press the button on the right side of the trailer. You will now see the piston stand rising up. That's it. You're now ready to head out! Troubleshooting The Trailer won't attach to my vehicle Step out of the vehicle and take a good look at your setup. First, make sure both your car's hinge and the trailers hinge-part meet and are both aligned correctly and at a clear angle. If both ends are offset in high, tweek with your car's suspension-settings until they are leveled. If that's not enough, you can also change the trailer's piston-stands elevation settings to extend or lower the hinge-part. Check if both car and trailer don't have their original hinge-counterpart on them. Use the "Deatch"-button in the control menu or grind them off if neccessary. Check if the hinge part was pushed to the side by the horizontal hinge. If that happend, acces the control-menu of the trailer, find the hinge and activate the hinge-lock. Realign your vehicle. You should now be able to move up, with the hinge-part staying in place.


Credits
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Varia
16 Comments
Rooster 2 Sep, 2021 @ 1:43pm 
I've got this weird bug where I can't get the trailer to detach from the truck. I even ground down the hinges and its following me with some invisible tether. Pretty funny really lol
MrPākehā 14 Jun, 2021 @ 5:50pm 
Love the V.M.E bp's. Good Work. I made a variant of this to be a cargo trailer.
Happy to pass the bp to you if you want it.
Keep them coming.
Towerwatch 21 Nov, 2020 @ 1:49am 
I totally see why you didnt use any subgrids on this little trailer. I made one with three turrets connected by hinges in a line (its very hard to align them) with the hopes of like, making them fold up into a ball for compact transport and unfold for perimeter defense and charging.

This one is small and simple, does exactly what you need it to and wont flip itself over actuating the hinges lol. Nice work as always.
BrotherWags 11 Nov, 2020 @ 8:14am 
I love all the VME stuff, keep up the great work!
Stratus 9 Oct, 2020 @ 6:33pm 
Dude this is Sweet!!!
Taidyr  [author] 3 Sep, 2020 @ 1:42am 
@Hawkwar, @Erien: There will be more trailers and vehicles as well. Hope to have the next blueprints ready by next week.
Skye 2 Sep, 2020 @ 2:34am 
Looks like I need to redesign my trailer hitch configs
Erien 1 Sep, 2020 @ 11:12pm 
I like this series very much, hope to see more
Hawkwar 31 Aug, 2020 @ 11:26pm 
Will there be more trailers as I like the style. Possible types - Generator for filling hydrogen/oxygen bottles, portable lighting system, cargo trailer, baby refiner. A small team can travel across the planet taking everything they need with them while looking for that perfect location.
Insom1a 31 Aug, 2020 @ 8:10am 
@Taidyr,For the fighter.I really like your design and the aircraft carrier would be great, especially because you already have a lot of fighters on your list)