T70100 Tamiya Track and Wheel Set – Adjustable Caterpillar Tracks

The T70100 Tamiya Track and Wheel Set is a versatile mechanical construction set designed for building tracked vehicles, tanks, half-tracks, robots, and student engineering projects. The set includes adjustable caterpillar tracks, wheels, and metal shafts, providing the essential running components required to create a wide range of tracked vehicle designs.
Unlike conventional wheels, caterpillar tracks spread the vehicle’s contact area over a greater surface, making them an excellent way for students to investigate different methods of vehicle movement, traction, steering, and chassis design. The tracks can be adjusted to suit different project lengths and configurations, giving students greater flexibility when designing their own robotic or mechanical systems.
The T70100 is particularly useful when combined with a suitable Tamiya gearbox, such as the T70168 Double Gearbox, to create a tracked vehicle with independent left and right drive. When combined with a motor controller and microcontroller, students can develop programmable robots capable of moving forwards, backwards, turning, and pivoting.

Key Features

• Adjustable caterpillar track system
• Includes tracks, wheels, and shafts
• Suitable for tanks, half-tracks, and robots
• Track length can be configured to suit different projects
• Suitable for left and right independently driven vehicles
• Excellent for tracked robotics projects
• Can be combined with Tamiya Educational Construction gearboxes
• Suitable for mechanical and electronic control projects
• Reusable for different student designs
• Ideal for STEM and engineering activities

What’s Included

• Adjustable caterpillar track sections
• Wheels for tracked vehicle construction
• Metal shafts
• Components required to assemble the track and wheel system

Adjustable Caterpillar Tracks

The T70100 uses individual track components that can be configured to create caterpillar tracks for different vehicle designs.
This allows students to experiment with the length and arrangement of the tracks rather than being restricted to a single fixed vehicle configuration. The system can be incorporated into compact robots, longer tracked vehicles, half-track designs, or custom student projects.

Why Use Tracks Instead of Wheels?

Tracked vehicles provide students with an opportunity to investigate a different approach to vehicle movement.
Instead of supporting the vehicle on several individual wheel contact points, a track runs around multiple wheels and creates a larger contact area with the surface.
Students can investigate how tracks influence:
• Traction
• Vehicle stability
• Turning behaviour
• Surface contact
• Chassis design
• Weight distribution
• Mechanical efficiency
This makes the T70100 useful not only as a construction component but also as a practical teaching resource for investigating engineering design decisions.

Build a Tracked Robot

The T70100 can be combined with a dual-motor gearbox to create a practical tracked robot platform.
A typical student project could combine:
• T70100 Track and Wheel Set
• T70168 Double Gearbox
• Dual motor controller
• PICAXE or Arduino-compatible microcontroller
• Sensors
• Battery or suitable power supply
With independent control of the left and right tracks, students can program the vehicle to perform different movements.

Tracked Vehicle Movement

A dual-motor tracked vehicle can use independent left and right track control to achieve:
• Forward – both tracks move forwards
• Reverse – both tracks move backwards
• Left Turn – change the speed or stop the left track
• Right Turn – change the speed or stop the right track
• Pivot Turn – drive the tracks in opposite directions
This makes the track set particularly suitable for robotics projects involving line following, obstacle avoidance, remote control, or autonomous navigation.

Common Applications

• Tracked robots
• Model tanks
• Half-track vehicles
• Robotic vehicles
• Autonomous robots
• Remote-controlled models
• Experimental vehicle chassis
• Mechanical engineering projects
• Moving models
• Student-designed vehicles

Classroom Use / Learning Outcomes

Students can use the T70100 Track and Wheel Set to:
• Investigate tracked vehicle systems
• Compare tracks with conventional wheels
• Explore traction and surface contact
• Understand left and right drive systems
• Investigate differential steering
• Design and construct a vehicle chassis
• Integrate motors and gearboxes into mechanical systems
• Combine mechanical and electronic control systems
• Test vehicle performance on different surfaces
• Modify and improve a vehicle design
• Develop solutions to open-ended design briefs

Teacher Benefits

• Versatile component set for robotics and mechanical projects
• Adjustable tracks allow different vehicle designs
• Excellent for demonstrating tracked vehicle movement
• Can be reused across multiple classroom projects
• Integrates with Tamiya Educational Construction components
• Suitable for combining mechanical design with electronics and programming
• Supports structured experiments and open-ended design projects
• Encourages students to test, evaluate, and improve mechanical solutions

Perfect For

• Tracked robots
• Model tanks
• Half-track vehicles
• T70168 Double Gearbox projects
• PICAXE robotics
• Arduino-compatible robotics
• STEM activities
• Design and Technologies
• Systems Engineering
• Mechanical engineering projects
• Student design briefs
• Tamiya Educational Construction projects

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T70100 Tamiya Track and Wheel Set with adjustable caterpillar tracks, wheels and shafts for building robots, tanks, half-tracks and mechanical projects.