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After a visit with Steve & Bryan last weekend, and being completely
disasatisfied with my prototype rock crawler, I began a whole new design. My
inspiration... Monster trucks. So I built a 4-wheel drive, 4-wheel steer
vehicle with 4-link suspensions both front and rear. It is cool if I do say so
myself. It's turning radius is about 12". I can independantly steer both front
& rear axles. Pictures can be found here...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=222253
Deep links
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/JBrost/RockCrawl/100_0562.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/JBrost/RockCrawl/100_0566.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/JBrost/RockCrawl/100_0564.jpg
Before I disassemble this, I'm posting it hoping that it might inspire others to
build their own rock crawlers.
So why am I disassembling it? Well as soon as I powered this up and went
forward, this happened...
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/JBrost/RockCrawl/100_0570.jpg
That's right, snapped the u-joints in the driveshafts like they were toothpicks.
I really like the 4-link suspension, but it requires the use of u-joints in the
driveshafts, so I don't think I'll be able to keep the 4-link. But it looks
really cool!
John
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At 09:16 AM 12/22/06, John Brost wrote:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=222253
>
> Before I disassemble this, I'm posting it hoping that it might
> inspire others to
> build their own rock crawlers.
> So why am I disassembling it? Well as soon as I powered this up and went
> forward, this happened...
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/JBrost/RockCrawl/100_0570.jpg
>
> That's right, snapped the u-joints in the driveshafts like they were
> toothpicks.
> I really like the 4-link suspension, but it requires the use of
> u-joints in the
> driveshafts, so I don't think I'll be able to keep the 4-link. But it looks
> really cool!
As usual, very cool. I look forward to seeing what you come up with next.
This week, I expect to get together with Bryan to work on our Gamma
Rex (3xNXT Walking robot), but on Saturday (Dec 30) we're all getting
together for Rock Crawling. I hope.
Steve
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