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RE: Fully suspended Technic chassis
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lugnet.build
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Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:57:04 GMT
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> The chassis is fairly complete now, but I'm planning to make a racing
> car like body for it as well. Perhaps something which looks like a
> Lotus 7, but I'm not really sure yet. If you want to take a look at the
> chassis for some ideas, please go to
http://www.math.uio.no/~fredrigl/technic/versatile-chassis/
Fred, I was wondering about the lack of beams ( I only looked at the
front view ) Is there enough rigidity using ( ingeniously ) axles as
frame members?
This would, of course, be realistic since many classic roadsters used the
space frame concept with a shell for a body. It saves space too...
This is really good work, as usual.
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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| (...) Yes, I'd say so. Certainly, this chassis wouldn't be solid enough for a large rig, say, but for a light racing car, it feels right. I've tried to bend the chassis various ways to test the rigidity, and it feels solid enough. Certianly, it does (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| Hi, right now I'm in the progress of making a Technic chassis with the same wheels and roughly the same dimensions as 8440 and 8445 (and 2556). In addition, it has all round independent suspension (with one small shock absorber per wheel), front (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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