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    Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup —Wouter van Wageningen
   (...) That's basically the same as the setup of the 8880, except for the wheels. Does it work well? (...) So why didn't they change the length of the links, instead of making that small rack with ball joints? They could have reused the smaller links (...) (26 years ago, 27-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
   
        Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup —Fredrik Glöckner
   (...) I dunno, I haven't got one. Moz should be able to answer that. I suspect that the weight of the body of the 8865 is a tad bit too large for this setup. I'm fearing that the front wheel axles will "twist", making the wheels stand out on the (...) (26 years ago, 27-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
   
        Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup —Wouter van Wageningen
     (...) I thought of that too. Especially now that I have a 8414. The tracks pull the axis back and almost lock up the driveshaft. (...) <snip> (...) occurs strong enough? ____ |oooo| Cheers, |oooo| Wouter van Wageningen ¯¯¯¯ (26 years ago, 27-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
    
         Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup —Fredrik Glöckner
     (...) I thought you may find it interesting. :-) (...) Yes, I'd say it is. You'll need to put some more pieces on it, of course. The pictures presented was only meant to get you going. I've used four halfbeams on each side to hold the steering gear, (...) (26 years ago, 27-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
   
        Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup —Chris Moseley
    Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... (...) 8865? Yeah, works very well, and better yet has standard axle holes. So you can mount any wheel on them. The only hassle is that you get two in each 8865, so you need to buy tow copies. And it's really (...) (26 years ago, 27-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
 

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