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Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup
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lugnet.build
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Sun, 27 Dec 1998 19:04:31 GMT
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On Sun, 27 Dec 1998 10:43:33 GMT, Fredrik Glöckner
<fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote:
> I'm fearing that the front wheel axles will "twist",
> making the wheels stand out on the lower side. This wasn't too clear,
> so I'm illustrating this below:
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> /___\
> / \
I thought of that too. Especially now that I have a 8414. The tracks
pull the axis back and almost lock up the driveshaft.
> I also wanted to say that you don't actually need the specialized pieces
> to make an independent front suspension. You can actually make what you
> need yourself. • <snip>
> http://www.stud.ifi.uio.no/~fredrikg/
That looks really interesting. Is the axis around which the steering
occurs strong enough?
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|oooo| Cheers,
|oooo| Wouter van Wageningen
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 | | Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup
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| (...) 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)
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| | Re: Tinkering the 8880 suspension setup
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| (...) 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)
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