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Re: Steering of driven wheels
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:53:55 GMT
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Well my man here's the deal, making a 4x4 sterring nuckle from scratch with
out using the prepared solution from the auto chasis has always been tricky,
the u-joint set up is the way to go, and trust me if you think that the
scale problem is holding you up, just go for it, form follows function. If
you need to make your model a little bigger to accomodate your
funtionallity, it's worth it. All proportioning will come together once you
have determined what you really need. Remember a model will always dictate
what it needs unless you intervine or cut it short. Plant a tree and watch
it grow grass-hopper!
In lugnet.technic, Simon Bennett writes:
> Dear all, I hope someone can help me. I am attempting a MOC of a Series II
> Land-Rover with as much functionality as I can achieve and last night I
> realised that the only set with steerable driven wheels is the 8880. I have
> one and I could use the wheels from that but that would up the scale of the
> model too far. Has anyone else tried to do this? Could they let me know how
> they achieved it? (I may be wrong that there's no COTS model with full 4
> wheel drive).
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> I have an idea but it is reliant on a universal joint just behind the wheel
> which means the pivot point is 3 away from the wheel and this makes it
> difficult to build the steering in (and makes the model too wide).
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> At the moment I am just discovering all the wonders of LUGNET and therefore
> have still not got LDraw to work or I would try to render this.
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> On a related point this MOC will also require non-independent, leaf spring
> suspension and I have resorted to using a shock absorber 6.5L at a very
> shallow angle to match the profile of where the leaf spring would go. It
> occurred to me that it could be possible to make a leaf spring from some
> metal and then drill holes in it to enable it to be sandwiched between two
> bricks. Is this sort of 'custom part manufacture' frowned upon and if not
> has anyone attempted anything similar?
>
> Psi
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| Dear all, I hope someone can help me. I am attempting a MOC of a Series II Land-Rover with as much functionality as I can achieve and last night I realised that the only set with steerable driven wheels is the 8880. I have one and I could use the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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