my front suspension proto type

[brendan]

hey fellas, after a couple of days of thinking and drawing out ideas i finally found a way it would work. This mod is still in its early ages and doesnt fully work properly at the moment but i will fix that later on, im gonna try some londer nails. but there is still the ground clearance problem but that should be fixed with bigger wheels.

[ph2t]

whoa! dude! holy shit on a shingle….

how you gonna get it to steer?

mad! just mad!

ph2t.

[betty.k]

niiiice one brudda!:smiley2: re the clearance issue, you could make the bottom plate an upside down v shape instead of straight. it’s gonna be kick@55 with big wheels, keep us posted:8ball:

[brendan]

thanks fellas,
ph2t- the steering system is just the same as the one that is already in the bit, the nails are attached to the first plate and when they go side to side it moves the plate side to side with the wheels and on the bottom plate i drilled some little holes for the wheels to move freely,(hope that makes sence) but the only problem i have with the steering is that the nails are steal and get attracted to the steering magnet.

i should have it fully done by sunday and should have the wheels on tomarrow, for now i made this one for fun it doesnt work but it looks kool.

[betty.k]

heh heh:D funny car! have you thought of using wd 40 straws instead of nails? just a thought, nice mod:smiley2::8ball:

[brendan]

nah never thought of that, i got a can of it somewere around here, and the end will have to have a flat top of some sort or something like that so it wont come thru the hole.

[Pork_Hunt]

A cigarette lighter’ll melt it enough to flatten a bit out…

I think the tacks you use for hang pictures are brass, so… lets get down to brass tacks! (bwahahahaha, I kill me) Only problem would be finding the right size.

Edited by – Pork_Hunt on 09 January 2004 03:27:58

[ph2t]

how about wooden toothpics?

[z-beam]

aluminium, is another option. pipeing is avalable wherever hobby train supplies are.

you can fan it out with a small screwdriver.

[leonli17]

If the front is that high…how will the rear be like? I think u can make a super monstertrauk here. Great work.
And i think u can make it 4WD some how.:question:

[brendan]

yeah i was thinking about making a mini drive shaft under the chassis but i dont no how i could hook it up with the engine.

[twizm]

for the drive train to the rear you could use a belt drive, a rubber band from the motor the the rear axle would work. no torque though 🙁

[z-beam]

betty!!! you MUST get the lego chains out!!!!!!

the technics sets contain the perfect solution, gears and chains that you can add and remove the links out of. not to mention the flexable drive shaft systems available for a possible 4wheel drive bit.

[betty.k]

um, just checking, you know this is brendan’s gig don’t you?! but i do have some lego chain, might be a bit big for this application.:sad: we might have to wait for some genius in asia to design one and mass produce them:8ball:

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