nedmo
Quarry Creeper
Hey bud awesome build. Very close to a build I have on the bench. What wheelbase did you go with?
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1.9 Moon buggy (Capra eater)
- Thread starter distinctive pd
- Start date
Hey thanks WB is approx. 12 1/4
Bananaclip
I wanna be Dave
Another stunner DPD! I love all the detail. She looks like a worker.
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Almighty Malach
RCC Addict
Selling it already?
rs10man
Quarry Creeper
Love it, what a beautiful beast. Those axles look good.
nedmo
Quarry Creeper
Yeah cool, Im aiming for about that as well.
What is the length and width of your cage work at its longest/widest points? Really hard to judge scale!
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TheNewbie
Pebble Pounder
Awesome buggy. I'm just about to finish up my moon buggy and it's cool to see some other scale moon buggies out there.
Crawler Cads
Quarry Creeper
Great build, really nice colour scheme as well"thumbsup"
WhiskeyThrottle
Newbie
What do you use for tubing for the chassis/cage?
I use solid 3/16 rod from Home Depot and 3/16 brake tubing from the auto parts store.
TheNewbie
Pebble Pounder
Question on link geometry....
For your rear 3 link, I noticed that the top link outside the normal mounts. This attachment point is less triangulated than if it were mounted on the inside. Is this okay since the panhard bar is providing all the lateral support, thus reducing the need of any other triangulation? (The top link is only providing rotational support, thus it doesn't need any triangulation?)
Sorry if this a complete newb question.
Your fine I like newbs! "thumbsup"
You are correct triangulation isn't needed with panhard setups. Panhard does most of the work there. (Infact panhard 3 links work better if upper and lower links run straight back from the chassis to axle mounting points)
But because this is a center diff axle (and I was too lazy to add in a proper upper axle mount for the 3 link) it just gets mounted outside stock mounts for now until I incorporate a upper link mount near the panhard mount on the axle.
Triangulated 3 link panhard setups work ok, but work much better as stated above. Hope that makes sense....:mrgreen:
The rear portal setup I had on this was a proper set up for this application with offset diff and parallel links "thumbsup"
You are correct triangulation isn't needed with panhard setups. Panhard does most of the work there. (Infact panhard 3 links work better if upper and lower links run straight back from the chassis to axle mounting points)
But because this is a center diff axle (and I was too lazy to add in a proper upper axle mount for the 3 link) it just gets mounted outside stock mounts for now until I incorporate a upper link mount near the panhard mount on the axle.
Triangulated 3 link panhard setups work ok, but work much better as stated above. Hope that makes sense....:mrgreen:
The rear portal setup I had on this was a proper set up for this application with offset diff and parallel links "thumbsup"
TheNewbie
Pebble Pounder
That’s what I was figuring. I might have rework my front 3 link at some point.
Thanks!
