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TURBOFEST
I wanna be Dave
Is that Delrin Steven? You think that'll stand up to the big truck?
SVEN
I wanna be Dave
Yes. And we will find out. Made out of the same 1/4" thick plate I used on my other wheels. If I have trouble with the material, I may try nylon for its more forgiving properties.
DickyT
I wanna be Dave
At 1/4" they should hold up fairly well to all but the biggest tumbles. The spokes are pretty small though. They look great "thumbsup"
rockpayne
Rock Crawler
Great looking rig and wheels as always, have missed you at the comps, just not the same with some of the faces missing. (not that it is bad, just not the same ;-)) Hope to see you this weekend buddy! "thumbsup" "thumbsup"
xgerstandtx
RCC Addict
Nice to see you posting up. Always, always looking forward to your builds."thumbsup"
SVEN
I wanna be Dave
Stealthshooter
Rock Stacker
OK I'm hooked now!! and this has made up my mind to build my wheels! But..............I need some tutelage on how to build them!? I have all the tools necessary I believe. I love the looks of the 6-6.5" wheel!
SVEN
I wanna be Dave
Cool, what do you need to know?
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Got one side of the axle put together.
Attachments
Stealthshooter
Rock Stacker
Just wondering where to start? I think I have a design I like but I need to figure out exactly how to make them bead locks.
TURBOFEST
I wanna be Dave
Thats pretty cool Steven!!
SVEN
I wanna be Dave
You doing solid wheels or flat plate with standoffs?
Thanks! Can't wait to get them finished up.
scatterbrains
RCC Addict
wow nice to see ya still have the super fever 
Stealthshooter
Rock Stacker
Flat plate with stand-offs.
Stealthshooter
Rock Stacker
I also need some help finding the aluminum hubs for them. Thought I book marked them but I guess not.
SVEN
I wanna be Dave
Did some updates for 2013.
I cut this chassis before nationals last year, but didn't have enough time to install it until last week. The new chassis is carbon fiber and allows for axle mounted shocks. It still needs some tuning and clean up the wiring/battery location, but it seems to feel more predictable than the previous chassis that had the shocks mounted to the lower links.
I put Axial bent rods on top and bottom of the shocks to keep them from binding. I had never done the 'rod end shock cap mod' to my shocks before and it was so simple, I can't believe I haven't tried it yet. Only took about 20 minutes to complete the set of 4.
I cut this chassis before nationals last year, but didn't have enough time to install it until last week. The new chassis is carbon fiber and allows for axle mounted shocks. It still needs some tuning and clean up the wiring/battery location, but it seems to feel more predictable than the previous chassis that had the shocks mounted to the lower links.
I put Axial bent rods on top and bottom of the shocks to keep them from binding. I had never done the 'rod end shock cap mod' to my shocks before and it was so simple, I can't believe I haven't tried it yet. Only took about 20 minutes to complete the set of 4.
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JimmyJam
Quarry Creeper
It was great to see you again SVEN and hang ALLLLLL day!!!! Your Super is Bangin and a one of a kind!! Those wheels are so big a DUB logo or something on the side would fit!!
Cant wait to see you again and run this class!! "thumbsup""thumbsup""thumbsup"
Cant wait to see you again and run this class!! "thumbsup""thumbsup""thumbsup"
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SVEN
I wanna be Dave
Just think of them like a twin vertical plate chassis with standoffs. I used a cnc router to cut out the carbon fiber and delrin.
SVEN
I wanna be Dave
Picked up some of DLux's sweet delrin tubes and started designing some more parts for this thing.
I got the RC4WD lightweight knuckles, but don't really like how much material I will have to remove to get them to work. So....I'm just going to make my own knuckles. Pic shown is the current prototype. The horizontal plates will be carbon fiber for the final version. I have always had issues with bending the screw that hold the steering linkages on the servo side, so this is getting double shear for the lower connecting linkage. Should relieve enough stress to keep the top (servo) linkage in single shear and not bend the screw.
Also working on a simple servo mount to work with the new tubes. Nothing special for this thing, just a cf plate to bolt to the top of the tube.
I got the RC4WD lightweight knuckles, but don't really like how much material I will have to remove to get them to work. So....I'm just going to make my own knuckles. Pic shown is the current prototype. The horizontal plates will be carbon fiber for the final version. I have always had issues with bending the screw that hold the steering linkages on the servo side, so this is getting double shear for the lower connecting linkage. Should relieve enough stress to keep the top (servo) linkage in single shear and not bend the screw.
Also working on a simple servo mount to work with the new tubes. Nothing special for this thing, just a cf plate to bolt to the top of the tube.
