1.9 Moon buggy (Capra eater)

[nedmo]

Hey bud awesome build. Very close to a build I have on the bench. What wheelbase did you go with?

[distinctive pd]

Hey thanks WB is approx. 12 1/4

[Bananaclip]

Another stunner DPD! I love all the detail. She looks like a worker.


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[Almighty Malach]

Selling it already?

[distinctive pd]

Originally Posted by Bananaclip

Another stunner DPD! I love all the detail. She looks like a worker.


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Thanks man it is a blast to drive!!!

[distinctive pd]

Originally Posted by Almighty Malach

Selling it already?

Nah it's still in the stable!!

[rs10man]

Love it, what a beautiful beast. Those axles look good.

[nedmo]

Originally Posted by distinctive pd

Hey thanks WB is approx. 12 1/4

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!

[TheNewbie]

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.

[distinctive pd]

Originally Posted by nedmo

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!

It is 14"long with rear panhard, cage/cab is approx. 5" wide.

[distinctive pd]

Originally Posted by TheNewbie

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.

Thanks

[Crawler Cads]

Great build, really nice colour scheme as well

[WhiskeyThrottle]

What do you use for tubing for the chassis/cage?

[distinctive pd]

Originally Posted by Crawler Cads

Great build, really nice colour scheme as well

Thanks buddy!!!

[distinctive pd]

Originally Posted by WhiskeyThrottle

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.

[distinctive pd]

Going a different direction now with this little Moon buggy.
Will be going with a traditional Comp setup with VP Hurtz dig and straight F9 axles.

Excited to get it done and take it back to Southern Utah!!!

[distinctive pd]

Rear panhard for Currie F9

[TheNewbie]

Originally Posted by distinctive pd

Rear panhard for Currie F9

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.

[distinctive pd]

Your fine I like newbs!

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....

The rear portal setup I had on this was a proper set up for this application with offset diff and parallel links

[TheNewbie]

Originally Posted by distinctive pd

Your fine I like newbs!

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....

The rear portal setup I had on this was a proper set up for this application with offset diff and parallel links

That’s what I was figuring. I might have rework my front 3 link at some point.

Thanks!