Project: Hippopotamus, a moon rover buggy

[Bamfapotamus]

This is my attempt at making a full tube buggy so im going to be slower. some parts include:

-built axial axles with aluminum housings
-disruptor motor mount
-disruptor xfer case
-rc4wd 35T motor.. going for alittle more speed than toruqe this may change....
-MIP anywhere I can fit it.


I started by making my own frame to hold the disruptor set up, I drew it up on solid works then filed it out of metal by hand, it took me about 3 weeks. After I made my frame I just started bending some tubing.

the assembly


the lasered part


started with the rear hoop first



attaching some parts


front hoop (sorry my pics arent the greatest my droids been blowing at pics)


front tacked in not finalled yet.






that is all for now... working on servo mounts since i want a low COG the disruptor is blocking the servo from being mounted over the front axle. Must make a plate off to the side, will update again friday.

[cmyers1]

Thing is looking sick man Very nice tube work!!, What esc you plan on running? And what type of ground clearance you wanting to get?

[wurster]

WoW those bends are sweet .This one will ge good .

[Oso787]

Ohhh man, this is one to watch!

[Bamfapotamus]

Originally Posted by cmyers1

Thing is looking sick man Very nice tube work!!, What esc you plan on running? And what type of ground clearance you wanting to get?

I have a few castle ESCs but im not sure im going to stick with them since I melted about 6 last summer. And right now its sitting roughly 3" from the ground to the bottom of the frame so im figuring when thetube work is done 2.5-3" clearance less the better. I figured out when im going to do for servos on the front I made 2 small plates and a smaller 4 link mount Im going to run 2 spektrum S6070 servos chained together for a total of 250 oz-in metal geared, smallest metal gear I could find locally.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Nice work with the tube bending what bender did you use?

[clayton]

I love throwback pepsi! you see that inn the background you know this is going to be good. Who ever is letting you use their garage must be a super awesome guy with a well stocked fridge and a sick unimog. its a known fact.

[Bamfapotamus]

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

Nice work with the tube bending what bender did you use?

I can check tonight but alot of it was bent on round shaped objects clamped in a vice and lots of measurements taken. Benders only work to a certain point most cant start a bend off a radius.

[racer22]

this thing is gonna die in an epic hill climb.



see it's getting run over by a unimog as we speak

[Tremelle]

That is one slick looking frame.

[Bamfapotamus]

worked on the back half tied in rear hoop and rear top links










start of the roof line

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Nice work those tube lines are pretty damn nice..

[bbad]

ya nice bending job i always seem to kink a few

[asw27x]

damn man were are the electronics going and the batty i thought my project was tight

[bluechevytuber]

Amazing tube work. Keep up the good work.

[Dillpickle]

Originally Posted by bluechevytuber

Amazing tube work. Keep up the good work.

Agreed.

[Bamfapotamus]

heres a pic of the top tubes tacked in.

Originally Posted by asw27x

damn man were are the electronics going and the batty i thought my project was tight

i got a bit of room thanks to the disruptor I can actually fit a 5400mah 3cell pack in it ( not saying im going to) but i like to waterproof everything so im looking for a small plastic case i can stuff the electronics in and put it in the back kinda above the rear axle.