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celt · 07-11-2014, 06:43 AM

I admittedly know next to nothing about this type of vehicle, full size or scaled.

What is the advantage/disadvantage in using a solid rear axle? Do the full size rigs follow this? Is it a durability issue? Handling?

bronc4now · 07-11-2014, 08:32 AM

Real world i believe it's strength and simplicity to have a solid Rear axle..
ifs for front to handle fast bumpy areas. Soild rear to get up the tough sections. .

killbucket · 07-11-2014, 09:43 AM

I was wondering this myself.

As RC is generally an evolutionary process, it was fun to see us progress from slow and breakage-prone to fast, then to crawler-slow, now to silly-fast with crawler parts and IFS. FOFF seemed to have been the next thing, but the Yeti/Twin Hammers have buried it.

I have a LOT of Wheely King axles, and some old RS4MT parts...HPI, are you working on this?

axial 4x4 crawler · 07-11-2014, 10:04 AM

Hmm, I'll be getting this in March, I was wondering the same thing. I take it that the front diff will be open or locked? If its open then I could use a heavy diff fluid to make it seemed locked. This will make a perfect basher, I couldn't see this crawling lol.

johnnyh66 · 07-11-2014, 10:39 AM

I'm betting it'll be an excellent crawler once set up...

07-11-2014, 06:43 AM	#1
celt Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Madison Posts: 119	general design question... I admittedly know next to nothing about this type of vehicle, full size or scaled. What is the advantage/disadvantage in using a solid rear axle? Do the full size rigs follow this? Is it a durability issue? Handling?

07-11-2014, 08:32 AM	#2
bronc4now Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: over there... Posts: 336	Re: general design question... Real world i believe it's strength and simplicity to have a solid Rear axle.. ifs for front to handle fast bumpy areas. Soild rear to get up the tough sections. .

07-11-2014, 09:43 AM	#3
killbucket Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Citrus Heights Posts: 226	Re: general design question... I was wondering this myself. As RC is generally an evolutionary process, it was fun to see us progress from slow and breakage-prone to fast, then to crawler-slow, now to silly-fast with crawler parts and IFS. FOFF seemed to have been the next thing, but the Yeti/Twin Hammers have buried it. I have a LOT of Wheely King axles, and some old RS4MT parts...HPI, are you working on this?

07-11-2014, 10:04 AM	#4
axial 4x4 crawler Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2013 Location: Somewhere in space Posts: 931	Re: general design question... Hmm, I'll be getting this in March, I was wondering the same thing. I take it that the front diff will be open or locked? If its open then I could use a heavy diff fluid to make it seemed locked. This will make a perfect basher, I couldn't see this crawling lol.

07-11-2014, 10:39 AM	#5
johnnyh66 Scale Detail Engineering Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Turtle Island Posts: 5,573	Re: general design question... I'm betting it'll be an excellent crawler once set up...

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