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01-11-2012, 08:20 AM | #1 |
Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: My own little world
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| My Clod project with Articulated Steering Here are some CAD screen shots of what I hope to do to my clod this weekend. I still need to design a couple more things like the shock mounts, but you can get the idea from what i have so far. This is the heart of the idea It's the red part in the pics |
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01-11-2012, 08:24 AM | #2 |
MODERHATER™ Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado
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| Re: My Clod project with Articulated Steering
Pretty neat, can't wait to see the real thing!
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01-11-2012, 11:06 AM | #3 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: home town marsing
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| Re: My Clod project with Articulated Steering
real good idea. know start building you a front end loader with what you got their. |
01-12-2012, 01:35 PM | #4 |
Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: My own little world
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| Re: My Clod project with Articulated Steering
Well it’s almost a roller. Shock towers and battery placement are next. |
01-16-2012, 03:52 PM | #5 |
Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: My own little world
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| Re: My Clod project with Articulated Steering
So I got the shock towers done, the ESC is in place (under the servo box in the back), and I stuffed a reconfigured 7 cell pack inside the front frame. I will be borrowing the receiver from my MAXX and it will go on top of the upper front chassis plate. I was hoping to test the servo box by this update, but the mounting hub is threaded for a 5-40 screw. I cannot find them anywhere locally, so I am going to try to order some before I retap the hub for 6-32. I know some of you have been thinking about the body. Well I have one laying around that I want to experiment with first before I try to make something. I will be cutting the bed off and moving it back about an inch or two. The cab will stay about where it is in the photo. Yes there will be a gap, and it will probably take some getting use to, but I still want this to look like a truck. And if it were a tractor or loader body there would be a gap between the front and back body sections as well. Oh, I’m sorry for those of you that like to see photos during fabrication, but once I get in my groove I don’t even think about it. |
01-16-2012, 07:37 PM | #6 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: home town marsing
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| Re: My Clod project with Articulated Steering
ahug, was hopping you were doing a front end loader suck. but nice build. can't wait to see what your going to do with the pick up body.
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01-16-2012, 08:00 PM | #7 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: ldaho
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| Re: My Clod project with Articulated Steering
Thats pretty damn cool, very clever for sure! I'm with spyder, front end loader!
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01-20-2012, 09:16 PM | #8 |
Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: My own little world
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| Re: My Clod project with Articulated Steering
It's ALIVE So I finnished the wiring today, got the screws for the hub connection, and took the first test drive. The steering is a little slow from lock to lock, but it's not a racer and full lock steering is super tight. Over all I am pleased to report that the only suprise I had today was the fact that I need to reverse both channels on my transmitter (the video was taken with both channels going the wrong way). |
01-21-2012, 03:54 AM | #9 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Des Plaines
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| Re: My Clod project with Articulated Steering
Man imagine with also front and rear steer in the second pic it looks like you could make it happen it would be y The most tightest turning clod here. Lol |
06-02-2012, 10:21 PM | #10 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: RC SYNDICATE
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| Re: My Clod project with Articulated Steering
pretty damn good inovation but....how on earth do you plan on runnin any body now?
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06-03-2012, 07:42 PM | #11 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Paulina
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| Re: My Clod project with Articulated Steering
Thanks for bumping this thread up! Pretty cool idea here! I would love to see it in action
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07-30-2012, 01:52 PM | #12 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Raleign
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| Re: My Clod project with Articulated Steering
Any videos of it running? I was thinking similar but with a big 1/4 scale servo in the middle.
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08-15-2012, 12:52 AM | #13 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Lockport, NY
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| Re: My Clod project with Articulated Steering
Wow, nice looking rig, love the engineering. Why didn't you go with a cantilever suspension setup, wouldn't that give you more articulation?
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10-07-2012, 04:49 PM | #14 |
Newbie Join Date: May 2012 Location: south of chicago
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| Re: My Clod project with Articulated Steering
very nice work any plans on upgrading to metal gears.
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