My PV-Cane

[andreazinno]

Hi all fellows, after some experiment with a home made aluminum Pimp Cane, with the chassis made by a few bucks profiled aluminum bought from Leroy Merlin (European based Brico Store - I live in Italy)



I've decided to try different material and, again for a few bucks and from the same Brico Store, I got a piece of PVC.

To obtain more elasticity, I've made holes on it (different holes schema, different elasticity), and the result has been that in pictures













With respect aluminum, the PVC chassis is flexible along all of its axis, so You should get a bit more elasticity on the ground (to be honest, no real test has been made yet...). By the way, the chassis can be twisted a bit more than the above photo shown (up to 60/65 degrees).

I've also prepared some other chassis, just to try different level of elasticity

The stiffest is in the center, to the left is the medium and to the right the most flexible.

Regarding equipment, the Cane has:

- 2 Integy V10 75T Motors (but I'm waiting for 35TWarrior)
- 2 Novak Rooster Crawler
- 2 Hitec 5955 Servos
- Delrin Gears from RC4WD, including the lock-diff kit
- Aluminum Knuckles form RC4WD
- Aluminum Integy Silver Castor Blocks
- 6 Channel Graupner Radio (two have separate control on ESC and Servo)
- 3.300 Mah 2C Lipos form Maxamps

I hope to make some tests during Christmas Holidasy.

Bye

[davway]

that looks really weak and fragile.
look at the pic of it on the pot plant, its bending from the weight of the wheels.
one good hook up and it snap-o.

[andreazinno]

Originally Posted by davway

that looks really weak and fragile.
look at the pic of it on the pot plant, its bending from the weight of the wheels.
one good hook up and it snap-o.

This was also my initial feeling, but then I've tried to break a PVC bar by hands and the result surprised me.

Keep in mind that PVC is very elastic but, at the same time, very strong, probably more than needed by real race conditions.

Anyway, as said before, I've to test it before the final verdict...

Bye

[CPE MT]

If it works for what you want it to, then great job. It may be a little too flexible and you will probably find that after a bit of running (and articulating) the backbone will break from fatigue.

If it doesn't, then you've made yourself a nice looking, lightweight crawledr chassis!

[Dirty Jeepster]

I would be interested to know how that holds up under abuse. Looks great though!

[STANG KILLA SS]

always good to see people trying new materials and moving forward with the sport, keep up updated

[todd1803]

Originally Posted by davway

that looks really weak and fragile.
look at the pic of it on the pot plant, its bending from the weight of the wheels.
one good hook up and it snap-o.

Anything will break if pushed too hard. I've seen plenty of Pimp Cane and Stick backbones bend and / or break during comp use.