marinearmeni
Newbie
So I've been a big fan of solid axle MT's for a long time. With the whole lockdown thing, I've finally gotten around to putting the ideas I've had in my head into the computer, and from there making what I hope will be a competitive shaft-driven monster truck.
Starting with the axles, they are Vanquish OCP axles with Incision under-drive gears front and rear. I'm running open diffs, front has 20 million diff oil, rear is mostly anti-wear grease with a dollop of 20 million oil. Vanquish C hubs front and rear, Vanquish knuckles in the back for adjustable toe and some slight camber and The Scale Shop camber knuckles in the front.
The link/sway mounts are printed, I will be printing them from a high quality material from Shapeways eventually, right now these are just test pieces from my home printer. I moved the lower mounting point a lot further down and forward. Trailing arms are Vanquish Yeti arms. Swaybars are Vanquish, the bar itself locks into a collar that pivots on flanged bearings that sit in the chassis. Shocks and shock mounts are Tekno parts from our 8th scale cars.
The chassis side plates are 2 pieces per side so I could move the shock mounts closer to the center. This gives more clearance for the shocks (especially near the collars) around the chassis. Currently the chassis is printed but I will be getting it cut from 4mm aluminum. The bottom plate holds the center mount from the Axial EXO Terra and a shorty pack positioned vertically. It too is printed from my home printer, and again I'll be getting a better one eventually. I have 30k in the center diff which I immediately realized was much too light, I'll be changing that out later.
There's a printed ESC tray, rx box, and battery mount between the frame. They're doing double duty as chassis braces.
Thanks for taking a look! All comments/questions are welcomed and encouraged
Starting with the axles, they are Vanquish OCP axles with Incision under-drive gears front and rear. I'm running open diffs, front has 20 million diff oil, rear is mostly anti-wear grease with a dollop of 20 million oil. Vanquish C hubs front and rear, Vanquish knuckles in the back for adjustable toe and some slight camber and The Scale Shop camber knuckles in the front.
The link/sway mounts are printed, I will be printing them from a high quality material from Shapeways eventually, right now these are just test pieces from my home printer. I moved the lower mounting point a lot further down and forward. Trailing arms are Vanquish Yeti arms. Swaybars are Vanquish, the bar itself locks into a collar that pivots on flanged bearings that sit in the chassis. Shocks and shock mounts are Tekno parts from our 8th scale cars.
The chassis side plates are 2 pieces per side so I could move the shock mounts closer to the center. This gives more clearance for the shocks (especially near the collars) around the chassis. Currently the chassis is printed but I will be getting it cut from 4mm aluminum. The bottom plate holds the center mount from the Axial EXO Terra and a shorty pack positioned vertically. It too is printed from my home printer, and again I'll be getting a better one eventually. I have 30k in the center diff which I immediately realized was much too light, I'll be changing that out later.
There's a printed ESC tray, rx box, and battery mount between the frame. They're doing double duty as chassis braces.
Thanks for taking a look! All comments/questions are welcomed and encouraged
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