[PORSCHE] E9 Supercar

[Saberwing40k]

My latest creation, and entry for the Porsche contest.

E9Porsche by Saberwing007, on Flickr

This model is a possible production version of the radical Mission E concept, dubbed the E9. Now, for some backstory. I started on the model roughly the week after it was announced, but I only finished 10 hours before the competition closed. As such, there are several shortcuts taken with the model, which means that the interior is not quite there, I had to omit some features I wanted to add, some pieces aren't solid, etc. But, aside from that, it looks better than I thought it would, and the chassis features worked until I added the body. Now, onto the features that actually do work.

1. Drive, via 4 L motors, two per axle. I also used one receiver for each set of two.
   
2. 2 speed gearbox, actuated by 1 M motor, and two small linear actuators. The ratios are probably a little bit close together, with gear 1 being 1:3.89, and gear 2 being 1:2.33
   
3. 4 wheel steering, with two servos.
   
4. Steering mode switch, with 1 M motor actuating a PF switch. Allows for four wheel steering, normal steering, and crab steering.
   
5. Independent suspension on all four wheels, control arm with 2 shock absorbers per wheel. No Ackerman correction or fancy geometry here, which made it more solid, and also made the crab steering work better.
   

I also had a couple of features I wanted to add, but due to lack of time I could not implement them.

1. Lights
   
2. Opening doors/hood/trunk
   
3. Adjustable aero
   
4. Panemera style rear spoiler
   
5. Indicators for gearbox and steering mode.
   
6. Interior with functional steering wheel.
   
7. Adjustable suspension, although I actually made the decision early on to nix it, due to how the axles and suspension are set up.
   

Also, I made a few mistakes with the body work, and so the wheels collide with it That, and there are a lot of dodgy/illegal connections, and the back end looks rather bad, like a real Panemera. Well, at least my gearbox works better than the official one, and it has more interesting suspension to boot. Well, I did learn a lot, and proved that I can still build with a deadline. On the other hand, I am probably never building a 1:8 scale car again, given how freaking ginormous this thing ended up being, and yet it still somehow ended up with not a lot of interior space for functional parts. I might take more pictures later, if you guys want it. The bodywork sucks, so I'm probably not going to include it if I make a video, but the chassis might live on, as something else... We'll see.

[Techniccrack]

Looks really cool!

Is there only 1 photo?

And no video?

Edited August 3, 2016 by Techniccrack

[Alex Ilea]

Awesome :D i love it

[jgw]

Looks good, but isbit possible to poat some more photos? The model looks very interesting, and I would love to see some more!