Kumbbl Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 Hi, anybody out there who has slideable seats built into the supercar 8880 (somethins like the mechanism of 8860 and 8865) or who knows about such a MOD of 8880? Currently i'm wondering if this is possible without changing the basic structure of 8880? there is not really much space for such a mechanism... Any hints are welcome - thanks a lot in advance! Best regards Klaus Quote
Chilly Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 Good Luck. I've just looked at the instructions for the other two models you mention, I can't see how the seats slide in the 8865, but it looks quite easy in the 8860, but I don't think there is enough space. Would love to see pics if you succeed. I made mods to mine the last time I made it, to make the attachment of the seats more secure. Before, every time I picked it up or moved it the seats would fall out. They only attached on one side and with only a couple of pips. Quote
Kumbbl Posted February 1, 2013 Author Posted February 1, 2013 The seats in the 8865 have the same sliding mechanism as in the 8860... really no rocket science within these two models ;-) But for the 8880... hmm.. Tonight ;-) i had a very good idea (at least i thought so): a vertical mounted rack on the inner side of the side skirt beam, then an idler 8th gear and then a worm-gear - both mounted in the understructure of the seat - which in fact slides the seat - a first try shows that all fits well in the just 3-studs wide space and seems to work like a charm but a further more realistic model shows that worm gear, 8th gear and vertical mounted rack together are about 2 micrometers too broad to fit in --> therefore this approach failed :-( Now i'm thinking on a chain driven sliding mechanism where the chain is mounted via an old black technic link thread between two 3 hole beams... broad would be exactly 3 studs but probabaly the chain driving mechansim needs to much vertical space... i have few hope that this will succeed... so it seems applying sliding seats to the 8880 is a tricky challenge at least if one wants to preserve the overall structure and great standard look&feel of the 8880 Quote
Kumbbl Posted February 9, 2013 Author Posted February 9, 2013 but it looks quite easy in the 8860, but I don't think there is enough space. Would love to see pics if you succeed. well, here we go - there is enough space: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=79397 Quote
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