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[keymaker]

I hope you get good results during competition. Please let me know, if this type of angle connection (12T + 12T, used in 6x6) is strong enough and doesn't skip under load.

[Zerobricks]

49 minutes ago, keymaker said:

I hope you get good results during competition. Please let me know, if this type of angle connection (12T + 12T, used in 6x6) is strong enough and doesn't skip under load.

Thank you for the kind wishes! As long as the bevel gears are inside the part 48469, they can handle quite a lot of torque before skipping. I'm using same parts in my Universal offroader V2 and they have yet to skip. Of course, having 5,4 downgearing in planetary hubs reduces the strain on those gears a lot.

[N1K0L4]

Great models, can't wait to see how they perform. Good luck!

About the "Fish", I like the looks and that you have switched to gears instead of cv joints, but I thought you were going to take full advantage of it and have a higher steering angle (around 30°) with putting the steering rack closer to the pivot point. Also it's somewhat long, are you worried about the manouverability of it on slippery surfaces (understeer..)?

I'm not very experienced with tracked vehicles with suspension, how do you keep the tracks enough in tension so they don't fall off?

[Zerobricks]

44 minutes ago, N1K0L4 said:

About the "Fish", I like the looks and that you have switched to gears instead of cv joints, but I thought you were going to take full advantage of it and have a higher steering angle (around 30°) with putting the steering rack closer to the pivot point. Also it's somewhat long, are you worried about the manouverability of it on slippery surfaces (understeer..)?

I'm not very experienced with tracked vehicles with suspension, how do you keep the tracks enough in tension so they don't fall off?

Thank you for the praise, my friend,

I could increase steering angle to 30° but usually such high steering angle is not needed, since the cars are small and tracks have plenty of space. Indeed the model looks long, but it's actually not much longer than the Bolide for example. The soft front tyres should help with understeer.

Regarding tracked vehicle, the shock absorbers of the suspension arms are under slight pretension, which I hope will be enough.

Edited 2 hours ago by Zerobricks