aminnich Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 Hey guys, a while ago I had a topic on how to give my truck lots of power to pull heavy loads. An idea was given to separately power each axle, so I tried it. Works very well. Now I have another issue. The axles have a wide gap in between. Any ideas how to fix this, with keeping the idea of separately powering the axles?? Quote
Zerobricks Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 By gap you mean because the motors take up so much room? Post a picture please. Quote
aminnich Posted July 11, 2014 Author Posted July 11, 2014 (edited) your correct, and it wont let me add a pic :( Edited July 11, 2014 by aminnich Quote
legomuppet9 Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 add a picture from the tutorials all over eurobricks Quote
aminnich Posted July 11, 2014 Author Posted July 11, 2014 https://www.dropbox.com/home/semi%20truck%20axles here is a dropbox of pictures Quote
legomuppet9 Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 https://www.dropbox....emi truck axles here is a dropbox of pictures your dropbox folder is private... Quote
aminnich Posted July 11, 2014 Author Posted July 11, 2014 Well I can't figure out the Dropbox or how to put the pictures right on here. The problem is that the motor is to long for the wheels to be close. I need a way to move the motor away, but still power the most rear axle. Quote
izorn Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 If it's already topic with semi-trucks... Are there 6x6 semitrucks? Quote
aminnich Posted July 12, 2014 Author Posted July 12, 2014 Could u put up a picture to give an example or two? Thanks Quote
Zerobricks Posted July 12, 2014 Posted July 12, 2014 So whats the problem? Just put the axles closer? Quote
izorn Posted July 12, 2014 Posted July 12, 2014 (edited) Like AMG 6x6? Nope, like this Edited July 12, 2014 by izorn Quote
Zerobricks Posted July 12, 2014 Posted July 12, 2014 I think there are 6x6 forrest truck at least in Europe. Quote
D3K Posted July 12, 2014 Posted July 12, 2014 (edited) It's not very easy to understand exactly what you mean without a picture, and hosting pictures really isn't that hard if you just use ten minutes to read up on how to do it and make a bricksafe account. EDIT: Is this what you are looking for? With bracing: In this setup, each motor drives one axle independently of the other. By adding reduction where the motors are (and relocating the motors of course) you have a nice symmetrical (left-to-right) setup where you can add the same gears to each drivetrain to achieve the wanted gear ratios Here is the LDD file if you want to have a closer look Hope this helps! Edited July 12, 2014 by D3K Quote
aminnich Posted July 12, 2014 Author Posted July 12, 2014 (edited) That is going to help me a ton. I will try again to put pictures up Here are the links... Http://bricksafe.com/files/aminnich/100_1363.JPG Http://bricksafe.com/files/aminnich/100_1364.JPG Http://bricksafe.com/files/aminnich/100_1365.JPG Edited July 12, 2014 by aminnich Quote
aminnich Posted July 12, 2014 Author Posted July 12, 2014 Does this work? I want to power each axle separately, but I like the idea Quote
D3K Posted July 12, 2014 Posted July 12, 2014 That is going to help me a ton. I will try again to put pictures up Here are the links... Http://bricksafe.com/files/aminnich/100_1363.JPG Http://bricksafe.com/files/aminnich/100_1364.JPG Http://bricksafe.com/files/aminnich/100_1365.JPG Glad I could help! Your links seem to be going nowhere, not sure what might be wrong.. What you want to do is: -Open the picture in a suitable resolution in Bricksafe (no more than 1024 pixels across) -Copy the URL for that picture -Push the "IMAGE" button here on the forum (just below the smiley-face) -Paste the copied URL in there Then you will get this result: Quote
aminnich Posted July 12, 2014 Author Posted July 12, 2014 Ok well I'll b sure to do that next time, but thanks you for posting a pic of it. Now everyone has an idea of what I'm talking about. If anyone else have an idea similar to D3K, I will be trying it. The only change I will have to make with that design is that I'm using XL motors. Quote
D3K Posted July 12, 2014 Posted July 12, 2014 I have updated the LDD file with XL-motors. If you want a 1:1 ratio, just flip the 20 tooth and 12 tooth bevel gears that are right after the motors. you can also use 16 tooth spur gears of course. I think the bracing should be able to handle a high amount of torque Quote
aminnich Posted July 12, 2014 Author Posted July 12, 2014 Man your the best, thanks. I really think this is going to work for me. I'll even be able to make the motors look like gas tanks with set up, which was an original want. Thanks a lot Quote
D3K Posted July 12, 2014 Posted July 12, 2014 No problem! I'm sure you'll be able to modify the initial design into something that will suit your model, by adding longer crossaxles, different gears, moving the motors etc! Note: I haven't checked if the axles are too close (for the wanted wheel diameter) so be aware Quote
aminnich Posted July 12, 2014 Author Posted July 12, 2014 I'm not worried about it, it will work Quote
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