Work In Pogress. 1:8 Honda civic type r (FK8)

[EdwinSiu10]

Okay so basically this is just a work in pogress of my 1:8 fk8 moc. So far ive made the front part with steering, suspension, and gearbox. (Ignore the engine for now)

Up to now i am happy with the results of the suspension and steering (a hidden axle is linked to it where it will be connected to the steering wheel later on).

The gearbox is a 6 speed manual gearbox (H styleshifting). It's bigger than i expected but i guess it's fine for now. The parts where i feel like needs a change is the shifter stick. Right now it is around 2.5 studs higher than the correct scale which kinda bothers me.

Any improvements/suggestions will help! especialy for the shifting stick! 

 

Pictures: (here it says its to large so i had to use an image uploading website sorry)

Front https://ibb.co/cJL8GFN

Side https://ibb.co/vxhXWzz

Rear https://ibb.co/8g0CnLC

[langko]

Honestly those front wishbones will not be strong enough to support those springs. Even without the springs the setup will be too fragile as it is. Plus the arrangement is 6 studs wide, you’ll struggle to even fit a rim on that let alone have any range of motion with the steering. 

You are going to really struggle fitting those shocks in a FWD, steered axle. I would suggest trying with 2 of the normal hard springs per wheel instead. 

[EdwinSiu10]

26 minutes ago, langko said:

Honestly those front wishbones will not be strong enough to support those springs.

That was one thing I worried about… it does have a lot of room for improvement for better stability. 

 

 

28 minutes ago, langko said:

Plus the arrangement is 6 studs wide, you’ll struggle to even fit a rim on that let alone have any range of motion with the steering. 

I did not realize about that at all…

 

Thank you for pointing it out before it becomes a lil too late, I’ll try the regular hard springs then and reconstruct the other needed areas 

[Jurss]

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[zoo]

Cool concept with the front wheel drive and manual gearbox. Will probably be challenging to make it work but that is after all why we build, right? :)

[2GodBDGlory]

Looks fun! Are you planning on making it RC? If so, you're going to have to be very careful with bracing that gearbox, because 6-speeds add a lot of friction, which makes skipping gears a very attractive alternative for the motors to take if possible!

[EdwinSiu10]

21 hours ago, Jurss said:

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Thanks for the method!

 

4 hours ago, zoo said:

Will probably be challenging to make it work but that is after all why we build, right? :)

Yep. Although it is hard to do it, I do find it as a fun process (with ups and downs of course)

2 hours ago, 2GodBDGlory said:

Looks fun! Are you planning on making it RC?

As of now, I have no plans on making it RC yet. But thanks for the tip anyways, I’ll be aware of it in the future if I decide to make an RC