PorkyMonster

Interesting points there and I want to share my experience in tackling these challenges - (1) I've melted some parts too in my attempt to incorporate a brushless (oops! :laugh: ), but not any more after I've using ball bearings and applying silicone lubricant to the right parts... (2) there are many ways to improve the lego shocks' ability to handle weight - e.g. use multiple shocks in parallel, use 3rd party springs, use pneumatic parts from lego, etc. for me, I added 3rd party springs in parallel with part 32181c02 for damping in order to prop up my 4kg truck . Granted that if the objective is to compete with RC, then we should just buy RC... but for me, the fun is in the process of creation itself... and solving challenges as they come along - first see if Lego has the necessary parts or whether I can work around by putting more parts together, if not, 3rd party components is the way to go, rather than discarding the entire creation just because I'm limited by Lego...

Nice creation there My view in using 3rd party parts/components is simple - I see Lego as a highly versatile tool for us to create any object that we can imagine, and creativity and imagination has no boundaries... so why let Lego itself limit us? (and I'm pretty sure that the creator of Lego didn't want our creativity to be bounded by Lego as well...)

On top of Bricklink, I often refer to this too: http://wheels.sariel.pl/

here's my worst moc... wanted to create a SUV, but ended up with this monster instead

I would think that the heavier your model, the more you need suspension - not for comfort in conventional sense since nobody will be riding in it, but to dull 'shocks' as your model travel over uneven surface... I've tried before with and without suspension, and parts of my model tends to loosen more readily without suspension.

Noted. Thanks!!!

I've seen that, and its supposedly 'heavy duty' version (which I failed to see any real difference in torque tolerance)... I'm not keen to try that due to the use of CV Joints (correct me if I'm wrong, but I think these have high tendency of popping out at high torque).

Great! TIA I figured that regardless it be 2 or 3mm, I'll look for a suitably sized 'couplers', such as , where one end will be screwed onto the thin end of pinpw2, and the other end will hold the rc wheel securely. Then the axle end can be passed thru (used as one end of a heavy-duty universal joint).

Hey guys, I came across this part (pinpw2) on bricklink... am thinking of using it to connect to RC wheels (which are better-looking and bigger than those made by TLG). Does anybody know the diameter of the round axle end? Thanks!