PunkTacoNYC Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 (edited) Hey, this is my first post on Eurobricks so if there is anything that I am doing incorrectly in this post, please let me know. I am presenting my Rock Crawler, or more specifically, my Carrot Crawler. Features: -Triangulated 4-link suspension using the Lego soft shock absorbers. -One PF XL motor per axle (a total of two), each geared down 1:2.779. -Custom portal hubs for each wheel. -Ackerman Steering with slight caster angle powered by PF M motor geared down 1:3.333 including a worm gear. -Rechargeable LiPo battery box as power source. -Controlled by a SBrick and an iPhone 6. -RC4WD 1.9" Super Swamper crawler tires. This has been a work in progress for a long time and I feel that it is finally polished enough to showcase on the Eurobricks community. My plans for fixing and editing this crawler (Some of which, I have already begun working on) include: -Building a better chassis (the angled pieces on top of it don't REALLY fit, but I made them fit! ) -Eliminate gear slippage caused by the perpendicular bevel gears. -Mount the XL motors parallel to the axles which would both eliminate gear slippage and provide more ground clearance. Here is a picture: And here is a video: Please give my any suggestions for my post and more importantly, my crawler! Thanks Edited July 13, 2015 by PunkTacoNYC Quote
AndyCW Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 Welcome to the community. Your crawler chassis looks like a great start to the lego RC world. You should put some kind of body on top of it. You can even borrow someone else's body design and adapt it to your chassis. To the best of my knowledge, you can reduce bevel gear slippage by doing the following: Ensure the structure encasing the gears is rigid. Enlarge the 'bearing' surface Place the pinion gear in double shear like the GM 14 bolt with its pinion support. Use a non-lego shim behind the pinion gear to prevent deflection. If this all fails, try using knobs gears Here is a pic of the a shim and the pinion support in the axle of my latest crawler. v/r Andy Quote
PunkTacoNYC Posted July 13, 2015 Author Posted July 13, 2015 (edited) Welcome to the community. Your crawler chassis looks like a great start to the lego RC world. You should put some kind of body on top of it. You can even borrow someone else's body design and adapt it to your chassis. To the best of my knowledge, you can reduce bevel gear slippage by doing the following: Ensure the structure encasing the gears is rigid. Enlarge the 'bearing' surface Place the pinion gear in double shear like the GM 14 bolt with its pinion support. Use a non-lego shim behind the pinion gear to prevent deflection. If this all fails, try using knobs gears Here is a pic of the a shim and the pinion support in the axle of my latest crawler. v/r Andy Thanks! Oh so is the pinion support the yellow piece in front of the gear? Is it secured to the chassis? And is the shim behind the gear a lego piece? If so, what piece? Edited July 13, 2015 by PunkTacoNYC Quote
niknarjc Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 Which sets do those wheels come in or at least what size are they? Quote
PunkTacoNYC Posted July 13, 2015 Author Posted July 13, 2015 Which sets do those wheels come in or at least what size are they? The tires are not Lego but are rather from here:http://store.rc4wd.com/Interco-IROK-19-Scale-Tire_p_1423.html. The rims, however, come in many sets and I got mine from the Technic 8110 Unimog. Quote
darksheep Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 Very cool dude the crawling performance seems quite good and I see you intend to make it better, I suggest making a low simple body from beams to make it look like a really crawler, with out adding to much weight. Quote
AndyCW Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 (edited) Yes. the yellow piece is a 5l thin lift arm that is anchored at the bottom and the top of the axle. The 'snout' of the pinion seats into the center hole. The nylon washer/shim is not a lego piece. It came from McMaster Car, but I don't have a part number. v/r Andy Edited July 14, 2015 by AndyCW Quote
oracid Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 I am very impressed ! Can you give us the size of the wheels and of the crawler ? Can it climb stairs from face and how high the step ? Quote
PunkTacoNYC Posted July 14, 2015 Author Posted July 14, 2015 (edited) Can you give us the size of the wheels and of the crawler ? The tires dimensions are: -Circumference: 36 cm -Width: 5 cm -Diameter: 11.5 cm About the size of the crawler, I have actually completely redesigned both axles. I will be posting photos of these very soon... Can it climb stairs from face and how high the step ? I have not tried this yet but will soon. Here is a comparison of the Super Swampers to the Unimog tires: Very cool dude the crawling performance seems quite good and I see you intend to make it better, I suggest making a low simple body from beams to make it look like a really crawler, with out adding to much weight. Thanks! But what exactly do you mean by using beams for a low simple body? Could you give me an example? Edited July 14, 2015 by PunkTacoNYC Quote
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