pagicence Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) / Edited May 10, 2019 by pagicence reuploaded correct size images Quote
StudRobotics Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 Pretty cool chassis! Since it has a V8 and one seat, I'm guessing it might be an American race car. Maybe a Corvette C7.R at best guess? Quote
letsbuild Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 I agree with @StudRobotics, it looks to be american race car. Quote
pagicence Posted February 23, 2018 Author Posted February 23, 2018 Close. This car used to compete in ALMS, but it was banned after being too good. Quote
Fuzzock Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) Camaro Z/28 Ian... Edited February 23, 2018 by Fuzzock Quote
pagicence Posted February 23, 2018 Author Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) None of the above. Pay attention to the front and rear suspension. Position of the components in my model are exactly like on the real car. I did a lot of research on this. By the way this is my favorite car brand. MacPherson strut. Steering rack and front sway bar (blue thing), which is coupled to the lower control arm, in front of the front axle. Rear hub carrier hinged on the side in front of the rear wheel, angled rear control arms, shock absorber and rear sway bar (blue thing), which is coupled to the upper control arm, behind the rear axle. If you know cars, then you should know this. Ask yourself; which car has that complicated rear suspension? All of that coupled with the V8 and 6 speed manual transmission equals...? What? Edited February 23, 2018 by pagicence Quote
StudRobotics Posted February 24, 2018 Posted February 24, 2018 Did some research on banned race cars. Is it the BMW M3 GTR? Quote
pagicence Posted February 24, 2018 Author Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, StudRobotics said: Did some research on banned race cars. Is it the BMW M3 GTR? I actually can not believe that you guessed it. YES it is. I was kind of hopping that it would take some time before someone figures it out. Edited February 24, 2018 by pagicence Quote
Jurss Posted February 24, 2018 Posted February 24, 2018 I like, the idea, recrating real suspension. Quote
Milan Posted February 24, 2018 Posted February 24, 2018 @pagicence Hi, welcome! Nice chassis you got there, hope to see the whole finished! Another note, EB's image max size is 1024. So please try to resize your photos a bit. Thanks and have fun! Quote
skaah Posted February 24, 2018 Posted February 24, 2018 Ha, you made the cilinder heads in the colors of the BMW M logo! Quote
tomek9210 Posted February 24, 2018 Posted February 24, 2018 It looks very nice! Front suspension on strut type in BMWs has two lower arms. What is the gears ratio in steering? M motor is quite fast, it needs some gearing down. Quote
pagicence Posted February 24, 2018 Author Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, skaah said: Ha, you made the cilinder heads in the colors of the BMW M logo! YES, you've noticed! That was the hint to guess. 2 hours ago, tomek9210 said: Front suspension on strut type in BMWs has two lower arms. What is the gears ratio in steering? M motor is quite fast, it needs some gearing down. No, it doesn't. Not on E46. There is 1 control arm, 1 steering link to connect wheel carrier to steering rack and 1 link that connects sway bar. M motor is directly connected to the rack. It's the smallest motor that takes up the least amount of space, I tried with servo motor but it was too bulky. And from the rack to the steering wheel ratio is 2:1, so the full lock should be pretty close to the real race cars. Edited February 24, 2018 by pagicence Quote
tomek9210 Posted February 24, 2018 Posted February 24, 2018 30 minutes ago, pagicence said: No, it doesn't. Not on E46. There is 1 control arm, 1 steering link to connect wheel carrier to steering rack and 1 link that connects sway bar. M motor is directly connected to the rack. It's the smallest motor that takes up the least amount of space, I tried with servo motor but it was too bulky. And from the rack to the steering wheel ratio is 2:1, so the full lock should be pretty close to the real race cars. Oh, I thought e46 also had two lower arms. My mistake. Quote
pagicence Posted February 24, 2018 Author Posted February 24, 2018 25 minutes ago, LvdH said: I can already tell you your steering setup won't work. It will never go straight unless you use something like an SBrick or train speed remote to slow it down, but those are really uncomfortable to use. I suggest you either add a hockey spring to make it return to centre, or use a servo even if it needs more space. Or make it a fully manual build, the gearbox is already manual anyways. I have none of those in LDD, but all of those can be added later for the real build. In this case is form over function. I want an RC car, the gearbox in the real car is manual, I am going for the authenticity. Quote
tomek9210 Posted February 24, 2018 Posted February 24, 2018 How are you going to make the kidneys grille and lights? What color will the car be? Quote
pagicence Posted February 24, 2018 Author Posted February 24, 2018 For kidney grills I have something in mind, but I'm not sure yet. Aldo the front bumper turned out to be a real pain in the megablocks, a lost 2 days on it and got nowhere. So far I've done the roof, doors and rear quarter panels. Currently I'm working on the roll cage. I won't disclose any details, you'll just have to wait and see when it's finished. This is my first 1:10 scale car, and I didn't realize that it's going too be a long term project. I was hopping to finish it within 2 weeks, but looks like it's going to be more... a lot more. Quote
Didumos69 Posted February 25, 2018 Posted February 25, 2018 The chassis lacks widthwise structure. This way you will have a lot of flex and eventually parts will disconnect. The lack of a widthwise structure is especially apparent between the struts in the front section. Quote
pagicence Posted February 25, 2018 Author Posted February 25, 2018 I will address that later on. Quote
MSc Shobaki Posted March 15, 2018 Posted March 15, 2018 I have built the left hub based off of your images and can tell you now that it’s very weak. You need to stiffen it verticaly for it not to snap apart Quote
sm1995 Posted March 15, 2018 Posted March 15, 2018 2 hours ago, MSc Shobaki said: I have built the left hub based off of your images and can tell you now that it’s very weak. You need to stiffen it verticaly for it not to snap apart I don't think that will be enough. It needs to be completely redesigned so that the socket is facing downwards. On 2/25/2018 at 11:05 AM, Didumos69 said: The chassis lacks widthwise structure. This way you will have a lot of flex and eventually parts will disconnect. The lack of a widthwise structure is especially apparent between the struts in the front section. This is important IMO. It's something I didn't integrate into my chassis early on and it proved to be a problem during the later stages. Had to tear the whole thing apart. Quote
sirslayer Posted March 16, 2018 Posted March 16, 2018 I like the realism of your chassis. If im understanding your chassis correctly its on a uni-body frame and that would be a challenge to build.. I hope it works out in the end!! Quote
ArsMan064 Posted March 16, 2018 Posted March 16, 2018 I think, it will be supercar. Chassis is really impressive Quote
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