jorgeopesi Posted September 24, 2012 Posted September 24, 2012 Testing new suspensions for my Kamaz I did this, I think that can be a good suspension for medium scale vehicles specially trucks, what do you think?. Quote
efferman Posted September 24, 2012 Posted September 24, 2012 Seems to work, but how long? Has anyone expierences in a long time use of these part under stress? Quote
Carsten Svendsen Posted September 24, 2012 Posted September 24, 2012 Doesn't the car or truck become extremely wiggly with those things are used for suspension? And it is rubber afterall, it will extend itself if under stress for longer periods of time, meaning that they eventually won't fit on the axles and could pop right off. Quote
jorgeopesi Posted September 24, 2012 Author Posted September 24, 2012 (edited) I did it today I don´t have any study about them but they are very strong and I think that a medium scale MOC doesn´t weight enough to stress them. I see them like a extra feature in a MOC to make it more complex. I post here everything I do good or bad then you can evolve it and you try to improve it, the important thing is the new idea. I did it with a few pieces the idea is to put it with tandem wheels, with diferential or in the steering axle. Edited September 24, 2012 by jorgeopesi Quote
Sam42 Posted September 26, 2012 Posted September 26, 2012 Looks good! A nice equivalent to a leaf sprung live axle set up..... I believe our friend Ingmar (2LegoOrNot2Lego) uses the same flexible rubber part in the suspension in his trucks... I've considered using them in place of ball joints in certain applications before now... Quote
jorgeopesi Posted September 26, 2012 Author Posted September 26, 2012 Looks good! A nice equivalent to a leaf sprung live axle set up..... I believe our friend Ingmar (2LegoOrNot2Lego) uses the same flexible rubber part in the suspension in his trucks... I've considered using them in place of ball joints in certain applications before now... I didn´t know that good for him in that case, I would like to see the system to learn more about that... Quote
Zerobricks Posted September 26, 2012 Posted September 26, 2012 I did have something simillar in my miniature 8x8 tatra, it worked okay, but it was super soft and i'm also worried about cracking or stretching during long use. Quote
jorgeopesi Posted September 26, 2012 Author Posted September 26, 2012 I did have something simillar in my miniature 8x8 tatra, it worked okay, but it was super soft and i'm also worried about cracking or stretching during long use. No problem I think I have enough of them Quote
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