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Front Piston Eng. RWD Full Suspension Buggy

Created by Mechbott75

Created by Mechbott75

A vanilla build, front engine, rear wheel drive, full suspension buggy. Its almost a rock crawler
...getting surprisingly good FPS.

For 2 wheel drive rock crawling, its surprisingly good.

Features -

Logic controlled FWD / REV straight 3 piston engine mounted up front, driving the rear axle though a prop-shaft and locked differential.

Beam axle front suspension with a "no torque" design

4 link style rear live axle suspension.with a "no torque" design

High ground clearance, you can crouch underneath it.

WS converter for drivers' seat engine control - WS Converter (Fast Response) found in my workshop.

I have left various points on the body cage tubing open so blocks can be placed to accept a body shell or just extra weight

This was a lot of fun to figure out and build, It took about 10 hours from start to tinkering, A "eureka" moment and "...It was meant to be" moment on the rear suspension drivetrain, adjusting body length to fit the seats, more tinkering, final test and paint.
I kept the bearing count to a minimum to aid high FPS., that's why there is no independent front suspension or 4WD system ( I have tried them ). The other thing that surprised me was the vanilla differential, last time i tried this, the gears would bang and slip, seems quite efficient now.

...see if you are surprised too