This has been a little bit of a pet project for me as it is a little different, but also offers a unique engineering challenge.
Back in March this year i finished my RSO with everything except the tracks!
The other night however i decided to try and assemble them and get some testing done so i can finish the model.
I also have done a dummy run with hardwired motors to a battery and this thing shows real promise.
A sneak peek above to the chassis coming together.
I still have to fashion a track tensioning mechanism, but i am really happy with it so far
Drive is done using 2x gear reduction 180 motor units, these things are great and have huge torque for small size. Some people may remember me doing som extreme testing with these motors in a small WPL C24 model pulling a metal oil filled radiator on a carpet. On 2s they can really pull a load, which is important for an RSO.
My intention has always been to be able to use is as an offroad tractor unit, so it is going to get abuse and be pushed to extremes.
The whole model is designed by myself from various references and is totally 3Dprinted in PLA.
I developed a new way to create the chassis so that it has strength in multiple directions and i can tell you it is very rigid and extremely strong aswell as heavy.
The wheels and axles are all fully custom and feature full metal ball races and bearings. It also have metal leaf sprung suspension.
I need to somehow fit electrics into it, which may be hard when you see later on what cab design i am using.
Because the model is soo tricky to build this will also be a multiple variant model.
So i will be able to change the cab for 3 different versions & have 2 different setups for the back unit. The only reason to this is because i have little space and also little patience to make multiple sets of tracks for this thing. Those tracks are tricky and also painful to make haha
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