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Originally posted by frizzen
That's looking a LOT better, should be much more Trail worthy than just Stadium worthy like your Mk.1 version!
Did you move the driveshaft to the chassis centerline? Where are you planning on hiding the batteries? (rear end?)
I like the rollbar on the Ram! Scratchbuild or hotwheels donor?
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The drive shaft remains in the stock position, slightly offset. That is why simply turning the axel around for the articulated end wouldn't work. It would be great if you could just slide that bevel gear over a bit, but the axel itself has a stop on it. So I moved the gear to the other side and crammed it over as far as I could. The batteries sit almost on top of the worm gear. They raise the PCB up only slightly, not enough to cause any real problems.
What it lacks now (still) is power I think. Having two upgraded steering motors, and the added strain of all 4 wheels trying to turn at different speeds when cornering, plus the excessively in-efficient worm gear conflaguration, is brutal on battery life.
The body was just for size comparison, but I think the roll-bar was in fact a hotwheels trans-plant.