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1988 Warthog R/C conversion
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12-15-2020, 03:01 AM
Joecollection18
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I am hoping to make it to Cobra Island shores this winter...
Going slow, since water can ruin things, making sure the hull is decent.
The final drives are cassettes that can be pulled from the sides should they need to be fixed or upgraded.
Once hull is finalized, a coat of epoxy should seal it.
The final drives, packed with grease should keep water intrusion to a minimum.
The upper hull is going to be a nightmare to seal. As a kid I remember how water splashing around entered from the engine bay and vision slots.
I am making three steps forward and two steps backwards. The suspension shown is not working well. The warthog is heavy and too nose heavy.
It tips forward past the front road wheel. Meaning The battery in the front is not a good idea. Sad because it would have simplified a single sealed Bay with all electronics with upper deck access where the square is.
I changed the geometry of the swingarms. Longer and less drastic angle. Roadwheels would not deflect in reverse and get caught, meaning in reverse the suspension would lock and not work, worse, it can pull a roadwheel and stress, potentially break a swingarm mount. Not acceptable.
The front roadwheel stations need to be very stiff while the last 2 rear stations need to be much softer.
Am hesitating using different springs or different station angles, swingarms.
Trying to standardize as much as possible.
Going low is an issue, like the mauler, the low belly tends to cause getting stuck. Since the warthog will sink a bit driving on soft soil, the higher the ground clearance the better. Right now a Joe can lay flat underneath and the warthog drives over without touching it.
I am using Mauler roadwheels for the mockup but will print black or OD green wheels for final version. I chose the larger diameter rather than the fake warthog molded roadwheels size for now.
The warthog looks cool with the nose riding high and rear squatting a bit. Not the other way around.
I am too lazy to recut the styrene hull sides, but a proper repositioning of the suspension stations could provide the stance I need.
As soon as I can seal the lower hull, a floatation test is due.
I am afraid the production warthog was widened to float better.
It is tall and heavy
I am considering a higher water line (deeper into the water) but if it lists too much and not float with a decent stance in the water, I might have to accept having the tracks wide apart from the hull like the toy... No convoy with mobats and mauler, no NATO certification to drive on narrow Dutch villages and no bridge layer crossings 😢
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