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1988 Warthog R/C conversion
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02-20-2021, 04:08 AM
Joecollection18
Mauler pool
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Usa
Posts: 108
For those interested, I have uploaded on thingiverse and grabcad the stl and step files of the current, longer throw and adjustable suspension station.
see links on my signature. so far all these parts are interchangeable. Mauler/ Warthog and soon Mobat, Wolverine...
This new station is pretty universal. By tweaking the roadwheels you could install it in a wide array of tracked vehicles.
Some updates, got lazy and hand cut the windows on leftover cut pieces. Not as straight as done by printer..ughhhh
One pic showing what the warthog look like with the deck and the side walls removed. gives you an ide of how much valuable space is in this vehicle.
And... A test with a cut mauler rubber track... glued using this awesome glue called "last glue". I was at a fair in Canada a decade ago, and this guy was cutting alternator belts then gluing them back and handing them to us. We couldn't split them! permanently glued back! An awesome glue that I have used for years when doing custom modern era figs customization. it makes a seamless, permanent bond. works better on soft, rubber to PVC like parts. not for the hard brittle stuff.
check my pics and try to find the seam !!!
removed 10 links, hand tugged the track with both hands... looks like this WILL WORK.
the advantages of the mauler tracks are:
-easier to source !!
-slips under load, saves the gearboxes gears/ no tooth salad when tracks jam
-grip on hard and slick surfaces
-quieter
-standardization with Joe inventory
-unlikely issues of track breaking in the field, when rock gets lodged there...
-no pinched/poked fingers, especially the little ones.
-can use sprockets without teeth
-simple to install and remove.
-might not have seizing issues that the individual links have when running in silt/mud/dirt/sand
now the downsides:
-slips under load, hard pivot turn on carpet and deep dirt will not work well
-Will require cutting and gluing. Won't retrofit Mauler
-require tension and therefore first and last suspensions will need to be stiffer. suspension "constrained" and not as free
-can throw a track once in a while
-rubber wears off if running hard in dirt. becomes chaffed with nasty marks and can get cut by sharp pebbles, especially if using high power
-depending where you source them, they can stink as the rubber holds smell.
-will require a dedicated drive sprocket that ideally slips as little as possible, preferably when needed.
Some interested folks just want a motorized Warthog for table/house play.
What do you think of a simpler variant, non RC, but with the missile mast acting as a Mobat switch Forward/left/right/stop? keeps the Joe toy feel
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https://www.thingiverse.com/joemaulerworks/designs
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9v...EXM27HQ/videos
https://grabcad.com/library/1980s-to...m-suspension-1
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