RC Chassis with Adjustable Suspension

[Coola1]

Hello there. Looking at Graydingo's Impala with the "low ride" feature, I was inspired to try it out myself. This is the result, only a chassis, don't know if I'll make a body for it.

It uses 2 XL motors for drive, 1 Servo motor for steering and 1 M motor per axle for raising or lowering the suspension.

Pics:

As high as it goes: (When this high, the cv joints sometimes pop out due to the angle)

On DA FLOOR!

If I'm not busy tomorrow, I'll make a quick video showing it in action.

Any comments and suggestions are welcome!

[DrJB]

Very nicely done, and ingenious height adjustment mechanism. Reminds me of the 8297 4×4 Off-Roader, which had an adjustable/motorized height.

[Coola1]

Heres a video showing it in action:

[LeocornoProductions]

Looks pretty good. Could be bodied into the new civic or even a fiesta

[Graydingo]

Awesome!! I put stops on the raising / lowering mechanism to control the end high and low point- that may solve the cv joint from popping out. Gotta put a body on!

[Coola1]

Looks pretty good. Could be bodied into the new civic or even a fiesta

Awesome!! I put stops on the raising / lowering mechanism to control the end high and low point- that may solve the cv joint from popping out. Gotta put a body on!

Thanks! Well then, I better get started on a body for it, still not sure what to do though.

[brunojj1]

The front suspension looks compact and reliable. Chassis and rear seem to need more sturdiness. Sorry, it is not offensive but at some time I made the same mistakes to make some criss - cross to stabilize the chassis. You don´t need to, you could go straight on the chassis by stabilizing it vertically with some L shaped beams . I am surprised from time to time how sturdy those structures can be being only 3 studs thick. I had some thoughts about to build some kind of "lowrider" too, with a dead simple but reliable regulation with LA`s.

[Coola1]

The front suspension looks compact and reliable. Chassis and rear seem to need more sturdiness. Sorry, it is not offensive but at some time I made the same mistakes to make some criss - cross to stabilize the chassis. You don´t need to, you could go straight on the chassis by stabilizing it vertically with some L shaped beams . I am surprised from time to time how sturdy those structures can be being only 3 studs thick. I had some thoughts about to build some kind of "lowrider" too, with a dead simple but reliable regulation with LA`s.

Thanks, for the feedback! I'll see what I can do to make it sturdier. Would love to see those ideas develop into a model, using LAs would definitely make a very reliable system.