are u going to make the gears? spur, diff, pinion?

Have you incorporated an anti-roll bar yet? I didn't see it in the pictures.

and..............AWESOME JOB MAN! Looks great! SW is very time consuming...in fact it's beyond my skill level currently. I stick with Autocad and CADKEY for now.

The rear has a blade style adjustable stabilizer. The front needs some sort of anti roll mechanism but I have to figure out how to make one. Thanks for the comments and compliments guys.


JB

hey man looks like serpent beat u to the f1 but theres is 1/8 scale but it looks the same.

http://forums.radiocontrolzone.com/s...d.php?t=227957

Wow...that is some stunning design work there! Very impressive; I'll be watching this thread very closely. :)

What sort of diff would you plan on using?

I've actually updated it in two other forums. I didn't think anyone here was very interested in it. I'll make sure to keep you guys up to date from now on. Here's the update:

I eliminated the need for a solid gearbox by adding individual axle mounts. I also stuck another gear in there for massive reduction. I've been having problems with overdefinition all weekend so I didn't get the pusrods in, the left TVP has a couple errors, the steering system is reworked but not completed, and the a arms aren't quite right yet. All in all this project is rapidly nearing completion. What I still have to do: wings, the belt, gear teath, the brake system, all of the fastners, weight shedding, and a final render. I was tempted to put a render in this post but I thought it would be a bit premature. Expect one within the next two weeks but hopefully within a week. The renders look amazing by the way.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...llview1029.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...shocks1029.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...shocks1029.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...shocks1029.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...toerod1029.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...oy/Diff2-2.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...thbody1029.jpg


JB

PS: Harm Racing and FG Modellsport also have 1:5 scale F1 Cars. In fact, my car may seem in many respects very similar because in some aspects it is. The front suspension is very different because it has standup shocks and the arms are attached to a chassis plate that is mostly inside of the body as opposed to Harm's and FG's being attached to a chassis plate that is in turn attached to an extended base chassis. This gives the car a much more realistic look. I am sure my differential is different too as I designed it. For me, though, the most important difference is the realism. I designed the body as per 2008 FIA F1 technical regulations paying close attention to every part to make it look real. The tires and wheels are also 1:5 regulation size (FG tire internal diameter gets larger near the body) and the ride hight is scaled as well. Admittedly, I almost always have both websites up when designing to see how they did certain things, but I constantly strive for innovation and improvement.

very sweet looking ride man.....please keep us updated...and nice work to

jagboy dont get me wrong if u were to sell that i would buy one quick, and i have never seen tose other two u posted so i thought that the one i found was after youre a little bit lol good work, keep us updated

That thing looks awesome...

I modeled the front and rear wings yesterday. Here are a couple of renders. PhotoWorks isn't the easiest thing to use, but hopefully the renders will get better in a couple weeks.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3.../render113.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...render2113.jpg


JB

wow thats crazy man nice work and i want one lol

Can you show how your wing is connected? one thing i love about my serpent is that the wing doesn't push the car down, but it's connected to the wheels..

I've been thinking of how I could do that but it's pretty hard when you have two separate wings like this. What Serpent do you have? Is it the F1 car? I saw that kind of mounting on a 1/8 on road car and was definately impressed by it. Right now the wings are mounted to the chassis but hopefully I can change that in the future. There isn't much choice with the front wing, though.


JB

Front wing is fair easy to connect to the wheels IMO..

very easy.

I have got a 1/8th. it uses a Lola body, and it's got a brace on the rear.

I see a way how you can do it with the two sepperate wings as you use them.

You need to use two parallel moving supports, and mount it to the upside of the rear knuckle.