Nice Sketchup work. I've just ordered Rhino so maybe someday I'll be able to do stuff like this.
Steve Tyng On Oct 17, 6:36 am, Modena <[email protected]> wrote: > I will be building an M113 as my next vehicle and have been playing on > and off with designing and now have a fair bit of measurement detail > on drivetrain components. I have found it immensely helpful to the > design process to draw components to exact size in sketchup, such as > bearing housings and wheels, it really helps with visualizing and > determining available space for bolt heads and the like, rather > important where tolerances are small. > > Here are some pics of the external suspension components, springs will > be torsion bars on the inside. The vehicle body, drivetrain and > suspension will be all steel. The bearing housings are steel with > bronze bushings, 12mm for swingarms and 16mm for driveshafts. The > idler will be on a small swingarm, with a turnbuckle for track tension > adjustment. > > Drivetrain 5.jpg > 358KViewDownload > > Drivetrain 4.jpg > 374KViewDownload > > Drivetrain 3.jpg > 343KViewDownload > > Drivetrain 2.jpg > 539KViewDownload > > Drivetrain 1.jpg > 342KViewDownload > > Drivetrain 6.jpg > 422KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
