All right, Wow!
CAD Vs Pencil drawn: I think I’ve found the new blood sport!
If I may hijack this MOST interesting conversation? (apologetic
smiley face thingy…)
Ahem…
YEEE!
(Ok, regain composure…)
I’ve gotten my first set of parts in the mail! They came
Sat, just 3 days after the ebay seller (integrajspec: these guys are creative
with names!) said they had been send off. Very agreeable chap by the way!
Well, I won’t bother with pictures, as they aren’t really
attached to anything (or each other) yet, and you can easily see them online.
However,
as I’m sure you’re all dying to hear about them (likely as not, you’re not
really
all THAT interested, but it’s a dull Mon and I have some time on my hands, so
I’m
going to do my best to bore you…)
First off, the A-Arms. They’re black (Oooo!), and there’s 4
upper, and 4 lower arms in this package. Now all I need is that same number
again…
Not all that much remarkable about the color. Also, I’m not
enough of a materials expert to tell whether they really are molded nylon or
just nicely textured plastic, but they feel pretty tough and rigid.
The upper arm is definitely thinner than the lower arm, but
that’s not a major issue as the weight is largely born by the lower arm. If I
really torque it, I can get some twist out of it, and if I really put my back
into it, I could probably bust it, but I’d rather not. J
The lower arm is pretty beefy. I can’t get any twisting
movement out of it by hand, and the material is fairly thick: both sides of the
arm are about as thick as my pinky. Not that I’d expect any of you to know how
thick my pinky is, but you (maybe?) get the idea. It’s also well designed, in
that it’s bowed upwards slightly, giving it good geometry to the task at hand
with 4 different holes for mounting the shocks/springs/bouncy thingies. Still
not sure if I want to fork over the cash for the commercial units, or if I
should go with a custom setup. Still, the mounting holes are nice, and will be
used. Length wise, they’re pretty good sized; being about 4 inches long, and
the widest (the upper) being maybe 2.5~3 inches wide. A fact I doubt you really
care about.
Next up, the bulkheads. They’re gray. Gray and black go well
together so I should have a nicely color coordinated undercarriage here. Ok...
Too much information…
They have what looks to be an equally good design, made out
of the same material as the swing arms. They’re also VERY tough, and I can’t
get any flex out of them by hand. They have two mounting holes on the bottom,
which will be used to connect them to a base plate, and several other holes
both through them in various directions which will be immensely useful for
bracing
them inside the B1 and building the rest of the body around them.
They also have a very close fit with the swing arms, so
there should be minimal bending stress on the hinge pins: only shearing stress.
However, the pins are about the same size as a 10d nail (AKA: big enough to
very effectively impale your hand or to be used as an average sized framing
nail), so there shouldn’t be any fear of them giving out.
Right! That’s it for this installment of the build… or
rather this installment of the lead up to the build (Argh! This is going to
take soooo long!), so you may now resume your regularly scheduled programming
of:
(in big loud booming voice…)
CAD VS PAPER AND PENCIL!!!!
(cheering fans in the distance….)
Toodles,
James
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