Originally Posted by
cleong
Torsion bars - what's that witchcraft?
As as far as I can tell, it runs regular coil springs wound around the suspension arm. Considering the all up weight of this beast I hope they aren't using the usual pot metal for anything load-bearing.
You know...torsion bars...the little metal thingamajigs that get all springy when they twist.
If you zoom in on the pictures it looks as if it just might have a metal chassis and I wouldn't be surprised if it came with those metal twisty things, like their KV-1. I added 4:1 steel gearboxes to my KV-1 and I had to tweak the rear torsion bars because it looked like a dog doing the butt scoot boogie. I'm hoping they have beefed up the suspension on this thing to handle the weight of that metal turret. I would much rather see it with a lighter plastic turret.