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Old 03-23-2010, 10:53 AM
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Default RE: The revolutionary VXI suspension system!


ORIGINAL: piddlefoot

No offence to the creator, you have been very imaginative, but l see many flaws, the first being with its name, revolutionary, theres nothing revolutionary about it, the revo has more wheel displacement by a country mile, a top of the line rock crawler can pivot the entire front/rear end, so its out classed for rockcrawling, it is bulky, and has many parts alligned in a way that any damage would mess up the whole works, it lacks flex, if its rebuilt in plastic for flex, it becomes all mushy having to many joints.
Its heavy in comparison to most RC cars trucks or buggies, and has far to many parts, joints, and the steering is extreemly vulnerable, that vertical shaft that is also a CV like joint, is going to get dirt in it and will also bend under very small impacts.
All the extra steering components will mean more steering slop faster.
It looks like it lacks caster adjust, that front end should be castored like a HPI baja.

And whats the point of having a collapsable double arm system that can move less overall distance than a revo and around about the same distance as a current 1/8th buggy ?
Had you targeted traxxas's revo [1/10th scale ] design and made one better, you would probably become pretty rich.

To be frank, it looks like a NASA design. Slow and cumbersome.

Nothing personal, but l think you need to keep an open mind if your planning to invest alot of money into this project, l would re-design the whole thing to have as few parts as possible.
And l personally believe a better system will look more sexy than the revo system, just as the revo system was more sexy than the old tower set up when it was released.
Its neat, [ revo ] looks wikid and works better than the tower set up, that is what you should be aiming to beat for it to truelly be ''revolutionary''.

Check out some formula one cars for inspiration, they have had some incredible systems over the years.
Um, piddlefoot, this has nothing to do with the Revo. The Revo's track changes with suspension compression and extension. This system does not. Is there practical application for OP's system? That has yet to be seen...is it complex? Yes. Just like all systems in their infancy, it's absurdly complex.

You need to open that box and think outside of it, and be able to appreciate a well thought-out design before you try to poke holes in it.

Also, it's spelled CASTER, not CASTOR.