Mercedes
Unimog
Saturday 26 December 2009, by
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The second evolution of my latest trial truck.
Based on a custom space framed Unimog rock crawler, it uses a torque tube style suspension design and portal axles just like a real Unimog however the chassis is space frame rather than the original ladder and it uses bell-crank driven shock absorbers rather than plain springs to allow the suspension to be tuned. The rear axle is also steered to allow greater manoeuvrability.
It’s been recently re-developed to lower the centre of gravity, reduce the overall weight and eliminate bevel gear slippage in the drive train.
The axles and chassis have been re-designed and the body changed a little to make working on the truck a little easier.
Powered by the new power functions re-chargeable battery pack.
Drivetrain 12:36 then 8:24 in the portals
It can run 98.4x44r tires on the original wheels or stretched on power puller wheels.
View online : Brickshelf
Forum posts
1. Mercedes, 6 January 2010, 17:40, by Emilus
I like Your truck very much!
It looks sturdy and powerful.
Now I can see that not only we in Polish TrTr have an idea of using wheels 94,8 with cores from 8466...
Did You see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_F7QrR4Ur8&feature=player_embedded
1. Mercedes, 7 January 2010, 12:54, by sam42
Nah i hadn’t seen that video before... that crawler looks mad capable... not sure about chain drive though... you wouldn’t get away with that using lego chain!
this vid was the inspiration for my truck-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI-f83S16bc