23rd-Mar-21, 07:46 AM
This thread has started me thinking on suspension options that have never been produced for slot cars.
(Unless someone knows better)
Fly front-motor cars ( solid rear axle with the spring propshaft) seem like a good first candidate for a suspension design that gets the motor weight out of the unsprung weight calculation.
If the spring based prop shaft works, a UJ based prop shaft would be an improvement.
If that arrangement works, it could be further improved by using a floating motor mount.
Combining all of this into a design that supports long can motors mounted further back in the car would indeed be challenging.
Food for thought ?
AlanW
(Unless someone knows better)
Fly front-motor cars ( solid rear axle with the spring propshaft) seem like a good first candidate for a suspension design that gets the motor weight out of the unsprung weight calculation.
If the spring based prop shaft works, a UJ based prop shaft would be an improvement.
If that arrangement works, it could be further improved by using a floating motor mount.
Combining all of this into a design that supports long can motors mounted further back in the car would indeed be challenging.
Food for thought ?
AlanW

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