homebrewed flatbed #2, spread axle

[Fury Fan]

My prior thread was about my early junk, this one is geared toward this section. The flatbed at the end of that thread wasn't terribly realistic/scaled, but it looked sorta cool, and I knew it was just a toe-dip into the pool.

Once I figure out exactly how I want to build these, and work out the kinks, I think I'll do one with CNC'd alum framerails.

(old thread - http://www.rctruckandconstruction.co...ad.php?t=13078)

Started out with a simple set of framerails made from 1/2-thick wood. Carved them out to emulate flanges like a real trailer, and gave it fishbelly too. Trailer will be 42" long.



Locations are marked for crossmembers and leafspring mounts.




Cut some crossmembers from extrusion, made the frame, and mounted the Xtraspeed suspension bits. Some of these aspects will need changed as this evolves, though....



Added a plywood top, alum extrusion to the edges and CNC'd a headerpanel and a lightchannel. The smaller screwheads were located with intent to paint them as marker lites. (I'm not versed in LEDs for these yet). Rough edges get cleaned up later on.




Made a hitchplate, has multiple holes so I could adjust the pin location if necessary. It also can be rotated front-rear, which gives even further adjustability. This will be hooked to an RC'd Bruder, and I didn't know exactly how all the measurements would work out. The framerails on this one clear the tires nicely (learned that on the last trailer!).