1/10 Mining Dump Truck

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rear axle. the middle piece from stainless for the flanges for links and suspension.


50 kg total weight was too much for a usual 1/10 drivetrain
but the fat wheels with their 60mm diameter enabled me to built a motor-in-axle drive

the half axles are from aluminium 50 mm od.







to compare with a usual old scx10/1 axle.



the middle part. flanges from 4mm stainless

[pufferfish]

The build started in juni '21.
End August '21 i've reached a first milestone.

the trough and his bead are provisional welded


the rear axle gets her links


so the axle is mounted on the frame and a first loading test starts

pre weighed 10 kg stones


nothing cracked . the shock absorbers moves just a few mm.


20 kg stones


nothing cracked . the shock absorbers moves just a few more mm.


30 kg stones. maximum payload is reached


nothing cracked . the shock absorbers down.


some manual flexing works well too.

Now I've knew, that all the main components will work on full payload.

At this point i'm very pleased with the build so far.