The Sand Buggy

What's up everyone, this is AlbertBro98 presenting another awesome vehicle! Yeah, soon my new Youtube channel (Alberto's Lego Workshop) will be working. But the important fact it's that after 8 long months I really came up with an idea worth of trying.

This buggy shaped vehicle is RWD, and works fine with a PF-XL geared up by a factor of 1,6. The steering uses a PF-M with a little mod of my own based on other ideas to have a return-to-centre steering.

Front module is composed by a very compact rack and pinion steering, and I decided to use a custom pendular suspension: instead of using shock absorbers I decided to simplify everything by just using some rubberbands, although it didn't work perfectly, did the job.

The rest of the vehicle is built up from the battery, that was placed the near as possible form the ground without losing off-road capabilities in order to be more stable in tricky situations, the rest is quite simple besides the Tatra type suspension, which is similar to the standard independent suspension but simpler, at the cost of being extremely difficult to implement steering; that used a separate rear module that is attached to the body.

The Tatra-type suspension

Impressive travel combining both front and rear suspensions

Although its aesthetics have improved in comparison with the previous MOC, the performance is poor taking in mind the size of the vehicle: the rear module is no perfectly attached to the body, and any loose point results in disintregation of the body, which is not good for an off-road vehicle.

Anyways, I'm already working on a new project with new pieces that will definetely improve the preformance of upcoming vehicles. Stay tuned!!

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