RC Truck and Construction - 1:10ish scratch forklift

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Originally Posted by frizzen (Post 170611)

Sorry, i had only ment like the Toy or RC way of linking lift stages... Something like string or chain over a pulley lifts a stage as lower stage rises. I like your way of doing it, especially if you had a warehouse with some overhead obstructions, or if it can load into your conex cans.

If the Truck, Trailers, Forklift, and Tractor are 1/10, i think the Rover looks more 1/12 or 1/14? I dunno, the wheels and sideboards on the trailer make it hard to estimate scale?

Oh, like a mechanically compound lift, I get it. Would take up less space prolly. Wasn't too bad squeezing in the belt-drive servo, but keeping the belt tight and giving it enough engagement to its drive on the servo was challenging.

The fork can load into the conex ends at least as far as the tines will go, though it's too big to fit itself inside, so it can't go all the way in. There's actually a side-loading half-open container for that very purpose (and because I wanted a little variation)

http://www.slosh.com/rc/stacker/IMG_2847.JPG

The Landy is 1:10 by wheelbase, but those dang tires make it look all out of whack. The trailer is prolly more like 1:8 too, but again, out of necessity ..shrug.. Sometimes suspension of disbelief is required.

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Originally Posted by jerry56 (Post 170612)

I bet it would look perfect behind a Tonka conversion... Dump truck, pick-up or a flat bed. :D

Oh, don't get me thinking =)) I've actually been considering doing an Alvis Stalwart, purely for the funkiness factor. Could do it up as a dump with a coupla actuators, hmm...