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Offroad Design Crew SOLIDWORKS
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26d •
HELP NEEDED - Halftrack Drive Mechanism
Do you guys think I should have the drive mechanism in the back, like a tank? Or in the front like a Motorcycle chain? VIDEO ATTACHED
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From my extremely limited experience with tracked vehicles, you would want the drive sprocket in the rear of the track to maintain tension on the section of track that is in contact with the ground during forward travel. On a side note, I don’t know that I would have a dynamic front roller (it looks like it is it is using a slider rail and coil over). What I have seen is using an adjustable static front roller to maintain track tension during travel.
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And for some light reading (that I definitely have not done a thorough review of… haha) https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/AD0834071.pdf
Dec '25 •
Hello
Good morning all. My name is Jason from New Mexico. I’m here to brush up on my CAD stills and learn some tips and tricks to apply to offroad/automotive design. Current projects include jeep builds, class 11 VW build, 2nd gen 4Runner build, and a couple of mustangs (variety keeps life entertaining haha)
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Class 11 Baja is the production class for VW beetles. Stock suspensions (with slight mods) and stock powertrain. I cut and turned the front beams for more travel, and then turned the rear torsion beams. Plated the stock trailing arms. And have some fox shocks to put on it too. I’m looking at getting around 6” of front travel and maybe 10” rear.
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