I was wondering if I could use the OpenRC truggy parts with this Trabant body made for the M-chassis, I am using it to build a mascotte for my full-scale E-Trabant (Electric Vehicle) concept. The OpenRC Truggy chassis seems to be a great chassis, and besides 3D printing should be ‘the bomb’. Could it be as simple as scaling it down and changing the size of the wheels, or just changing the wheels, or just shrinking the wheelbase or track or something like that? Would that work? Or could there be a way to make a Trabant body for the OpenRC truggy? I’d prefer to 3D print as much things as possible instead of having to buy them. Thanks in advance, guys!
http://www.ebay.de/itm/CARSON-TRABANT-601S-1-10-M-CHASSIS-KAROSSERIE-DEKOR-/150787522599
I don’t think it will be as simple as scaling it and making it work. The suspension would probably need to be changes a fair bit to make it work. But all the 3d models are there and you could do it if you want. Just takes some effort. You might look at this design that is also on the OpenRC Wiki. I have not to documenting it much. But a good place to start.
http://openrcproject.com/tiki-index.php?page=Open%20RC%20Touring%20Car