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| Type: |
Willy Jeep |
Armament: |
None |
| Built: |
May 2008 |
Armor: |
None |
| Builder: |
Neil Rochford |
Rating: |
0/1 |
| Status: |
Operational |
Battles: |
14 |
| Owner: |
Neil Rochford |
Points Earned: |
15,383 |
| Call Sign: |
Rocky Rider |
Points Given: |
4,000 |
| Notes: |
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These fellers are not messing about. A Willys Jeep could move big guns quickly round a battle field. |
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I inherited an old golf cart with a 140w 12v motor gearbox , output rpm 200 , not very fast, so I geared up a little with a 16T to a 12T 3/8th pitch roller chain transmission. |
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Rocky Rider is mainly 9mm ply , the wheels are kids bike stabilizers on a 10mm solid shaft, no diff for now ,but Im looking, The Motor will become the body of our hero Rocky ,
No action men on this crate thank you very much. And I`ll never have a hot motor. |
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The drive shaft bars are seated into blocks of timber filled with candle wax, I bought roller bearings but due to a delay in shipping I decided to see how well wax works . Ok so far.
With limited space I opted for 5Amp hour batteries , 140w / 12v = 11.6 Amps at full speed. So if on average I use 10amps then 5Ah will last half an hour. I call that cheap motoring. |
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The main body takes shape . A few coats of PVA for strength and some water repelling , its ready for priming. |
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This was the tricky part, the axles on the original 4wd car were only 4mm and I wanted 8 or 10mm.
So I drilled and fitted a piece of 8mm bar, This is the most dodgy part of the Jeeps construction and the part I most expect to fail. |
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The wheels attached , very nice suspension but a little wobbly. |
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A splash of primer and all of a sudden its still not very good. |
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Trying to find that sweet point , where the weight is on the back wheels but not so much to cause a back flip. |
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