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How to make a car frame?

7,971 TheCreatorandDestroyer99  5.6 years ago
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    Oh btw setup: if you build a frame try out the suspension with a gyroscope or a test engine, then build a chassis. When the whole car is ready you can start to set the springs, and hinge angles perfectly. The body's weight can do funny effects with your preset, and nobody wants to work twice on one thing.

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    @TheCreatorandDestroyer99 it depends on what kind of a car you want to make...
    The easy way is a ladder frame, 4 wide and 8-9 lenght is near to realistic scale. The tricky part is the suspension, but it won't be a problem for a standard road car. A vertical placed shock will be fine, and it's pretty easy to build...
    The offroad stuffs are a bit different, but vertical or near vertical springs will work here too. The only hard part is if you want to build a drivetrain axle for the rear end... You need more hinges for that and they like to misconnect....
    The most difficult is a supercar frame, you need to keep the ride height low, so you may use a pushrod setup. But here every damn part can missconnect with no reason and it's really difficult to set it up perfectly...

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    29.4k Nerfaddict

    @TheCreatorandDestroyer99 you can check out Takicraftcorporation

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    Uhh, idk. Look up a pic, and try to build it with fuselage blocks, usually it’ll be a ladder frame. If you want a reference, just look at some of my recent cars

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    Thanks. @randomusername @CRJ900Pilot

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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    I don’t normally do cars, but I would start with a frame made of 0.25x0.25 fuselage pieces

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