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My entry to the Buggy Challenge and also a pretty great vehicle overall.
It is very large, has a wide and long footprint and a low center of mass, making it almost impossible to flip.
Due to the size and weight, the four 5000 HP engines are really needed. Each wheel is powered by one engine. Acceleration is very good, topspeed varies depending on how many bumps the surface you are driving on has.
The suspension makes riding over dunes almost as smooth as butter and the stacked shocks offer lots of travel. You should still avoid large jumps, as it might break the suspension or explode the vehicle on touchdown.
It has 12 shocks per wheel by the way, 48 total.
Climbing hills with pretty steep angles is also possible due to the high traction and torque.
Handling is pretty conservative, I couldn't get it much more agressive and I also didn't want to. It's a bit like a cruiser, just for the desert.
Fuel lasts very long, but there's still some space left in the fuel-tank in the back, so you can add more if you want to.
Controls:
Throttle = engine throttle (pull fully down and hold it there for braking)
Roll = steering
AG1 = headlights and taillights
Feedback and suggestions are appreciated.
Enjoy! :)
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 39.2ft (12.0m)
- Length 59.7ft (18.2m)
- Height 16.4ft (5.0m)
- Empty Weight 21,087lbs (9,565kg)
- Loaded Weight 22,206lbs (10,072kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 14.4lbs/ft2 (70.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,544.8ft2 (143.5m2)
- Drag Points 23651
Parts
- Number of Parts 443
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 2,046
@TimothyWong I tried different strength settings already with no effect on the tendency of them to break. On other creations I have shocks modded to way higher strengths with no problems, on my Raptor GT and GTR they are beyond 70000% to prevent pitching of the chassis, but those don't have to face huge bumps anyways. Some other things I noticed are that stacked shocks sometimes bug into each other and then all shocks on the vehicle stop working (not only the bugged ones) and sometimes they detach from their mounting points. It doesn't even require hard jumps for this to happen. Putting them at an angle reduces the force applied to them and that seems to help it.
@TimothyWong I can only make them stiffer or softer, but nothing of that stops them from breaking. I also tried adding more shocks so that each shock has even less load, but it didn't help. Maybe it can help putting them at an angle, that's what I didn't try yet as it makes attaching way harder. Edit: Putting them at 15° angle helped a lot and wasn't too hard. Shocks can still break sometimes when you do larger jumps, but it's much less likely to ocassionally break on smaller jumps. I've also added brake lights and a proper interior with steering wheel, brake and gas pedals. Braketorque is also increased and the fuel-tank resized to fit better into the back. I'll upload it later when more users are active.
Breaking the shocks is so easy on vehicles that heavy, even when you got 64 of them (yes, I've tried stacking four on top of each other already). We really need some bigbore heavy-duty shocks in addition to the small ones. :/