Did all the work myself, with a scroll saw for cutting, drill press for drilling, also chucked an end mill into the drill press for light milling.

Thanks :yipi:

The other components are "locked" together as mates, not synced together.
Sounds like I need to look into mechanical mates and add a ratio.

Thanks guys!

That's is pretty much it. You might need to add a circle sketch to your gears for the pitch diameters which you can then easily mate together using the gearing option under mechanical mates. Just line them up, and mate, and all should be sweet. Then you are a step away from connecting the front, center and rear pulleys together with belts.

Solidworks is fun. :)

So is Inventor..... :whistle: :mdr:

Okay, thanks for the tips guys! Drew a circle (sketch) on each the original gear files (diameter equal to the pitch diameter), and hid the circle sketches. Mechanical mates worked perfectly! This is very exciting :yes:

Awesome. Got any video yet? :lol:

Uhh, sure?

<embed width="748" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://img.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums/v132/4x4pede/Belt-Drive%20Mammoth%20ST%20Pro/centerunit.flv">

(If that doesn't work for you, you can view the video here, just make sure to make it full size and enlarge the viewing window)

I kinda meant it like "Hey you figured it out so lets see some video of this truck driving around now." My humor doesn't carry well through type. :mdr: That's very cool, though. I haven't figured out the animations in Inventor yet.

I know, I fight sarcasm with more sarcasm :yipi:

Is there any updates?
Pictures that you could post?

Somewhat of a teaser:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../isometric.jpg

The project of mine from which the above picture was taken has used up a good portion of my free time, but now it's pretty much done :rules: and will be turned in tomorrow. As a result I have nothing physical to show updates of.

And the shock bodies are set to transparent in that image.

Looks awesome MM!

And here's more... I would have showed the ensuing images in a single video file to demonstrate its mobility, but the truck assembly within SolidWorks is apparently too complex for my laptop (shouldn't be the case though - it's custom made and has good specs). So pictures will have to suffice:

Front suspension:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Pro/front1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Pro/front2.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Pro/front3.jpg

Rear suspension:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...0Pro/rear1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...0Pro/rear2.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...0Pro/rear3.jpg

Steering:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../steering1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../steering2.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../steering3.jpg

Rendered wheel showing model tree (to get an idea of what I did to make the wheel):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...0Pro/wheel.jpg

Drivetrain:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...line2-Copy.jpg

Belt routing and steering bellcrank:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ering-Copy.jpg

I want one.

Give me an email address and you can have the 30+mb of SolidWorks files :angel:

Sending PM:party:

I'll need to get Solid Works first.... :mdr:

wow that is bad a$$ im just tryin to get a mout to go like the rest or rc monster conv. mounts on here

Any updates on this?

Yes :yes:

Today the truck went on its maiden voyage! First impressions: it's very quiet, except for the motor and tires, and the rear belt skipping. The front belt is tensioned by no less than 2 springs, and the rear belt has a fixed tensioner which needs to be tightened. Previously the belts were skipping A LOT but has been mostly fixed with two rods connecting the front/rear shock towers to greatly reduce chassis flex.

Pics should be up tomorrow, and vid will be posted sooner or later.

Cool.

hurry up with the pictures and videos and ........... well hurry up!

lol

+1 yes! hurry up w/pictures and videos!

you dont have pics and video yet???????????? geez lol

Nah, nothing yet :sleep: The project's been shelved temporarily because of tensioner and belt slipping issues.

:cry: I want to see some video!

It wouldn't be representative of this truck's goals, unfortunately. So far there is slippage in the belt(s) with just 1/8 buggy tires, and as you can imagine I plan on being able to use 1/8 truck/truggy tires/wheels. This project has just been set aside for a bit while I focus on other projects which IMO are more important.

Are you using HD belts?

They are Powergrip GT2 belts, the manufacturer Gates claims that the tooth profile is supposed to be one of the strongest, and capable of carrying a significantly higher load than their HTD belts.