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Post by roark69camaro on Mar 28, 2009 15:21:39 GMT -7
hi, i was useing the wheelie bar of the willys promod hotwheele, i mold the and glue to body, not chassis, i feel that these car act so fast and if you have good magnets its over before you get started you know. thanks sherm
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Post by nosubfor3 on Sept 13, 2011 6:44:17 GMT -7
Hey Ron, here is a shot of some wheelie bars mounted to a inline chassis. After drilling the holes I set the chassis on a piece of track. You'll see the blue tape (actually two pieces of tape stacked) under the wheelie bars. I use this to shim the bars. This gets them close to the track without touching. From here I use a rubber band to hold the wheelie bars down and epoxy around where the bars and chassis meet. Hope this helps you out. Sam  Hey Sam didn't you post a how to on building inline wheelie bars?  |
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Post by SKR on Sept 16, 2011 7:02:05 GMT -7
Hi Nosub,
I can't recall if I did one for inlines, I don't believe I have.
Sam
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2013 21:21:18 GMT -7
Just a quick question... do these wheelie bars actually serve a function or are they pure decorational ? Correct me if I'm wrong but for a slot car to do wheelies, you'll need a slot guide that's suspended on a drop arm so it would stay in the slot the entire time otherwise the car would deslot, I've seen this system on various 1/24 scale slot cars, but the only wheelie bars I've seen on a HO scale car are the ones on the Autoworld drag cars which do nothing but for looks. Anyways, unless somebody's running something like a 31 gauge in the armature department with the traction magnets removed, there simply wouldn't be the need for wheelie bars. It'd be fun to watch if it happens tho.
Now, for a wheelie bar, some brass tubing and fine piano wire would do the trick nicely. It would have to be mounted to the chassis itself rather than the body shell. I was thinking more along the lines of using the rear axle as the hinge/pivot point to get the ideal geometry.
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Post by ninjatek on Sept 3, 2013 9:38:27 GMT -7
Just a quick question... do these wheelie bars actually serve a function or are they pure decorational ? Wheelie bars that work serve a function, if they do not work then they are just for decoration. Correct me if I'm wrong but for a slot car to do wheelies, you'll need a slot guide that's suspended on a drop arm so it would stay in the slot the entire time otherwise the car would deslot, I've seen this system on various 1/24 scale slot cars, but the only wheelie bars I've seen on a HO scale car are the ones on the Autoworld drag cars which do nothing but for looks. You are correct in your statements above, especially about the wheelie bars on AW drag cars being just for looks. Many have a misconception of wheelie bars. It may be the name itself. Perhaps they should be called anti-wheelie bars or wheelie prevention bars. When functioning correctly the wheelie bars assist in keeping the front end down during launch, also should lessen wheel spin. In days of old it was always fascinating to watch cars start out in a wheel stand for the first few yards. Pros later realized that they were losing forward motion by allowing their cars to raise up so high for so long. So an actual functioning wheelie bar is to prevent or at least minimize wheel stands. Anyways, unless somebody's running something like a 31 gauge in the armature department with the traction magnets removed, there simply wouldn't be the need for wheelie bars. It'd be fun to watch if it happens tho. Now, for a wheelie bar, some brass tubing and fine piano wire would do the trick nicely. It would have to be mounted to the chassis itself rather than the body shell. I was thinking more along the lines of using the rear axle as the hinge/pivot point to get the ideal geometry. Your exact idea is what many racers are using. There are other methods used also. You should have seen these since you are posting in the thread.Notice that bars are set using sheet of tape, just enough to keep wheels from dragging. The hinge/pivot method is needed, some limitation of movement should be employed.   |
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