Originally Posted by hitcharide1

We're thinking we were going the wrong way with our build.

We didn't have all the flex we would have liked...originally set the mounting for our front bulkheads at the same spacing as on a SuperJ, and the SuperJ has great flex. Of course, it also has a greater span of chassis to flex as opposed to our build.

We've considered building our version of an "articulated" front end. We didn't want to go that route, partly because it is like suspension, and partly because it's inherently fragile and not so great for the newbie.

Re-looking at it yesterday, during one of my brief bouts of health and mobility, we're thinking maybe we were looking at it the wrong way, and can still get the flex we need out of the chassis without use of a "suspension plate", if instead of two bulkheads, we have one central bulkhead, with outriggers to support the main front axle in case of accidental impact (or in Lon's case, intentional impact.)

In theory, this should work and at a minimum still be more durable than the current WRC build. Question is, is the hypothesis right? Thoughts and comments appreciated....