This small buggy released in 1996 continued the line of Tech Play vehicles for beginners. Steering and suspension had been present in buggies before, but the new presence of a seat made it possible to put a Technic figure in the buggy, and they fit the scale very nicely if you think of this as a go-kart sized vehicle. This buggy also added a flowing rear arch made from flex system tubing. This use of flex tubing as a decoration would become commonplace even though the flex system itself had been discontinued.
This buggy features rack and pinion steering as well as rear axle swing arm suspension.
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Steering |
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The front wheels can be steered using a wheel at the driver's position. The wheel drives an axle connected to a 8 tooth pinion gear. The gear drives a flexible rack. The steering mechanism itself uses steering arms and toothed links. This is a compact way to create steering for 10 to 12 stud wide steering vehicles. Either with angled direct steering column or a vertical or distributed horizontal HOG-steering. All-in-all a well designed constricution for easy add of steering to your car design. |
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Suspension |
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The rear suspension is a swing arm variety. A spring shock absorber supports the axle. Note that the axle to which the shock attaches is not the wheel axle, and in fact the rear wheels have no connection to each other, which improves the playability, because with taking curves there is no slippage with the rear wheels. For the size of the set this mechanism is a neat way to fit a suspension fuction. It does make the playability more fun. |
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This set has a technic minifig seat, which also fits to this size if you consider this a kind of SUV cart. | |
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Wheels and Tires |
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This set contains 4 sets of wheels and tires of type:
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Nice color pallet of mainly black with some hints of yellow, what makes this set pretty strong. | |
By Technicopedia