Andymark rhino drivetrain discussion

[Jon K.]

Originally Posted by JamesCH95

I know that the turnbuckles are in compression, which is what concerns me. It may be fine as-is, but the 2 grams of mass it would take to weld it closed seem more than worth it to me.

I would be more worried about weakening the aluminum at the weld. We at AndyMark did extensive hit tests on these turnbuckles at full speed with a fully weighted chassis into a piece of diamond plate that was backed by a full pallet of roller chain, so it had no where to go. We are working on putting up some videos of our testing so that the community can see what we have done to test the modules before we were comfortable selling them.