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To Enrico63:
In the actual final state of the model, suspensions are only looking nice but are glued and not working.
However I've been playing with the idea of including a spring inside the cylinder.
As correctly pointed out by Calinous, springs from usual ball pen are to strong.
One of the best spring was from a drawing pencil (picture attached).
Some elongation of the spring will also result in softer springs.
Nosports is the designer of the model and he confirms the possibility of making working suspension.
In the same time the biggest challenge seems to be the low weight of paper models.
The total weight of the rear axles carrier is in fact approx. 46 grams and at least 2/3 of the weight is represented by the wheels.
I have been also looking into possible solution with rubber bands, flexible rods and torsion bars.
Considering also that the wheels are not rotating but fast glued, working suspension become even less attractive.
I like Zathros idea of making springs and for sure I will take a note of it.
However this is only my second big card model and I'm learning the trade.
With regret for now I have to drop the temptation of making big changes to such nice model.
Guglielmo
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