As mentioned before; I know to many of you this will all appear underbuilt.
If I break parts, I’ll upgrade them.
“Anyone can build a bridge, it takes a real engineer to build a bridge that barely stands”.
My paradigm towards this build is lightweight=less part stress.
Anything that can be made lighter, will be. Is a part “normally” steel? Okay, build it out of aluminum. Is a part normally aluminum? Okay, build it out of carbon fiber or titanium. Can’t build a part out of a lighter material? Make it smaller or lighten it somehow. Use mechanical properties and geometry engineering instead of material mass
Granted this way of thinking cannot be applied to every part of the build obviously. I’m not going to be swapping out my crankshaft with an aluminum one, etc.
But in general I believe that if I can make this a very light vehicle, then drivetrain stresses will be lessened.
You’re not the first to mention that my paradigm may be wrong (that honor goes to
@N-Smooth)
As I build, I will upgrade parts that I need to, and lighten parts that I can.
The other half of that paradigm, as you mention, yes, revolves around how it is driven. I
know it won’t stand up to abuse. I will need to be mindful of what I do with it. I know I’m not going to be pulling the H2 out of a stuck ditch. I know I’m not going to be able to hoon it. I’m literally building it solely as an exploration rig. Backcountry forest roads, the occasional asphalt road in between rural cities. I know it’s not going to do Area BFE or Johnson Valley.