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Hello all,
I'd like to present my new Spaceframe Chassis for the Hotshot series.
It's a very old project, started in 2019, but actually I always had this in mind since the Hotshot was released in 1985...
I love the Hotshot but its bathtub chassis was a bit dull compared to the futuristic and sexy Frog spaceframe...
In 2019 I started measuring and modeling the Hotshot and it gave this...

I wanted a sandwiched Frog style gearbox

But the project fell into statu quo for years...
Then in 2023 I remodeled everything in Fusion360 to be able to output printable files. (Previously I modeled everything in Sketchup).

Front arms was pretty tricky to model

Front Gearbox, Upper Cover

ANd finally I had a basis to work on.

I could print a transparent chassis if I want.

Is there any interest in doing so?

So I tackled the design task...

And here's the first output...

Verifyied everything in section

Square tubular version

And finally

This is the last version