Originally Posted by Thomas (Post 297598)

In your situation, I would just make the angled plates and sell them for DIY modelers, who will bore and shape it for their vehicle. There are so many different chassis out there and you will have to spend countless hours cutting and boring if you decide to offer finished chassis. Except if you have a CNC mill and the CAD data of the different chassis... .

Originally Posted by Ryu James (Post 297159)

hey all!

a couple things:

to Mentat and Slimthelineman,

as far as the smartdiffs go i tried just buying the smartdiff gears and internals and then tried putting those in a regular losi diff case, an associated diff case, and a Mugen diff case and they dont fit so i am not sure which diff case stum is using. i am not familar with the HD diff case. if there is a diff case that works then that would be cheaper for sure but i couldnt find one so i just bought the smartdiff and then switched the outdrives and bearings. the rc8 outdrives and bearings will work on the smartdiff. then the diff could be used in several different 1/8 vehicles as most kits out there use the 8x16mm bearing like associated. although i must say i just switched my rc8t back to the stock center diff. i seemed to lose some turn-in with the smartdiff. not sure why but i like my truggy better with the stock diff. as for my buggy i havent tried the stock diffs. i just went straight to the smartdiffs. i know that very few of the losi pro drivers use the smartdiffs and this must be for a reason cuz they have all tried them. i am thinking of switching my 8ight to the stock diffs and see if i notice a difference at all and which is better. i might have a few smartdiffs for sale here soon. lol. we'll see.

Originally Posted by stum (Post 297617)

Losi Heavy Duty Diff Case $6.25ea HERE

http://www.impaktrc.com/images/LOSB3..._8B_8T_LST.jpg

Originally Posted by Ryu James (Post 297604)

yeah i would never try to offer chassis' for all the kits just doing it by hand. i have a machinist and a design guy i have been working with. so far the rc8/rc8t is CAD designed and i am running CNC'd models myself. now i am working on the 8ight and the MBX5t as far as getting them CAD drawn and then CNC'd. we keep running into issues with the machining though. CNCing carbon is not easy. the first couple i did turned out great and then i had a bunch where the bit must have got dull or something cuz the carbon was tearing at all the cuts and delaminating on holes drilled. i have recently joined a machinists forum and have learned a lot about machining carbon. its almost like a trade secret really knowing how to machine carbon nicely. anyway, its a pain in the ass to work with but i think we will get a good system down soon.

i really have been doing this more as a hobby and so i havent been making very fast progress. slowly but surely things are coming along though.

Originally Posted by Mentat (Post 297657)

I am a certified CAD tech, using ACAD latest release. If i had a machinist person with a CNC etc. we could prob make some money. I have often thought about making my own rc parts.