Scale 1/8 buggy

[nativepaul]

I made some more progress today:-


I made a carbon Ackerman plate, unfortunately I went slightly overboard with the sanding, but as I'm using the other holes anyway I will use this one rather than remaking it, and may sand the unused second holes off completely to save further weight.


I cut out parts for a new battery tray that is not only much lighter but will lower the CoG too, as the alloy tray I have at the moment is raised off the chassis on spacers by about 5mm to clear the mudguards, I will mill groves in the chassis to hold it in position at the bottom.


I made a full front diff/steering post/centre diff/rear diff top plate that I hope will stiffen the chassis a lot over the regular front and rear braces, but without any vertical triangulation I may still need to use one of the stock diagonal braces to make it rock solid, I hope not but I have holes for the front brace if needed and there would still be a small weight saving with it.

More to come soon.