1/8 Electric Taken to the Text Level!

[SpEEdyBL]

Here are some pics of the new chassis. Still need to add the finishing touches & bends, but otherwise everything went as planned. I used a 1/8" aluminum plate as a back brace to keep the chassis from flexing so much while I was machining. So... I ended up with two new chassis! One 3/16" thick with pockets, the other 1/8" plain. Clever huh?

I will be trying both. They both weight about the same, but the 1/8" has a lower polar moment forward and back. It also flexes more so I may bend up the sides. The 3/16" has everything sunken in, so everything sits about 2-3mm lower.

I also made a new motor/servo mount as seen in the second pic. The third pic is just of the front shock tower I made next to the stock one.

Semi, I am just going to say it here. I can't sell any of my work. I am just a student not a machinist. It takes a lot of time for me just to make one part, let alone replicas. You'd need all 8 parts to make it work anyway. Not only that, but it is against the rules of the shop to be distributing my stuff.

Now if I end up working with a company to design a 1/8 buggy, I can assure you that it will be far better than this!

[thzero]

Great work!