How many would be interested in a Savvy conversion?

[jagboy]

Maybe a center diff option too, but this is mainly geared towards bashers and hence the slipper. It wouldn't be too hard to make the spacing good for both, though.


JB

[coolhandcountry]

Well I figured I post a pic of my conversion. I got my buddy the owner of the site to hook me up with some parts. I designed and he cut them. Thanks mike!! But there is my pic.

It is not perfect but it makes me happy for now.

[jagboy]

Not done yet, but an update. I need to measure a couple things and probably move the motor further back, but this is the general design. I still need to take off a bunch of material from the TVPs and find somewhere to mount more cells. Or maybe a whole different battery mounting system. Oh well. Help me out with you C&C. Thanks.




JB

[Thunderbruiser]

real nice conversion

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by coolhandcountry

Well I figured I post a pic of my conversion. I got my buddy the owner of the site to hook me up with some parts. I designed and he cut them. Thanks mike!! But there is my pic.Attachment 1333

It is not perfect but it makes me happy for now.

So, did you win? (The Dr. Pepper peel thingy on the cup) :)

[coolhandcountry]

Originally Posted by BrianG

So, did you win? (The Dr. Pepper peel thingy on the cup) :)

It is a long story of how I got the cups. They are out of date and didn't come from a store. I can't turn it in. I don't peel them no more.

...lol...i know this is an old thread but kinda neat how it looks like the Savage Flux ;)

If you decide to make them I would think about buying the 2nd one.

[jagboy]

Haha... It's been a while since I've been here. Actually, it's been a while since I've done anything with RC cars. I found a guy who wanted a chassis and I designed one but unfortunate circumstances did not allow the project to see completion.





Now I'm designing a race car with a team at UC Berkeley, majoring in mechanical engineering, and having a blast. I don't know if there's much RC in my future, but if someone was legitimately interested in buying a chassis, maybe we could work something out.


JB

Ok sounds good. Is that another new design?

[jagboy]

That design is not derived directly from any of the previous designs in this thread. It uses a floor pan that is an integral part of the chassis, creating a three plate chassis and hopefully leading to significant gains in torsional rigidity. I think there's still a lot of weight that could be shed, depending on the purpose (racing or bashing) without much of a loss in stiffness.


JB

[RC-Monster Mike]

Originally Posted by jagboy

Haha... It's been a while since I've been here. Actually, it's been a while since I've done anything with RC cars. I found a guy who wanted a chassis and I designed one but unfortunate circumstances did not allow the project to see completion.


Now I'm designing a race car with a team at UC Berkeley, majoring in mechanical engineering, and having a blast. I don't know if there's much RC in my future, but if someone was legitimately interested in buying a chassis, maybe we could work something out.


JB

That project actually did turn out, Ben. The 1st set got lost by the anodize company(not mine, but the owner who sent it on his own). There were a couple minor errors in the tvp file, and the motor mounts were modified and beefed up a bit as well. I fixed re-made the parts, only to have them returned in the mail (again, the end user left the country and missed the delivery, so they were returned). Funny thing - the new tvps sat here for about 8 or so months and the owner contacted me with a brother here in the states, so delivery was made once and for all about a week or so ago. Someone will be driving that Savage conept one day. :)
I attached a few early pictures of the 1st version(after machining, but before cleaning them up - just a mock assembly). :)

That looks really good. Hoe thick are those tvps?

[RC-Monster Mike]

Almost 5mm thick (.1875" or 4.76mm) - thicker than they needed to be - and made from 7075. :)

[jagboy]

That just made my day Mike! I had no idea they'd been machined! Did you ever fit the bulkheads to them? Maybe you could send me an email with the fixes so I can modify my CAD?


JB