Custom Carbon Fiber Brushless RC8T Pics

[Raney120]

Yeah I got a thread in the Castle Section here's a link http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17438

[florianz]

sorry to hear that you're not happy with the "kick-up-free" chassis. that chassis rocks, great looks.
I started to build myself a carbonfiber-chassis some months ago, but got stuck due to the kick-up problem. First I wanted to do build it without kickup, but I ve been told that there's a kickup for a reason.

I have already cut two pieces of carbonfiber (aproxx 1,7mm thick each, much cheaper like that) in the shape of the chassis, to glue it together as one piece. I had planned to have the front piece of the chassis made by a seperate piece of carbon, to realise the kickup. the seperated frontpiece where the front diff is mounted on, is "connected" to the chassis by two layers of aluminium (one top, one bottom, inbetween the cabon). the aluminium layer in the front is realising that kickup.
glued together with some good 2-component epoxy glue (there are big differences in quality), baked in the oven with around 70*c, it gets very strong. like that I would have a carbonfiber chassis, including a kickup. as you have such a brilliant piece of carbon, you could problably "add" a kickup afterwards.

the reason why I didn't finish it was that I would only have saved a few grams like that, approx. 100 grams or less, compared to the original one.

As I already have a "top-deck" made by a piece of Carbonfiber (approx.4x30cm), which connects the front, middle and rear diff, it's already quite stable. some folks say, a 1/8 buggy should not be too stiff, as a slightly flexible chassis is good for handling (I think mugen used to have a mbx chassis which was quite flexible, mbx4?).

the reason why i took the top-deck solution is because of the crappy plastic of the diff-boxes, wich is too flexible and like that killing the diff-teeth. like that it got a bit better, I now have some other diffs.

The other, more simple way would be to laminate the chassis, made by glass and carbonfiber. you take the original aluminium-chassis as a sample, and with some sayers of carbon and kevlar-cloths you build a new piece of carbonfiber.
This was my first idea, but the problem here is - working with carbonfiber-cloths for the first time - it might get not stable enough and too heavy. It takes some experience.

there was this guy in germany who made a selfmade lighweight-chassi (like a "u"-shape) for his losi-buggy, custom-made carbonfiber for 2s-lipos. supa-stable, supa-rigid, supa-lightweigh.

eg. this chassis is also made by more than one piece:
http://www.offroad-cult.org/Board/ma...ing-t8003.html

he's a real expert and solved it like that:
http://www.ace-cars.de/DE%20AC/Bilde...0Bild%201.html

About a week ago I emailed matrix about there chassis and asked if they are going to make a BL designed CF chassis for the 8 and he said its already in the works and has a proto-type being tested....but no idea how long till production. I had pics of the proto but erased b/c I lost interest in paying $200 for a chassis for my basher. Just not cost effective IMO.