Custom Carbon Fiber Brushless RC8T Pics

[Ryu James]

so here is the history of the Carbon RC8T so far.

version1: 5mm Carbon chassis. looked badass but jumped like crap cuz the chassis was just way to stiff. super silent setup due to sound/vibration absorption by the thick carbon

version2: 3mm 7075 alum chassis. this ran pretty good overall. add lots of weight though since i am not able to mill the chassis and it didnt look that great. it sure did jump better though. much louder than the carbon chassis.

version3: 3mm RCM chassis and RC8T brushless conversion kit. sound is inbetween the carbon and my own alum chassis. sounds good. neither quiet nor loud. esc is not ideally mounted. and worst of all - no mechanical brakes. better than version 2 in quality in appearance but lack of mech brakes is a big hit.

so needless to say there will be a version 4. i hope to nail it with this one. have you all started to get an idea of what a perfectionist i am? or anal? whatever you want to call it. anyway, version 4 i am just going to go all out. its going to be a carbon chassis, 3mm this time in hopes of some flex for good jumping and, the front kickup will be there cuz i will fuse the front end from the stock chassis to the 3mm carbon one. also, all cuts, milling, and holes i am going to have professionally done with a CNC. it will take some time and money but at least i will end up with the Rc8T i set out to build. or at least i better or i could be very upset....

version3 pics (water droplets cuz i just finished a killer snow run)