Custom Carbon Fiber Brushless RC8T Pics

[Ryu James]

So i started on this custom RC8T a while ago and i am finally getting close to finishing her. Most the time has been spent waiting for the carbon fiber sheet to be made. I had a sheet of 5mm, 1k tight weave, unidirectional laid, carbon fiber made for the chassis. it is by far the strongest, best looking carbon fiber i have ever seen. i can stand on it on top of 2 cinder blocks without it hardly bending and i weigh 200 lb. i cut the chassis from the 5mm sheet using a dremel tool only. areas of the chassis have to milled out which i have been able to due using dremel carbide tungsten bits. this carbon fiber is tough. i tried using regular bits to mill out the areas and they just melted. they would get too hot. the carbide bits have held up will though.

for the conversion i am using Tekno RCs Mugen conversion CVDs, battery tray, radio deck, servo mounts, and motor plates.

due to the layout of the CVDs the stock front chassis brace wouldnt fit so i used the shorter one from the RC8 buggy.

the RC8T has a lot of blue alum. parts on it so i decided to continue with that theme and add a lot of blue upgrades to it. i like how it is turning out so far. not quite done so the pics are of the process so far and i have just laid things out on the chassis so you can see how the setup will be. i will post more of the finished product later. hope you enjoy.