jimmy
22-10-2006, 12:57 AM
Some might know already, but I reviewed the HN CRT RTR "UK Racer" for RACER magazine recently. one of the few flaws on a great car was the rear plastic brace. It connects from the rear gear box to the centre of the chassis- stopping any flex. The stock plastic one simply bends too easily, its long and too thin.
I couldn't find an official alloy brace anywhere, I saw some expensive and not so expensive 3rd party options but the part looked easy enough to replicate, even I could do a messy job of it.
But instead I gave my 6mm alloy plate to Roger Wood, who runs the bury metro buggy club, and rog did such a great job I thought it deserved a post in a new sub forum of its own :p
http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/misc/woodybrace01.jpg
^ you can see the original in the background - the bend in the middle is of course from abuse. The one roger made is almost invisible, it's so shiney!
http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/misc/woodybrace02.jpg
Rogers brace uses two screws at the front instead of the one on the original.
http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/misc/woodybrace03.jpg
^ It makes everything else on the RTR look a bit dull and boring now. It would need to be run over by a REAL monster truck to break this, and even then...... Thanks Roger
I couldn't find an official alloy brace anywhere, I saw some expensive and not so expensive 3rd party options but the part looked easy enough to replicate, even I could do a messy job of it.
But instead I gave my 6mm alloy plate to Roger Wood, who runs the bury metro buggy club, and rog did such a great job I thought it deserved a post in a new sub forum of its own :p
http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/misc/woodybrace01.jpg
^ you can see the original in the background - the bend in the middle is of course from abuse. The one roger made is almost invisible, it's so shiney!
http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/misc/woodybrace02.jpg
Rogers brace uses two screws at the front instead of the one on the original.
http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/misc/woodybrace03.jpg
^ It makes everything else on the RTR look a bit dull and boring now. It would need to be run over by a REAL monster truck to break this, and even then...... Thanks Roger