Another mid-motor RB5...
Finally got round to working on this... more pics to come.
http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_05.jpg Base is a 3mm carbon fiber plate with additional 5mm bracing on the sides. Still to finish up the rear shocktower mount, battery strap and probably a motor plate brace. |
thinking of attempting something like this myself but how do you cut your carbon fibre sheet???
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Metalsaw than sandpaper sticked to a piece of wood or plastic or metal block- justto have flat surface.
Dont think the carbon fiber is an unobtanium unmachinable material. But you can mill it or cut it with waterjet. Does not matter if its a prepreg carbon or just wet press made. simple |
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I used a Sherline mill with a carbide endmill for this project though. |
More pics
Various parts milled out for this conversion. http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_11.jpg Assembled chassis http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_08.jpg Here's the chassis with the front and rear assemblies attached http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_07.jpg Rear needed to be milled for proper fitment of the various parts (hingepin blocks, gearbox, etc. http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_09.jpg Milled to fit the front assembly http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_10.jpg Batteries are held in place with locators on the chassis and a battery strap on top. http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_12.jpg Didn't have the right alu so I just made a motor plate support from a servo mount... http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_06.jpg |
Nice work! :thumbsup:
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Very nice work indeed, and there's something old-school Tamiya in the background, looking at those wheels......
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by looking at the wheels its most likely a sand scorcher in the background
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Nice Work!
Now I got inspired to build my third rb5-mid.:D |
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I have tried the idler mod once on a hi-grip indoor track, but I think it is best suited for outdoor low-grip. Didn't like it at all.:thumbdown: Gives the car alot of forward rear grip when accelerating but vice versa when under brakeing. So stay with the 3-gear tranny.
Have you thought of a centralised gear-box brace not including the motor plate? Otherwise you will get different chassis-flex left to right. |
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Thought about a centralized brace... maybe something ala X-6 squared with something mounting to the top of the battery strap - but that means I need a more secure battery strap though. Something that would take more time would be to just mill out something to go around the motor like I did sometime ago on my first mid-motor project LOSI... http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/losi04.jpg |
Some pics of the car with the home-made undertray & electronics all installed.
Running a Tekin RS with a 8.5T motor in there. http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_13.jpg http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_14.jpg http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_15.jpg |
looks amazing
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Checked my stash and found a cover to fit the buggy! I couldn't be happier! :) http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_16.jpg http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_17.jpg http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_18.jpg |
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Needs some Sc10 tyres :thumbsup:
Is the bumper for front end ballast :D |
Hi, Fine work yours :thumbsup:
Looking at your pic of Losi Mid, the fiberglass used remembered me the ones sold by apexmodels looong time ago. I like it very much, easy to work on. Now only can have Kamtec but isn't the same finish. |
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Decided to bring the car for a race test yesterday and it ran great! Upped the oil in the rear to 40wt for a tad more damping in the rear to even out some chassis slap issues and it worked like a charm. I was most impressed with how the car jumped - it was doing the local triples better than my 4WD! Pleased to report the car came home with TQ and A Main champ honors! |
What body did you use?
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I've since painted up a X-6 body shell for the car. Here are the mid-motor twins. :lol: http://www.cool.per.sg/external_links/rb5/rb5_20.jpg |
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It's been more than a decade since I built this car. It was originally built and raced on a loose dirt track but in the current age of high-grip astroturf I wondered how this old creation would perform.
Got it up and running and it ran amazingly well! So much so I've decided to try to improve it even further with some 3D printing that was not so common a decade ago. :) |
And here's a short video I made regarding the car that also includes some footage of it running.
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