my home made car!!!

ryan · #1 13-09-2006

i have started making my xxx4 in to 3x3 cell car, it is made out of thin alliminuim at the moment for a prototype but if works i will hopefully have access to the cnc machine at my school to mill it out properly with carbon fibre so it is a perfect fit, lol. only the rear is fixed at the moment and i have only cut 4 cell slots out because its really boring doing them all in one go. it will be 4 cells each side so i can adjust the weight distibution. i am also planning on making a chassis the same as this but a different cell layout with 2 cells the side of the motor and 4 the other side like the slim 4 (if i am aloud?) i have got to make the top deck yet what will hopefully be carbon fibre on the finished product. Any ideas?? i also need a name for it and my last name is pretty boring so cant use that!!!

ryN

bert digler · #2 13-09-2006

i heard that 4 cell one side and two motor side provides the optimun balance and why dont u call it xxx4 no more

ryan · #3 13-09-2006

i might cut 4 slots each side so i can test and layout but i might make a new chassis and turn the cells 90 degrees.

ryan

Stu · #4 13-09-2006

No ideas, sorry.

Keep the pics coming though, some people do this sort of thing and think they are some sort of hot-shot, pretending it's all a big secret.

ryan · #5 13-09-2006

dont worry ill keep you all informed. lol

Stu · #6 13-09-2006

I always got on good with my XXX4, I rekon you've gotta be Trickey or Ellis Stafford types to really say the XX4 is that much better.
I'll go back to XXX4 for this winter, I think it's a cool car.
Last two years I've been F2 from nationals, but, after running the XX4 all this year I'm now back at F3, whats that tell me?

jimmy · #7 13-09-2006

It tells you to put down your camera and concentrate on the racing ? ??

you KNOW im talking the truth there stu, I have had my worst season ever and am dropping a grade also - I blame it on taking photos.

Stu · #8 13-09-2006

Maybe.

ryan · #9 13-09-2006

but dont stop taking photos!!!!!!

k£v!n · #10 13-09-2006

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Originally Posted by ryan

but dont stop taking photos!!!!!!

jimmy its up to you what you choose, as long as you still take some pics!

Kev

emzy · #11 13-09-2006

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Originally Posted by jimmy

you KNOW im talking the truth there stu, I have had my worst season ever and am dropping a grade also - I blame it on taking photos.

But... you didn't do enough regionals to GET a grade... so its not like you're actually worse or anything..!

Stu · #12 13-09-2006

Jimmy, or Me - or both?

OldTimer · #13 13-09-2006

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Originally Posted by ryan

i am also planning on making a chassis the same as this but a different cell layout with 2 cells the side of the motor and 4 the other side like the slim 4 (if i am aloud?)

No problem Ryan, to be honest if looking at what i have done with the Slim4 gets more people to modify cars and try new things thats great, as we all win by moving car design forwards.

emzy · #14 13-09-2006

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Originally Posted by Stu

Jimmy, or Me - or both?

I meant Jimmy... I don't know about you

Stu · #15 13-09-2006

Good.

jimmy · #16 13-09-2006

emz, look at my nationals, ive been down at the bottom all year..

emzy · #17 13-09-2006

Batley and Tiverton!

PaulRotheram · #18 13-09-2006

i like the idea so far, very interesting! i think you will have to turn the motor mount around though, or you will have to run the motor backwards.

ryan · #19 14-09-2006

i put the motor around that way so it didnt intefere with the servo i had to move the servo about 7mm to the right so the motor would move forward. so it would be quite hard to put the servo on the left. Would it effect the motor running it backwards, would it still be able to reach top speed?

ryan

Chris Doughty · #20 14-09-2006

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Originally Posted by ryan

i put the motor around that way so it didnt intefere with the servo i had to move the servo about 7mm to the right so the motor would move forward. so it would be quite hard to put the servo on the left. Would it effect the motor running it backwards, would it still be able to reach top speed?

ryan

you would loose around 5,000 rpm and also make it almost impossible to run brushless motors in it.

try VERY hard to get the motor to function in its normal way.

why can't you just swap the motor for servo?