RC10 Worlds Graphite

[Gayo]

Always fancied a RC10 Graphite when I was a kid. I finally buit one from parts bought on Tower Hobbies, eBay and co.
I didn't wanted a immaculate chassis as I plan to run it and it would be a shame to score a new one. I also wanted the best specs possible (stiff black parts, CVDs, Stealth tranny, Gouge direction, Fiberlyte graphite towers...) so although AE never sold a RC10 Worlds Graphite, here is one and it is mine! :thumbsup:

Enough said, here are some pics!

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/9228/p1040184a.jpg

Can you tell I'm happy? :p
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This chassis is kinda special as it has been "factory cut" to be shorter front and rear. The thing is I can't fit the rear optional part that links the motor plate to the chassis :confused:
I also had to drill the chassis to fit the longer lipo cells :cry:
http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/2562/p1040242a.jpg

Done! I went brushed as I wanted a tiny esc and I had that nice Futaba lying on a box... Reedy Ti Worlds 10x1 for the ponies :woot:
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1317/p1040241a.jpg

The bodyshell is a repro, a RCPS Mirage courtesy of Team Blue Groove. Color scheme Time-Tunnel inspired.
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[peetbee]

That's very nice! :wub

[Anibal Henriques]

Very,very nice :thumbsup:
fantastic machine

[matthew]

That is well mint, great job :drool:

[LowClassCC]

the very late graphite team cars are considered the "rc10 graphite worlds cars". they came with a different chassis than the earlier ones like you have. here is a pic of the worlds graphite chassis in case you want to try to chase one down.

[Gayo]

Yes, you are right for the (lovely) late chassis, but they were rather "team spec" with white parts.

[Caine]

Very nice build there. Mmm:)

[eddscott]

That is superb!

Never did get an RC10 as a boy. Quite fancy an RC10 restoration project.

[Gayo]

Do it, it's easy :). There are plenty on eBay, and most parts are still available on Tower Hobbies or eBay.

[DerbyDan]

Thats really nice!! :drool: Very well done! I trust you are planning on racing this car? - should go well against much more modern competition ;)

Just out of interest do you still have the part numbers for the 'Factory Team' AE turnbuckles that you used... my Worlds Car still has the skinny standard items, I keep bending them & would like to upgrade them - I like the blue 'FT' ones & they are reasonably priced - but i'm not sure what lengths I should buy.

P.S Are you sure thats the Mirage shell... looks like the ProtechII to me?

[Gayo]

Thanks! I plan indeed to race it on our astro club track near Paris. I sourced a Tekin RS, it should be ballistic with a 7.5 on such a light car (1350g before I fitted lead ballast under the direction, servo and lipo :o). Wheely time!

I used B4 FT turnbuckles I had from my long gone B4 exept for the rear ones where I used 1.65 ones: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXATGM
B4 turnbuckles are a little long though. Someone on RC10Talk posted the correct lengths, can't find it for now :confused: But B4 ones do fit with a little love, lube and persuasion :D
Same thing for the servo turnbucke, I had to cut some of both ends but there was enough thread left to fit the rod ends.

Re the body, it is indeed a Mirage Protech reedition from TBG. Look for teambluegroove on eBay.

[DerbyDan]

Thanks! I plan indeed to race it on our astro club track near Paris. I sourced a Tekin RS, it should be ballistic with a 7.5 on such a light car (1350g before I fitted lead ballast under the direction, servo and lipo :o). Wheely time!

I used B4 FT turnbuckles I had from my long gone B4 exept for the rear ones where I used 1.65 ones: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXATGM
B4 turnbuckles are a little long though. Someone on RC10Talk posted the correct lengths, can't find it for now :confused: But B4 ones do fit with a little love, lube and persuasion :D
Same thing for the servo turnbucke, I had to cut some of both ends but there was enough thread left to fit the rod ends.

Re the body, it is indeed a Mirage Protech reedition from TBG. Look for teambluegroove on eBay.

Thanks for the info Gayo!... i'm on RC10talk too, so will have a look to see if I can find that thread giving the turnbuckle lengths.

I run my RC10 with a 6.5BL & it sure does fly!

[Gayo]

Have a look here :
http://www.teamassociated.com/pdf/cars_and_trucks/RC10/CE/cat_rc10.pdf

[bish]

Wow, that is nice! I was another kid who always wanted one too. The graphite was beautifully laid out too. Good job.

[Lonestar]

Salut

hadn't seen this one before - very nice :)

A+
Paul

[Naushad]

Gayo, that was a hot build! Did you ever manage to race this rc10?

[Gayo]

Thanks, Naushad. Sadly no, I never managed to race it. I don't do much race meetings and when I do, I prefer to use my usual modern race gear. Another concern is that the front of the car is really light, it acts a bit like a Super Wheelie... So I think that for racing purposes, you better stick with the heavier tube chassis.
My club is considering doing mid-week race meetings, I think I could throw some vintage action in it :)

[DanB4]

Nice car mon ami!

[Welshy40]

Nice, reminds me of my one with MIP belt drive train which i built but never ran.