custom car build
#1
custom car build
Its not that i am new to rc, but i am to this forum/ site and I am wanting to start a custom car build but I'm not sure where to look for ideas and what forum would be the best to make a thread for my project. it will be an electric off road truck but it has features that a monster truck has but i don't want to go rock crawling. any help would be great. thanks.
#2
Tech Apprentice
Its not that i am new to rc, but i am to this forum/ site and I am wanting to start a custom car build but I'm not sure where to look for ideas and what forum would be the best to make a thread for my project. it will be an electric off road truck but it has features that a monster truck has but i don't want to go rock crawling. any help would be great. thanks.
#3
oh yeah, thats true because eventually i will need to be there. thanks.
#4
buyt if you are looking for input and help I would go to the electric offroad forum
#5
okay that's what i though at first because i want it to be an electric off-road truck so thanks for the help.
#6
you should make an HPI Blitz/Firestorm into a 4wd Short Course. Either that, or make a Slash into an 8th scale buggy. Saw that one in an RC magazine. Think it may have been RCCA
#7
I was totally thinking of making a 4wd car but I couldn't figure out how to get started
#8
#9
yeah im not sure. i just really don't know what to go off of. because one thing i think is really cool is all wheel steering like in this video called 'Review of RC4WD Bully Crawler with 4 wheel steering.' its on youtube. (can't post links yet cause i don't have enough posts) so i want to have 4wd and 4ws (wheel steering) but i want it to be a 1/10th or 1/8th scale style chassis, not a crawler.
#10
tc chassis might be cool especially if it has some arm from a truck that will fit. shock tower should be easier to make than arms. really just need something with a front and rear diff and front steering setup
#11
thats my biggest worry. i need to be able to have two steering servos in such small space. its almost like a i need to get, for example, two tc chassis and take the front end from both and mount them together some how, while also adding space in between for the other electronics. haha so confusing. i wish i knew how to make my own chassis. i would have this done already.
#12
well for testing an idea no reason you can't find some cheap thin plywood and cut that up to design the chassis and then use a dremel to cut one out of aluminum or use a band saw and a scroll saw. or most likely a jigsaw with a nice blade. 2 front ends from something is probably your best bet
#13
yeah im not sure. i just really don't know what to go off of. because one thing i think is really cool is all wheel steering like in this video called 'Review of RC4WD Bully Crawler with 4 wheel steering.' its on youtube. (can't post links yet cause i don't have enough posts) so i want to have 4wd and 4ws (wheel steering) but i want it to be a 1/10th or 1/8th scale style chassis, not a crawler.
Last edited by dkrall; 06-09-2011 at 05:39 PM. Reason: spelling error, I'm OCD about that
#14
it would be ideal to have a switch on the transmitter to turn 4ws on and off
#15