RC10 Graphite Team Car ?

[DennisM]

I got this one in the mail today.
When I first layed my eyes on it I thought - wouw such nice tires, I need to have this

The Novak gear is in good shape, but it´s funny how the owner spent a small fortune on novak gear, and then went with a 20 dollar receiver.

I´ve a couple of questions that I can´t seem to find the answers to:
1. What kind of steering is that alloy thing?
2. The wing wire mounts, what are they?

Would it be bad manners to mount 3 piece rear rims on it?

Any help appreciated.

[Lonestar]

Steering is RPS, wing mounts is HomeDepot and Turnbuckles are Heinz (57 flavors)

Gold stealth motor plate with Graphite chassis?

Nice electronics indeed

Paul

[Charlie don't surf]

Steering is RPS, wing mounts is HomeDepot and Turnbuckles are Heinz (57 flavors)

Gold stealth motor plate with Graphite chassis?

Nice electronics indeed

Paul

All 3 versions (TQ10 not withstanding) from the 6 gear 6025/6030 to both styles of the 6036 all had the gold motorplate

[GoldRush]

nice score...as far as motor plate i was about to say that both graphite cars ive owned in the past have had the gold motor plate...the black ones look nice too but i have 2 green motor plates for when ever i pick up another graphite car...really want the one that has the little "wings"....peeps that know that one know which one i seek. get that thing cleaned up and have some fun with it dennis.

[Lonestar]

All 3 versions (TQ10 not withstanding) from the 6 gear 6025/6030 to both styles of the 6036 all had the gold motorplate

For the 6G, that I sure knew... Interestingly I had never noticed the alum TeamCar had a black plate and the Graphite version had the gold plate... thanks for this

(gotta check what I have at home... I'd swear I have a couple of graphite TC with black plates...)

Paul

[Dave145]

Nice car. What did you get it for? I bought mine for $100 on ebay and it came with a futaba servo and a novak NESC-1X speed control. Mine has all sorts of upgrades to it. I'll post up some pics for you to look at if you want to see a winning setup. Now the car is my shelf queen, and hasn't seen the road in almost a year or two. Best car I ever owned, but I decided to retire it due to the nice parts and the rarity in favor of my beat up gold pan. Anyway, this car can easily beat a brushless B4 with just my brushed Yokomo 14t motor and my Tekin esc. Best car I ever drove with some of the bets handling. Pretty good for $100 Let me know if you want any more pictures of a specific part or area.

[DennisM]

After a "bit" of scrubbing and some peroxide, this is the result.
Stil needs a battery compartment and brace.
The homebrew, ended up a bit too spacey

[knucklebuster]

Looks good! I want to say I have an Associated manual or insert with the graphite buggy's wheels exactly as you have... three piece rears and one piece feather lights up front.

[DennisM]

Thanks for letting me know about the rims.
The ones following the car has been altered to adapt foam tires, by removing the inner sleeves.
So I couldn´t use them. Never really liked a buggy on foams

[mdutcher]

How did these cars handle compared to the tub chassis versions? I would think that they were definitely a little lighter, correct? What about the durability of the chassis itself? For example, a nose dig off of a jump... how would the front end hold up compared to that of the tub chassis?

Any information would be nice as I might have an in for snagging a graphite chassis. Thanks!

[DennisM]

Ugh, I hope You´ve found the answer to Your question by one of the many experienced drivers in here.
I´m an absolute AE newbie, and can´t tell the tail from the nose on these

[kaiser]

you won't snap the nose if you take a digger, thats for sure. infact you are more likely to bend the nose tubes on a tub car.
the graphite is very tough. the worst that will happen, over time, is the nose will start to split or de-laminate. it is quite a bit lighter, but with todays lipos it doesn't much matter anymore. now we are trying to add weight.

[Jerzi]

I tryed the both chassis lastyear.
In my opinion the alu was way better than the carbon.
Wy, more stable and take the jumps very good.
Jerzi