The Official "What is it?" Thread

[Goatless]

If its close to 1/4' thick, Scr8p told me mine was a raceco chassis. Its in this thread as well

[328isjohn]

If its close to 1/4' thick, Scr8p told me mine was a raceco chassis. Its in this thread as well

Thought so too....But it is only .130 thick

[8rad]

Looks like TQ to me. I see it is drilled for RR adjustable rear toe block.

[jwscab]

it does have the same rough shape as a TQ chassis, but the corners are too rounded. Of course someone could have rounded off the outer corners, but not the inside corners, which appear too rounded, such as behind the rear wheels where the chassis goes from thin to narrow.

the picture isn't too great, how does the carbon look? is it like a weave or are all the fibers aligned in one direction? also, what does the cross-section look like?

does it look like someone modified the chassis in the front where it goes from thin to narrow? maybe that is what I am seeing.

[scr8p]

it's an early tq10 chassis.

[GJW]

it's an early tq10 chassis.

is that because it's not glossy on the top surface and cut a little differently jas?

[328isjohn]

Ill put up better pictures in a bit with a side shot.

[scr8p]

the dead giveaway that it's an early tq10 chassis, 2 actually, is the offset battery box and the nose plate screw hole between the steering bellcrank. the one where you'd install the 8-32 x 1/4" screw to attach the nose plate on a tub chassis. they obviously used the same drill jig as the tub chassis on the early ones.

[GJW]

the dead giveaway that it's an early tq10 chassis, 2 actually, is the offset battery box and the nose plate screw hole between the steering bellcrank. the one where you'd install the 8-32 x 1/4" screw to attach the nose plate on a tub chassis. they obviously used the same drill jig as the tub chassis on the early ones.

sheesh!!! talk about observant man, i thought i was decent but have nothing on some of you guy's bet that chassis is mega rare

[328isjohn]

Sorry...Had some Dimsum that was calling my name...



I thought it was an early TQ but wasn't sure because the smaller holes along the sides aren't c'sunk

[328isjohn]

the dead giveaway that it's an early tq10 chassis, 2 actually, is the offset battery box and the nose plate screw hole between the steering bellcrank. the one where you'd install the 8-32 x 1/4" screw to attach the nose plate on a tub chassis. they obviously used the same drill jig as the tub chassis on the early ones.

So now its got me thinking....why would the battery box holes be offset ... shift weight to one side ?... its offset by about .425...chassis for oval track,but then it would have to be run opposite direction

[scr8p]

you have to look at gene husting's prototype to understand the reasoning for the offset battery box holes.

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=5058

[Lonestar]

Hey Guys, certainly not as glamourous as an early TQ10 but can someone tell me what is this thing?



Looks very cat-esque to me, but not from the mighty traxxas... any idea? It was a friend's first RC and now he wants to find one, so obviously the name would help

Cheers
Paul

[kaiser]

does it say jet hopper on the wing section? is it full size 1/10? i know tyco made a jet hopper but it was samller then 1/10.

it certainly looks very cat'ish.

[civilguy]

It looks like your friend may have had a Traxxas Cat with a different (toy store brand?) body on it. That's my first impression.

Edit: found it: http://tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=88773&id=25101
Must be a later version body.