CC/Delta mutt

[juicedcoupe]

So I bought this on ebay last night. It looks complete, so I figure it was a good gamble. The overall design screams Delta but the T bar mount doesn't look familiar.

It looks a lot like a Villian, except for the mount. Maybe an earlier or cheaper version.

Anyone know?

And what type of body would be most appropriate for it. I seen a chassis that also used the rear body posts as wing tubes.


If this is more suited to the other makes section, feel free to move it.

[Phin]

It's a Composite Craft Predator chassis that has had a slot cut out of it for the t-bar. The rear pod is a 1/12 Delta pod that has been cut in half at the back and widened with an extra strip of aluminum.

[juicedcoupe]

It's a Composite Craft Predator chassis that has had a slot cut out of it for the t-bar. The rear pod is a 1/12 Delta pod that has been cut in half at the back and widened with an extra strip of aluminum.

I didn't even notice the rear pod had been widened.

I guess its good that I didn't pay much for it.

I might try to at least make it functional.

[juicedcoupe]

Got it in today, in all of its glory.

Started tearing it apart and cleaning it.

The "dampers" are pretty primitive, mostly comprising of 3/16 aluminum tubing and springs. But when combined with the flexibility of the t-bar, it doesn't feel too bad.

Got the rear pod cleaned up and reassembled it with some new bearings, shims, and thrust bearing from my parts bin.

[juicedcoupe]

Got the rear back together and threw in a Trinity motor as well.

On to the front, and more cleaning. I don't know if the front was homemade or just poorly machined, but it suits this car perfectly. The steering blocks are actually from a RC10, that have been cut down to fit. One is cracked and they don't fit well anyway, so I'll probably replace them with some RJ Speed parts.

I threw in a servo and the original links for now. I'll replace all that when I do the steering blocks.

[juicedcoupe]

I threw on some BSR spec tires for the time being. Since I plan on doing some parking lot running, I'm thinking that some CRC wheels and rubber F1 tires sounds like a good idea.

So, it will probably sit like this for a while.

[GeneralZod]

I remember seeing it too on the bay. I like how well you cleaned it up and it now looks surprisingly good! Nice job so far!

[juicedcoupe]

Made up an antenna mount and esc shelf.

The antenna mount is nothing more than a piece of 3/16 tubing. It is tapped on one end of drilled out to 1/8 on the other. It then has a hole drilled through to pass the wire into. It's basically an aluminum version of the old Parma mount.

I wanted a full aluminum esc shelf but couldn't get anything to fit to my satisfaction. So I used an aluminum plate to mount a carbon fiber bracket for a RC10.

I've got a Tekin TSC 410S and a Futaba R112JE for it.

[juicedcoupe]

Got the esc and receiver installed. I didn't wire the servo because this isn't the one that will be used (I need a different servo saver).

I don't normally use the Anderson/Sermos connectors for batteries or directly wire the esc to the motor but it seemed right on this car.

[juicedcoupe]

Did a little work on this one.

New steering blocks, axles, and springs from RJ Speed.

Swapped the servo to the Tower System 2000 that I intend to use, along with the correct Kimbrough servo saver and some Yeah Racing servo washers.

The ball studs are Tamiya 5mm balls with 2mm shanks with low friction cups.

I grabbed some turnbuckles from my stash but they are a little too long. I'll have to order some shorter ones.

Also did some work on the rear.

Made a new rear plate, which gave me somewhere to attach a sway bar. Most of the sway bar hardware came from a Custom Works kit, the rest was laying around.

Replaced the shaft on the center dampner, as the original (3/16 aluminum) one was in bad shape. I also made the new one a little longer.

Replaced the bodies and shaft of the side dampers. The ones that were on it were on the short side and had a lot of slop.

Replaced the 15t motor with an 11t and got some battery straps. Not pictured, but I also have a Novak XXL receiver for it.

[juicedcoupe]

I haven't touched this one in a while. I picked up some Tenergy 3800 cells and built the saddle packs. I switched to Dean's plugs, as the Anderson plug was really just too bulky.

[GeneralZod]

Your soldering skills are top notch! Also dig those battery straps. I wonder how those sub c batteries perform. I was looking to build a few but having some difficulty locating some decent cells.

Car is coming along rather well! Glad you gave it a new lease on life

[juicedcoupe]

Your soldering skills are top notch!

Just like fat girls on Instagram, its all about camera angles.

[juicedcoupe]

Got the body decals and some battery decals from MCI.

I'm going with the classic Nissan GTP look.

With the orange Trinity motor and Novak/Tekin electronics, those blue batteries looked odd. So I added these decals to break it up some.

I knew the straps would cover a good bit of them but I think it still looks much better.

[juicedcoupe]

Did a little work on this one.

Swapped the Novak receiver for a Tekin, to match the esc. Slightly modified an RJ Speed front bumper, and trimmed the body.

Those aren't the body posts that'll be used, just some that were laying around.