ROH73 wrote:Just an FYI:
For a $20 yearly membership, you can download all of RCCA's issues in pdf format from 1986 to 2004. Join here:
http://www.rccaraction.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&type=gen&mod=Core+Pages&gid=B577B97C8F6B48AAB06AAB4BEACF294E
Unfortunately, the advertisements are not included, but all the articles are there. I finally finished downloading everything the other day; it's about 5 gigs or so. I have all the issues from 1986 to 1992, but it's nice to have the digital version for quick reference and the issues since '92.
Regards,
Robert
I just did that. I wish they would put the more recent issues on there in PDF form as well; it's a pain to have to use the website to access them.
Or it would be if I cared about anything they published after 2004.
The April 1989 issue, the first one I ever bought and still have, has an article on make a custom fiberglass chassis for an on-road RC10, but really nothing anybody here needs more than a single picture to figure out.
In the November 1989 issue with is a Budget Racer column with plans ride-height adjusters for an RC10 spring car. It was quite cleaver really, he used upper shock mounts that could pivot and be bolted into another position to raise of lower the car, which would be more effective than using the spring preload. I have an idea for using a screw and nut setup, so the arm could be raised and lowered with a wrench from outside the car.
I can't find it right now, but between April 1989 and mid 1990 there was an article on building an RC10 oval car with an offset suspension, but again it's nothing people here couldn't figure out: He built a plate to mount the right rear arm mount further out and used a Tamiya Boomerang dogbone, then put an longer Andy's front suspension arm on the right front.