Since the original plan was to fabricate the chassis out of 2.5mm carbon graphite, the plan is just to router out the material in specific areas to reduce weight on the chassis. The cradles are separate stand alone parts, the plan is to sandwich them between the chassis and the Associated posts. If I were going to fab this chassis out of aluminum plate, like 8th scale cars, I would definitely mill out pockets for the Lipo's, thus eliminating the need for the cradles, as well as unusable areas around the chassis to save weight.
This past weekend at RCX I met a gentlemen from Associated and chatted up mostly pan car stuff. Don mentioned that Hyperdrive had in fact developed front bulkheads that enabled one to utilize the R5 front suspension on the older Associated pan cars that used the 8-32 hardware. On Monday I contacted the good people at Hyperdrive and they confirmed that they were available and they pointed me to a local distributor. I still loyal to Associated's dynamic front suspension, but with the adjust-ability of the newer R5 suspension, you can't beat it...
I ended up building another 10R5 front end and installing on a older RC10L, instead of a graphite version, but a G-10 glass version. Surprising the car handled very well and easy kept up with the newer pan cars. I did have to purchase shims and dial in the front end as if it was a newer 10R5 car.
After several attempts, I was able to tweak the front end enough so I was able to be very competitive with the local racers.
One of the local racers saw what I did and installed a similar kit on a RC10L2 and after shimming was also able to compete with the newer cars.
Texas_Man2011 wrote:I wish I could find parts for my 10L... are there any still available?
Rc12l has a lot of similar parts to the 10L, like the front end, bulkheads, king pins. You could get a rc12l roller for parts if you can't find a 10l.
I recommend downloading the RC12l-RC12L3 manual and see what parts number are the same as RC10L.
I have a fiberglass chassis for an RC10L and it's in pretty good shape. It has a few scratches on the bottom and top but nothing to deep. I've read that you can wet sand it and then clear coat it some how. Is this possible? Has anyone done this...
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I've read that you can wet sand it and then clear coat it some how. Is this possible?
I have had some luck with wet sanding and clear paint. It takes some time and skill to do it right but you can get decent results.
i was wondering if someone who has some old issues of rcca could find the ad for one of these for me. i know it'll probably be impossible to find the kit, but if i remember right, the ad had the part numbers in it. it was a double deck graphite...
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:lol: now that deserves a cookie. not just any cookie. a keebler fudge stripe. :wink:
how old is this chassis and also is it uncommon or are there alot of these floating around. im not worryed about the value/how rare etc just curious if many are around. i have a chance to purchase an rc10 and an rc10l with a composite craft chassis....
this is just a test run. :D In the future i will be making them out of BLUE G10 and the 69 will not be cut through. This was a mistake that i fixed.
I will also be designing some kind of battery strap holder that i am dreaming up in my head. Still...
I was wondering what is the standard (US Measurement) Thickness of the RC10L Chassis, and does anyone know the type of Fiberglass used? I am trying to make a replica chassis with a few minor modifications.
Thanks-
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Thanks, I will look out for some G10 /FR4 in that strength
As for the T-bar, they vary in thickness depending on what setup you want, and I was looking for the chassis itself. The composite craft T-bar could be a thin, or thick version.
My mate has this chassis and we need new wheels and tyres. After looking at pics etc I thought it was an RC12LW with bigger RC10L wheels. But not having anything physical to compare it to it could actually be an RC10. I have taken a bunch...
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If you want to keep those big wheels on it for the skateparks those wheels and tires you posted up from rc4less will work as it sits now. You won't have to worry about scraping the bottom up on it much either :wink:
Hi curious about what can I use to replace missing front wheel plastic washers, I have a couple of cars that are missing them. And foam tire donuts, what to use on pargu wheels, or even vintage sees & technacraft??
Glad to see some people still...
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I am looking for some white bbs wheels from twinn k. I see 1.50 wide but my original rears are 2.00 ??? What gives, I like to buy a set but not sure what sizes to buy, twinn k ebay listing show taller o.d. and i.d. ??? What should I buy, I don't...