Stock RC10 shock tower material?
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Stock RC10 shock tower material?
HI!... I'm working on a custom RC10 project right now and need to find some flat sheets of the same material that the stock shock towers are made of. Looks like fiberglass? Anyway needs to be white or off whit like the original shock towers and same thickness. Any help or some links to some would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks :
Neal.
Thanks :
Neal.
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Re: Stock RC10 shock tower material?
HI!... I've been looking around trying to find sheets of this material. Not sure but this looks close.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/G10-Phenolic-sheet-1-8-x-12-x-12-/200983738984?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ecb907a68
Just can't find it in white currently.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/G10-Phenolic-sheet-1-8-x-12-x-12-/200983738984?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ecb907a68
Just can't find it in white currently.
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Re: Stock RC10 shock tower material?
That's the natural color of G10 fiberglass...I don't think you can it in white.
I don't know for sure if the RC10 towers were even G10 or some other grade of fiberglass.
I don't know for sure if the RC10 towers were even G10 or some other grade of fiberglass.
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Re: Stock RC10 shock tower material?
HI!... It looks just like the Tamiya FRP chassis but with less green.
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Re: Stock RC10 shock tower material?
I will post up pics later showing the McMaster Carr g10 against a stock shock tower and you can see if it's close enough for you. It doesn't show the weave like associated
Here are some towers I cut
Here are some towers I cut
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Re: Stock RC10 shock tower material?
http://www.eplastics.com/G10_FR4_Glass_Epoxy_Sheet
These guys have a decent color match, at least a couple sheets I ordered looked good.
These guys have a decent color match, at least a couple sheets I ordered looked good.
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Re: Stock RC10 shock tower material?
gomachv wrote:I will post up pics later showing the McMaster Carr g10 against a stock shock tower and you can see if it's close enough for you. It doesn't show the weave like associated
Here are some towers I cut
HI!... gomachv :
Do you remember what thickness you went with. I just measured the stock shock tower and it's a 1/8" thick so I figure the .125 should do. Also what did you use to cut it out?
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Re: Stock RC10 shock tower material?
Do you remember what thickness you went with?jwscab wrote:http://www.eplastics.com/G10_FR4_Glass_Epoxy_Sheet
These guys have a decent color match, at least a couple sheets I ordered looked good.
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Re: Stock RC10 shock tower material?
I use a combination of 1/8 and 3/32 ( .125 and .093)
Here is my pin router link, this is how I cut all of my material
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=27742
Here is my pin router link, this is how I cut all of my material
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=27742
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