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I saw this and thought it was worth posting. Very cool looking design.

http://www.designboom.com/design/max-greenberg-sameer-yeleswarapu-ian-cullimore-cirin-rubber-band-powered-rc-car-art-center-college-of-design-01-25-2015/

Really neat design.

That is pretty cool! Capable of 30 mph too!

I don' see a battery for the receiver and servo? Did they create the tension through a dynamo?

Wow, that thing it awesome!

This is not about the same car, but along the same general lines (at least in my mind). I could see a big future in r/c if this product hits mainstream. As light as aluminum, as strong as titanium - A fraction of the cost. I didn't want to start a new thread over it, but thought that some may find it interesting... or maybe not.

http://gizmodo.com/new-iron-aluminum-alloy-is-strong-and-light-as-titanium-1683920338

It is interesting, but what I see happening is that they will claim it's a new "exotic" alloy, and charge a crapload for it anyway, to jack up the profits. We can hope they don't though...

THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote:This is not about the same car, but along the same general lines (at least in my mind). I could see a big future in r/c if this product hits mainstream. As light as aluminum, as strong as titanium - A fraction of the cost. I didn't want to start a new thread over it, but thought that some may find it interesting... or maybe not.

http://gizmodo.com/new-iron-aluminum-alloy-is-strong-and-light-as-titanium-1683920338

Very cool, lots of applications for a material like that for sure, especially aircraft and 1:1 cars, and of course our beloved RC cars