91 Detroit Stealth - Composite Craft Chassis & RPM Arms
Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 3:30 pm
Well, this is my first post to RC10 talk. I just found this forum, and I'm still soaking it all in. Really great stuff here!
After cleaning the basement, my kids found my old RC stuff. It's been collecting dust for 25+ years. ( I'll have to post what an old Parma Sanyo 1200 SCR pack looks like after all this time. Not pretty! )
Their interest and questions has reignited an old flame. Buying them Traxxas cars for their birthday has only grown that flame.
Anyway, I had an old RC10 car that was almost entirely aftermarket. It loosely resembled the Associated Stealth car that became infamous at the '91 Detroit Race. I'm now trying to return that car into working order.
I had the Composite Craft dual deck graphite chassis and RPM's long A-Arm kits. The last time I raced it, I lost an e-clip on the left rear A-Arm mount and the rod slid back across my motor. It shorted and melted the A-Arm. It's been that way for a quarter of a century now.
I would LOVE to get that car operational again, but I'm having a H-E-Double Hockey Sticks of a time finding those RPM Rear Arms. The RPM kit would be 7079 and just the arms would be 8017.
Does anybody have those parts available for sale? I've scoured eBay, Facebook, etc. without success. I even consulted the guys at RPM, and they told me the mold had been "disposed/recycled".
Potentially dumb (more like desperate) question... Have 3D printers gotten to the point where they can produce viable "plastic" parts yet? Is that an option?
I've hears that these cars still race in a "Vintage" class. What's considered stock with regards to battery / motor for that class? Is it a ROAR class? Is it still 6 cell NiMH? Brushed? Timing / turns?
FYI - I couldn't figure out how to paste in a picture of my car, so I found a similar setup online (not my actual car). Here's the link for reference to that Composite Craft chassis and RPM Arms:
http://www.toybaron.com/RC10rpm.htm
Once I get this A-Arm figured out, I'm likely to ask a whole bunch of other questions about whether its worth it to try running with my old Futaba 2PD AM, or whether I need to buy a bunch of new gear to get the thing running.
Remember glitches! I hear they're dead now. Ha!
After cleaning the basement, my kids found my old RC stuff. It's been collecting dust for 25+ years. ( I'll have to post what an old Parma Sanyo 1200 SCR pack looks like after all this time. Not pretty! )
Their interest and questions has reignited an old flame. Buying them Traxxas cars for their birthday has only grown that flame.
Anyway, I had an old RC10 car that was almost entirely aftermarket. It loosely resembled the Associated Stealth car that became infamous at the '91 Detroit Race. I'm now trying to return that car into working order.
I had the Composite Craft dual deck graphite chassis and RPM's long A-Arm kits. The last time I raced it, I lost an e-clip on the left rear A-Arm mount and the rod slid back across my motor. It shorted and melted the A-Arm. It's been that way for a quarter of a century now.
I would LOVE to get that car operational again, but I'm having a H-E-Double Hockey Sticks of a time finding those RPM Rear Arms. The RPM kit would be 7079 and just the arms would be 8017.
Does anybody have those parts available for sale? I've scoured eBay, Facebook, etc. without success. I even consulted the guys at RPM, and they told me the mold had been "disposed/recycled".
Potentially dumb (more like desperate) question... Have 3D printers gotten to the point where they can produce viable "plastic" parts yet? Is that an option?
I've hears that these cars still race in a "Vintage" class. What's considered stock with regards to battery / motor for that class? Is it a ROAR class? Is it still 6 cell NiMH? Brushed? Timing / turns?
FYI - I couldn't figure out how to paste in a picture of my car, so I found a similar setup online (not my actual car). Here's the link for reference to that Composite Craft chassis and RPM Arms:
http://www.toybaron.com/RC10rpm.htm
Once I get this A-Arm figured out, I'm likely to ask a whole bunch of other questions about whether its worth it to try running with my old Futaba 2PD AM, or whether I need to buy a bunch of new gear to get the thing running.
Remember glitches! I hear they're dead now. Ha!