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my custom and homemade Kyosho Raider

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:24 am
by korreka
(In Spanish, here: http://reparar-cochesrc.blogspot.com/2019/01/fabricar-un-buggy-partir-de-piezas.html)

I had many spare parts from Kyosho Raider and I thought I could build a new buggy:

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... I needed many essential parts (shocks, bearings, shafts, suspension and steering arms,..)

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I started by checking and lubricating the transmission:

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"homemade " Suspensions arms in aluminium

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The shafts were obtained from a DVD-CD rom:

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the chassis diagram:
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Building the chassis with a polyethylene-aluminum composite sheet:

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Building the front shock absorbers with aluminum tubes:

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Building the steering arms with two long screws:
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I have put ball bearings and a 380 motor to test the transmission:
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Now, I start to assemble the parts of the transmission and sterring in the chassis:
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Servo and steering are assembled and adjusted:
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It starts to look like a car...

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The first test with a 540 motor, receiver, ESC and battery:

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Building a custom bumper. The curve is obtained with heat from a soldering iron

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Bumpers and body supports are already in place:

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Receiver and ESC has been mounted with Velcro:

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The lexan body is obtained from a toy-grade car:

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It's done !!!!

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the bumper is behind the body
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With its "brother", the original Kyosho Raider:

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Re: my custom and homemade Kyosho Raider

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:59 am
by jwscab
nice job putting it all together!

Re: my custom and homemade Kyosho Raider

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:22 am
by NomadRacer
Adapt and overcome!

Re: my custom and homemade Kyosho Raider

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:39 am
by jkelm24
I love it!

The Raider was the first kit I built all by myself out of box as a kid (My bro built our Hornet and World Engines Rock Buster).

I still have a love/hate relationship with the Raider to this day.

Re: my custom and homemade Kyosho Raider

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:41 pm
by Coelacanth
Very creative fabrication there! Are you from Cuba? They do this kind of stuff to keep vintage full-scale cars running.

Re: my custom and homemade Kyosho Raider

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 1:00 pm
by SOS
Wow nice job.

Re: my custom and homemade Kyosho Raider

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:12 pm
by XLR8
A full build in one post -- I like that. Nice work!! 8)

Re: my custom and homemade Kyosho Raider

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 4:50 am
by korreka
Coelacanth wrote: Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:41 pm Very creative fabrication there! Are you from Cuba? They do this kind of stuff to keep vintage full-scale cars running.
From Spain (Europe)

Re: my custom and homemade Kyosho Raider

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 3:32 pm
by juanchovs
Hello. Nice skills.

I have a turbo raider in good condition waiting for a light WOIN restoration. This is my first rc hobby grade car.

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Trying new shocks

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From Spain too. (Galicia) :D