my custom and homemade Kyosho Raider
 

(In Spanish, here: http://reparar-cochesrc.blogspot.com...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 " Suspension 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:
https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/upl...2353f4181f.jpg


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 steering 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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wow great job, well done mate. How long did it take to finish? And more or less how much did you spend? than you

The time taken was about 10 or 12 hours over a month (cleaning, transmission maintenance, making homemade parts, ..).

I spent very little money because I already had many parts of an old kyosho Raider, wheels, 2.4Ghz radio kit, battery, motor and many recycled materials (aluminum plate and tubes, screws,.).

The used body of a toy cost me 5 Euros.

On ebay, there is sometimes a Kyosho Raider for parts or rebuilding for 15 euros.

On ebay or Aliexpress, you have stock 540 motors (€ 5), servos (€ 5), oil shock absorbers (€ 5-7), Speed controllers (€ 6), ..

My homemade RC car in action with a discrete 27-turns motor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tPZRdj_e5I

Looks really awesome! This type of work motivate me to start hand-made r\c too.