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Thanks for the thread revival I've just realised I've got one of these yoke chassis and the belt kit to go with it so I know what I've got to build now!
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Old 22-12-2016
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Default wasp belt drive

The pictures shown I believe were from the parts G Stote Dad, Alan and my dad Terry created to turn the original kyosho optima into a belt drive rather than the chain it came with.

I read earlier somewhere that someone thought RW made the spur gears,
To clarify Alan Stote bought a gear cutting machine and produced them on site along with all the other parts for the rc world he made.

I should know.....I spent days at the machine making 48dp and 64dp spurs for various cars. Then dad and alan decided to make a blank that fitted in the slipper clutch and spurs that could be changed without dismantling the slipper tension you'd spent ages sorting out!!

Back then gear ratios were really important for run time, heat and speed so they were being changed a lot more than today!
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I have spent ages at mum and dads hunting for any of this gear but sadly I can't find very much of it.

What I do have is a lot of memories from a number of people that have written some nice stuff on here
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I have spent ages at mum and dads hunting for any of this gear but sadly I can't find very much of it.

What I do have is a lot of memories from a number of people that have written some nice stuff on here
If you turned up a set of those wheels that would be great to go with the car I'll eventually get round to building. The chassis will be going off to a friend to copy soon so there maybe more popping up.
I've got a small collection of wasp stuff if you ever fancied letting anything go
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Great thread

Did you use any of the wasp stuff you had off me peaky or is it for show?
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Not all of them Daz I'm sure most are still in a box in the garage, I did use a couple of the layshaft holders
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The pictures shown I believe were from the parts G Stote Dad, Alan and my dad Terry created to turn the original kyosho optima into a belt drive rather than the chain it came with.
Any chance you know the number of teeth on the belt for this Optima kit?
The belt I have has some small cracks so I can't use it in a runner.

I'm looking at MXL-belts like these but I don't want to order at random and don't feel like counting the teeth either...
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Default Found some pics of WASP bits

Having a sort out in garage I found these
I have also found some proper old pictures of when I went to the Chicago hobby fair with these great names...Cecil Schumacher, Ron Winter, Pete Stevens, George Land, Alan Stote the man who made the bits for my dad bless him Terry Sadler!!
Enjoy or not a little history!!

No idea on the teeth of the mid 4 belt sorry dude
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Having a sort out in garage I found these
I have also found some proper old pictures of when I went to the Chicago hobby fair with these great names...Cecil Schumacher, Ron Winter, Pete Stevens, George Land, Alan Stote the man who made the bits for my dad bless him Terry Sadler!!
Enjoy or not a little history!!

No idea on the teeth of the mid 4 belt sorry dude
Wow!!! I still cant get enough of this stuff, it was the thing to have when I raced seriously and know was used by top ten finishers in the nats. Great designer who could put ideas into a real design. Wasp will continue to live on.
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Found a few pictures from Chesham? With the silver car which I belive was the first/prototype?




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Any chance you know the number of teeth on the belt for this Optima kit?
The belt I have has some small cracks so I can't use it in a runner.

I'm looking at MXL-belts like these but I don't want to order at random and don't feel like counting the teeth either...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/B280-B285-B2...nGmBfHlftb9g1Q
Lazy bugger just get a white marker pen or paint and mark every tenth tooth easy as that
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Found a few pictures from Chesham? With the silver car which I belive was the first/prototype?




Great pictures! Those are at Eden Park, was called Eden Park Overlanders back then, these days it's called Eden Park Raceway and has changed a bit, but is still instantly recognisable from those pics.
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Ok,those photos make me feel old,I was there
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Ok,those photos make me feel old,I was there
I was around 8ish years old at the time so around 30 years ago?.....Jesus

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WASP racing 12V soldering Irons, with the big tip. where can i buy one still?
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WASP racing 12V soldering Irons, with the big tip. where can i buy one still?
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I bought an iron a few years ago and knew it was one of the last but do have spec racings email address. Am pming you now
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I've got a new in packet iron, my original is still going strong
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Blimey! 9 years ago i posters this and there's still some love for the WASP products

Im blown away with the comments and the following the products had... it really means a lot to me...
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