My slim B4 - Page 3

Tom3012 · #41 10-04-2009

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Originally Posted by migsy

Looks fab mate.

how long did the completion take you?

Cheers mate! If you mean how long did it take to make... The prototype car seen in the very first pic in the thread took a couple of hours, I then showed this to the chassis maker (Jay) and he made a couple of changes and the CF chassis was completed in about three weeks (including design time etc)

There are a few more small mods being worked on and a little more testing needs to be done

Cheers, Tom

J_WOODY · #42 10-04-2009

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Originally Posted by Tom3012

Cheers mate! If you mean how long did it take to make... The prototype car seen in the very first pic in the thread took a couple of hours, I then showed this to the chassis maker (Jay) and he made a couple of changes and the CF chassis was completed in about three weeks (including design time etc)

There are a few more small mods being worked on and a little more testing needs to be done

Cheers, Tom

Tom's spot on, the mould for the c/f chassis took about 6 hrs to make, and 20 mins to lay it up, but it was done over a 3 week period, there's some new additions to be added to the conversion, and i've also got some other rc related items in the pipeline

J_WOODY · #43 09-05-2009

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Originally Posted by Tom3012

My idea was to drill several holes so the batteries could be moved further backwards or fowards depending on how you wanted the car to handle...

Tests will be done in the coming week as to finding what we believe to be the optimal position...

Tom

i'll be running a slim b-4, for the first time proper tomorrow, i'll be using stick pack lipo's, so we'll see how it handles on the track with different layouts

, it felt a bit light on the rear when i just tried it outside

J_WOODY · #44 10-05-2009

picture of stick layout ...

jono83 · #45 10-05-2009

how did you find it handled?

Tom3012 · #46 10-05-2009

Seemed good from what i saw of it today, but only Jay could tell you how it went really

J_WOODY · #47 10-05-2009

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Originally Posted by jono83

how did you find it handled?

for the first time on the track, it went very well, i've never been a big fan of the b4, but i'll defo be running this one again, it did feel a bit nervous on the track at times, but that was more to do with worn tyres and changing track conditions ..... i qualified for my first A final of the year, and was running in 4/5th spot for part of it, so it can't be that bad

jono83 · #48 10-05-2009

well it certainly looks very good

J_WOODY · #49 10-05-2009

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Originally Posted by jono83

well it certainly looks very good

cheers, jono, a slim x-6 is next, the 1st part of the mould is done

jono83 · #50 11-05-2009

hmm is it gonna have some machined alloy to mount the gearbox? or threaded inserts like it is already?

dan r · #51 11-05-2009

jay your car looked really good on sunday you looked better with it than your x6

paul01ews · #52 11-05-2009

Hi Jay, not sure why you would want to do that to an X6?

But would you consider making a copy one peice Tub chassis the X6 sq as a direct replacement?

Paul.

J_WOODY · #53 12-05-2009

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Originally Posted by paul01ews

Hi Jay, not sure why you would want to do that to an X6?

But would you consider making a copy one peice Tub chassis the X6 sq as a direct replacement?

Paul.

The x-6 based tub i'm doing will be the same width as 4 cells, which should give it similar weight distribution as the original x-6's but it'll be easier to move weight around to find optimum settings, but as i've said it's x-6 based, not an x-6, there'll be a new gearbox mount, shock tower and couple of other bits made, the main x-6 parts i'll use are the gearbox case and wishbones.
i'd thought about copying the x-6 sq, but i want my cars to be different

. i may make a standard size c/f x-6 chassis once i've finished the slims if there's enough interest, but at the moment they're being made for my own use, not for profit

anyway this thread is for Tom's slim b-4 idea, i'll start a new thread for the slim x-6 once the first parts are made

infanterene · #54 18-11-2009

Are these for sale yet?

Tom3012 · #55 19-11-2009

Hi mate...

We never really made any other than the 2 we both raced... i think they were going to cost around £80 if we were to sell them

stampede vxlboy · #56 19-11-2009

that is nice will you be making anymore to sell

stampede vxlboy · #57 19-11-2009

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Originally Posted by Tom3012

Hi all, after seeing the durango some time ago, and now seeing the rebel rc car, I decided to have a go myself!

Now i havent got the equiment or the money to be milling any aluminium so i did the best i could with the bits that i had, and here it is...

Comments please

i would like i of these kits

Tom3012 · #58 19-11-2009

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Originally Posted by stampede vxlboy

i would like i of these kits

Hi Stampy...

That picture was the prototype car, the one myself and Jay were going to sell is the carbon tub car on the second page...

We never actually made or sold any other than the 2 we had for ourselves...

If you do want one then i could speak to Jay and see if he can make another, but they cost around £80-90 and thats just for the CF tub and the ally mounting plate.

Tah, Tom

jhammond · #59 19-11-2009

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Originally Posted by stampede vxlboy

i would like i of these kits

Stampy...

Just so you know, this is a 2WD car.

Julius.

Tom3012 · #60 19-11-2009

And you need a B4 to make it with