The official "lightweight" chassis thread.

[trey]

what were they trying to acomplish with the ballon motor cover.

that keeps the motor at operating temperature

[LowClassCC]

i have seen foam covers, molded rubber covers, and the bandage wrap by bolink all sold bitd. it wasn't really uncommon for offroad racers to do what they could to keep a motor clean. remember there was a time when stock and super stock motors were not rebuildable. so if you raced at a dusty or sandy track (clay track what was that?) and you were on a budget then you wanted the motors to last as long as they could because buying another one was out of the question.

[Lowgear]

I even have a black anodized aluminum one with fins on the end. I think the decal on it says MCS? I would post a picture but its currently buried at the bottom of a box somewhere.

[vintage AE]

I was looking through a Losi Comp Crawler forum and I am pretty sure I found a guy who has a lightweight chassis RC10
lightweight LCC chassis

[SnoopMaxx]

Suddenly my B stamp doesn't look so bad any more





even got a lightened B2





Morten

[Group B]

Here's a good one...haha....

is that a battery compartment block/esc plate from a Slash on there?

[Lowgear]

i have seen foam covers, molded rubber covers, and the bandage wrap by bolink all sold bitd. it wasn't really uncommon for offroad racers to do what they could to keep a motor clean. remember there was a time when stock and super stock motors were not rebuildable. so if you raced at a dusty or sandy track (clay track what was that?) and you were on a budget then you wanted the motors to last as long as they could because buying another one was out of the question.

I even have a black anodized aluminum one with fins on the end. I think the decal on it says MCS? I would post a picture but its currently buried at the bottom of a box somewhere.

I dug it out and took a picture.

[fastang]

It looks kinda cool! Id put it on one of my shelfers!

[Halgar]

Seeing all these Swiss cheesed pans got me to wondering ...

I've been watching Xtreme4x4 and when they make gussets out of plate or decorative panels for some of their rides, they will drill them out and dimple the holes. Dimpling increases strength and rigidity. So what I'm wondering is, would dimpling put back some or any of the rigidity back into the cheesed pan? If so, cheese away, if not, well, where's that Brittish nanny?

[jwscab]

yes, dimpling will add strength back.

[civilguy]

Some pics of Bugle's dimpled chassis here: http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3974

[Halgar]

Some pics of Bugle's dimpled chassis here: http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3974

It's extra details like that which really make the difference in the looks. He did a nice job with that.

[weaksauce]

New guy here.

I read this entire thread hoping someone found my old gold pan. Lost track of it after moving out of the house back in college.

Tin snips and 5/8" drillbits should be kept out of the hands of 13 year olds with RC10's, and I don't think anything in this thread has topped the damage I did to mine.

[SnoopMaxx]

Welcome weaksauce
how much damage are we talking about


Morten

[weaksauce]

Hmm...

Chopped off the nose north of the front suspension mounting things, the entirety of the sides of the tub. Chopped off the rear motor guard where the rear suspension hinges ended.

Motor mount plate ended up flat, I took off the flap with the 2 holes in it.

Then I went to town on what was left with a 5/8" drill bit. Didn't have a center punch or a template so wherever the bit started to bite, that's where the hole ended up. The unused mounting holes were great for some semblance of pattern.

Servo, receiver, ESC and battery were held in with servo tape, so all sorts of fun stuff would stick to the bottom via ventilation.

It makes me sad to see all these pristine gold tub restorations here. Makes me want to make amends and try to build one up.