New guy, Old car.

[trey]

I know what you mean. i painted it because the bottom was pretty worn out. it was either black, or polished. but I do know what you mean.

[trey]

I finally had a little spare time today so I dorked around with the lathe. Turned out a wheel that didn't go so great. Used the wrong kind of aluminum, but it was all I had. I think I will order the right stuff, and try again.

[Drusky]

I love to see custom pieces like this. I wonder how well rims turned from teflon stock would turn out. As far as the chassis is concerned; I think you did the right thing, it would have been a different story if you took a chassis in reasonable condition and painted that but yours was mostly silver underneath.

[trey]

its worth a shot. let me see if I can find a chunk of teflon.


here...

http://cgi.ebay.com/4086-TEFLON-ROD-WHITE-2-1-2-DIAMETER-6-LONG_W0QQitemZ200393916735QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea868813f#ht_1485wt_732

[jwscab]

teflon is VERY heavy, and glue doesn't really stick to it.......
and the worst part, is that as you decrease it's cross section, it gets flimsy, so something thin, like a wheel, will be kinda floppy, very flexible.

[trey]

for the first time in my life, I have now driven an RC-10. Yup, 30 years old, and never had one. I finally got mine up and running today. Snow everywhere, so I just putted around the house. Only bought 1800mah batteries, and they dont seem to last very long. But its fun. The kid got a kick out of it too.

The steering is kobbled together right now. I got RC10GT steering for it, and I cant get the servo to line up right, so I made an S bend link. Ugly, and doesnt work well.