The official "lightweight" chassis thread.

[a01butal]

Funny, I've heard that about Canadians.

[vintage AE]

oh $&!#, I guess that reads even worse than i thought...

[a01butal]

[transamman908]

Found at a yard sale

[RedScampi]

I especially like the holes in the battery cups. Think of the weight savings!

[JK Racing]

havent seen many losi chassis on here...so here is my recent find...NO, it is not mine

[markt311]

that losi was actually a pretty common sight back then, not many survived. I might have done 2 or 3, but I'm not proud I was only 15

[ROH73]

This seems so fragile when you pick it up...but it sure is light .

[Diggley]

Yup,

I got one of those too...

It was butchered before I got it.

A good friend gave it to me with a bunch of DS parts that I set aside for a future project...it was butchered before he got it.

It use to be a gold "B" chassis anyhow. I'd cry if it was an earlier version.


I'm still shopping for a reasonable replacement for a possible DS runner. My shelfer will stay pretty...

[purpletimbo]

Just browsing saw this and had to revive the thread
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Team-Associated-RC10-1-10-Scale-RC-Buggy_W0QQitemZ330347835132QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ToysGames_RadioControlled_JN?hash=item4cea43eefc&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A1%7C66%3A4%7C39%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A200

[tizeye]

Can't forget mine... ...to be fair on the original owner, a lot of care was taken drilling this one..

[Halgar]

What I'm most curious about is whether drilling all those holes really makes much difference in weight, AND, even if you get a weight savings, there's got to be increased drag because of all the holes as opposed to a smooth surface. Regardless, can you really get a discernible difference in performance by making Swiss cheese out of the chassis?

.to be fair on the original owner a lot of care was taken drilling this one..

That is actually not a bad looking chassis at all.

[Bongo Fury]

What I'm most curious about is whether drilling all those holes really makes much difference in weight, AND, even if you get a weight savings, there's got to be increased drag because of all the holes as opposed to a smooth surface. Regardless, can you really get a discernible difference in performance by making Swiss cheese out of the chassis?

Sure, you can absolutely make a big difference in performance with some of these mods. Especially on the molded chassis.


Oh wait, I’m sorry, did you mean a positive difference???

[Bongo Fury]

My meager contribution.

I beg forgiveness. Hey, I was only like 33 at the time.

[Halgar]

Oh wait, I’m sorry, did you mean a positive difference???

Uh yeah, I meant in a positive way! LOL