RC10B2 / B3 / T3 Graphite - NIXconcepts

[Niki]

I'm a big fan of carbon fiber chassis cars so I had to do this. I want this design to honour the legendary RC10 Graphite which I like a lot.

It's a CF chassis for RC10B2 or RC10B3 buggy (or RC10T3). I had to design separate front and rear bulkhead to match standard AE parts.
Those parts are made with rapid prototype method. Laser sintered nylon or SLS as it's called. With the right SLS material and mechanical design I believe those parts will cope full attack driving.

If you were interested - I will serve here chassis PDF and DXF drawings for those who have access to CNC machines. For those who don't have contacts, Jake (Seabass) signed up to machine chassis for you.
My prototype chassis were made by Fibre-Lyte. You can ask there also of course.

For the SLS parts I used Shapeways. Service and parts were perfect so I uploaded my 3d's there so you can easily order those also if you want.
Nice set of colours available: White, Black, Coral Red, Hot Pink, Royal Blue, Violet Purple.

Here are the chassis parts: (updated 2014/11)

NIX9200
CF special chassis
Wheelbase 267mm (10.5") (RC10B2/B3)
NIX9200 in PDF
NIX9200 in DXF

NIX9200P6
CF special chassis + 6mm
Wheelbase 273mm (10.75") (RC10B4)
NIX9200P6 in PDF
NIX9200P6 in DXF

NIX9200P14
CF special chassis + 14mm
Wheelbase 281mm (RC10B4.1 Worlds)
NIX9200P14 in PDF
NIX9200P14 in DXF

NIX9200L
CF special chassis. Shaped like Late-version RC10 Graphite. (See topic pages 4 and 5)
Wheelbase 267mm (10.5") (RC10B2/B3)
NIX9200L in PDF
NIX9200L in DXF

NIX9200LP14
CF special chassis + 14mm. Shaped like Late-version RC10 Graphite. (See topic page 6)
Wheelbase 281mm (RC10B4.1 Worlds)
NIX9200LP14 in PDF
NIX9200LP14 in DXF

NIX9200P24
CF special chassis + 24mm
Wheelbase 291mm (RC10T3)
NIX9200P24 in PDF
NIX9200P24 in DXF

NIX92001
Rear bulkhead with ESC shelf
Shapeways link NIX92001

NIX92002
Front bulkhead
Shapeways link NIX92002

NIX92003
Rear bulkhead without ESC shelf
Shapeways link NIX92003

NIX92004
Rear bulkhead without battery mount. See topic page 6.
Shapeways link NIX92004

NIX92401
Motor mount brace. See topic page 8.
Shapeways link NIX92401


I made also new arms to get that vintage look.
Be aware that SLS material has more flex than injection molded standard parts.

NIX91051
"Old look" front B2 arms.
Comment: Look is OK. Little bit more flex than standard. Drive tested on carpet track. Small difference compared to original arms. Some unpredictable car action. Maybe on a outdoor track difference would be hard to notice.

NIX91052
Custom front B2 arms
Comment: Not tested yet. Based on experience with NIX91051 I think these would work just fine.
Shapeways link NIX91052

NIX92551
"Old look" rear B2 arms.
Comment: Look is OK. Seems to be quite flexy. Drive tested on a carpet track. Not good to drive. Would not work outdoors either.

NIX92552
Custom rear B2 arms
Comment: Not tested yet. Based on experience with NIX91051 I think these would work just fine.
Shapeways link NIX92552


My car will hopefully be a Stock 17.5T runner for indoor offroad racing. I will start with standard AE arms but later test how much those SLS arms can deal.
Remember: If you order SLS parts or fab the chassis - this is a fully experimental hobby project. I can not be 100% sure about the design so you will do it at your own risk.

-Niki-

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[RC10resto]

[littleVETTE]

back at it again huh niki? looking lovely as usual. excellent work again.

[uniquenamehere]

Wow... nice work, that looks amazing!

[myfordcnc]

Really cool. What was the the turn around on the shape-ways parts and fiber lyte?

[klavy69]

awesome dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Seabass]

That is one heck of a car you designed Niki.

I will absolutely build one of these, thanks for your hardwork.

My shop is no up and running yet since I am still in Korea, but I will be going very soon.

Jake

[Niki]

Thank you all for your kind words. I'm quite excited about this project. Plenty of hours gone to reach this point. My plan is to actually drive the car next week.

Really cool. What was the the turn around on the shape-ways parts and fiber lyte?

Fibre-Lyte offered prototype NIX9200 chassis in 3mm full carbon material for GBP64.95 + shipment.
With 3mm "Carbon660" material for GBP51.75 + shipment.
My proto chassis is "Carbon660". There are some glass fibre layers that makes the chassis stronger than full carbon. Obviously it flexes a little bit more compared to full carbon version.
SLS prices can be found under Shapeways links on the first post.

-Niki-

[hawgfanman]

Wow! Awesome! Now I'm going to have to build another B2/B3 (my 4th)!

[teman]

WOW amazing work! I was wondering when someone was going to pull this off The 4WD version is next right?

[Niki]

Added 2 pics to the first post. Now it's alive...

-Niki-

[scr8p]

looks like the top of the rear shocks should be mounted on the front side on the tower. or the tower itself should be moved front.

or it's an optical illusion due to just waking up.

[Niki]

Shock tower should be in its original position. Turned the shock upper bushings around and changed nuts between tower and bushing for those tiny ones. Looks much better now. Arm mounts are 3-3 so that also moves the shock lower end forward. Thanks for the comment, it's much better now.

-Niki-

[Jerzi]

When can i test the car
Hope very soon.
This is an superb looking car and i think this will be an killer on the track.
Jealous a lot.
Jerzi