so i took up autocad...

Post by **stolle** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:38 am

i like making my own r/c cars in particular rock crawling r/c trucks. this is my first time using autocad to design a chassis took me about 3 days 8 hours a day to teach myself autocad. the truck is going to have 4 links front and rear solid axle, shaft drive and a hand wound 65 turn motor its based on axles from a tlt1 tamiya truck. im pretty proud of myself, considering my g/f has a degree in architecture and uses autocad everyday and she said she couldnt have drawn it like i did

. im heading down tuesday to my dads machine shop to cut it out of 6061 1/8" aluminum plate. the skid plate is actually gonna made out of cutting board material, should be pretty stout...:santa6:

heres the new chassis:

and a few pics of the old "modified" stock chassis:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:42 am

sweet!

you should drive it over all the piles of laundry in the apartment! hehe JK!!!!!!

Spork · Post by **Spork** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:44 am

nice, congrats man.

Post by **stolle** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:59 am

CRX GRL;4279 wrote:sweet!

you should drive it over all the piles of laundry in the apartment! hehe JK!!!!!!

haha i do, although not so much now, i cleaned since then...

im actually hoping i can make some of these and sell them so i can make some money for the ol' hondas...

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:03 am

Looks cool. Let me know when you get my old R/C car going.

Post by **stolle** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:02 pm

SilverStreak02;4334 wrote:Looks cool. Let me know when you get my old R/C car going.

i had it going the night i came home with it

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 1:30 am

stolle;4395 wrote:i had it going the night i came home with it

Pics or BAN!!!

PLEASE

Post by **stolle** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:57 am

SilverStreak02;4616 wrote:Pics or BAN!!!

PLEASE

here ya go, my dog ran through the pic haha. i put the electronics out of my crawler in it which is why the wires are too long...

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:00 am

Looks good. I'm glad it finally got running.

Post by **stolle** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:12 am

SilverStreak02;4692 wrote:Looks good. I'm glad it finally got running.

i havent really driven it anywhere but around the apartment but its fast and and on vinyl flooring its like driving on ice lol