ChitownRC

Hi!

Since most of you get that i'm a micro/mini freak, i thought I'd come by and show you my latest "almost finished" micro racer.





This little baby is a real handful to drive...as a 2wd indoor carpet/RCP racer it can haul some serious a**. Running on 4.8 volts it probably does 20mph but in most cases top speed isn't what this baby is all about. I find when racing micros perserverence is the key to finishing well and for the most part this car always finishes(basically because it's impossible to break!)

The progress body shell is a McLaren F1 that I'm going to repaint/mimic the Gulf McLaren racer from 97 GT series...except in black highlights with some gold pinstriping.

Thanks for looking.

Wow. That is incredible. All that work done by you?

appears to be a mini-z, then he probably did a lot of work past that. looks good!

wow another cool mini, Id love to see you trick out something on a larger scale lol

I've actually learned a lot of things from Mini/micros that I'd like to translate to larger scales:

1.130 size motors are really difficult to hand wind so i figure doing larger scale would be easy once i organize parts.

2. ESC modifications require some major research but with a little work you can change voltage input levels and amperage restraints on most ESC's on the market....you just have to be willing to fail and blow up expensive electronics.:p:

Otherwise there are some things I've done for friends that I haven't got photos of...pretty basic stuff that most RC nuts can do though. My favorite to date was a dual 970 can conversion on an EMaxx from a couple of cordless drills I bought for cheap from a pawn shop. That thing could tear up asphalt it had so much torque.:eek:

BTw, that is a Mini-Z that with some minor fet upgrades can handle a good deal of amperage from cells to motors, and I'm working on a 130 size double 26 turn that'll tear up an RCP track on a 9 tooth pinion.

Thanks for the kind words.

CowboySiR Wrote:My favorite to date was a dual 970 can conversion on an EMaxx from a couple of cordless drills I bought for cheap from a pawn shop. That thing could tear up asphalt it had so much torque.:eek:

dude how did you do that? any info or pics? That would be a sweet project for the e-maxx sittin here

I'll see if I can get Greg to forward me some pics...we made a custom motor mount and with a bit of repositioning of the electronics it came out fairly neat. Not the prettiest conversion but it works like a hot damn...

dang.... thats cool.