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| Small Factory | Feb 14 2013, 09:43 PM Post #46 |
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Formally Timmy2Tracks
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Well Chris, for pricing on a nicely detailed, small run snowcat, go over to here... http://www.pistenking.com/02c69f9be311f3f15/02c69f9f9e0ce8801/02c69f9f9e0cf3c05/index.php Convert those prices from Euro's to USD and put on your depends... This seems like you could almost be in the same boat; making a fully new chassis that could take Kyosho tracks and a few other bits...! |
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| Toyranosaur | Feb 15 2013, 02:01 PM Post #47 |
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Only a chassis with no cab, plow, or linkage for a mere 1,204.00 US? I'll take two!! Awfully nice, but there must be something between the Ferrari of snowcats & the stock Bliz- I guess that's what we'll be shooting for. I watched a similar phenomenon on the R/C bike forum a couple years ago: Radio Shack, of all people, came out with a 1/4 scale dirt bike known as The Ricky (As in Carmichael, pro race guy.) . Worked pretty good, but could use improvement. So a small company came out with their own bike that was a super-pricey version of it that did work a bit better, but the price turned everyone off. So I ended up making some parts since I had one- Motor spacer/heatsink, swingarm, gave a guy the rights to make a 1-pc. sprocket I designed to replace the stock 3-pc., and Titanium fork rods with Teflon sliders- The sprocket chap also made carbon fiber side plates, and all of a sudden folks had Rickys that worked damn near as well as the pricey one for a hell of a lot less. There seems to always be middle ground! And the Bliz chain was finally decided, .1475 pitch Stainless. It's about $50 for enough to do 1 Blizzard, but that's just how it is, and I'll offer the kit with the chain to be purchased by the buyer- That way they can spread the cost out a bit. I'll give the exact company, part #, & link to make that easy. The good news is that the stock ladder chain has a tensile strength of 50 lbs., but the .1475 has a tensile strength of 175 pounds! I MAY make Titanium sprockets, not sure yet, but they'd last longer than 1-pc. Aluminum I should think (Plus Ti is just Bad-Ass.) Chris REC |
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| ZippoMan | Feb 15 2013, 02:30 PM Post #48 |
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Chris it sounds like you will be making the Ferrari of Kyosho Blizzards!! WOW.....Ti stuff!! That is awesome!! |
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| flexator | Feb 15 2013, 03:29 PM Post #49 |
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Could it be possible to move the chain closer to the chassis? maybe hide it with a cover? |
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| Toyranosaur | Feb 16 2013, 10:54 AM Post #50 |
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Titanium may be feasible, it's a PAIN to cut though! The 1st time I tried it, just to drill holes through some that was just over 1 mm. thick, I melted six or seven high-speed-steel drill bits! It'd hit the material, and even with coolant flooding it, the drill bit would be a shapeless blob & the Ti would have a little tiny shiny spot (!) I finally figured out the correct RPM and feed rate, and then cut about 200 holes with the same bit & it wasn't even dull, incredible stuff. I'm lucky in that I mostly cut Aluminum, which cuts no matter what, it's mostly a matter of the finish & if the bit breaks you know to change something... But, I have the files with the info from my sprockets for the 1/8 bikes, and all the parameters are the same, so should be able to do Bliz units no biggie. Flexator, I'll be doing enough re-designing without fixing stuff that ain't broke, so will leave the distance alone (Probably, unless a reason pops up....) The drive cog can't be moved, so really don't see a reason to move the chain sprockets. And I think it'd be a pity to have a cool chain drive maybe w/Ti sprockets, and COVER IT UP? The cover would add to cost & honestly, I doubt most guys would use it- I wouldn't, myself, though it kinda makes sense theoretically. If the stock stuff can cope with snow, Alloy/Ti won't be troubled by it .....(I hope ) Chris REC |
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| bird077 | Feb 19 2013, 10:24 PM Post #51 |
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I want all the parts listed, just hope i can afford them. I had to sign up for the REC mailing as soon as I found this. |
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Awfully nice, but there must be something between the Ferrari of snowcats & the stock Bliz- I guess that's what we'll be shooting for.
The cover would add to cost & honestly, I doubt most guys would use it- I wouldn't, myself, though it kinda makes sense theoretically. If the stock stuff can cope with snow, Alloy/Ti won't be troubled by it .....(I hope
) Chris REC
4:36 AM Jul 11