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[DCR]

...Here is another Kamo-Speed clone,this is #1,its a bit shorter,maybe a little stiffer then the others.About the same weight at 43grams.I built this chassis out of silver-solder,,and some of the others out of 60/40.Thats a Warmack tongue on a hand cut .040 front piece,its a little heavy but strong and tunable..055/.063 rails.

.......Don..........

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[Rick]

Very nice Don!!

[Tim Neja]

Looking good Don---keep up the good work!!  

[DCR]

.......Thank you Gentlemen,I hope to do some testing this weekend.I'll post how it goes.

...Thanks Don....

[Dominator]

Here a new F-1 I just finished building for someone

 

8 rails of .047

.032 nose peice

.063 side pans and center weight

Slick 7 guide tongue

Swiss bracket and horse shoe plate

7/8" guide lead

4-1/16" wheel base

Weight 55 grams

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MSwiss]

 

Swiss bracket and horse shoe plate

 

Hope you get lucky running it. LOL

 

Super-nice, clean design.

 

I like the little extensions /pads up front.

[glueside]

Coming over to the dark side.

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[slotcarone]

 Another addict!!!  Welcome!!!  I have one suggestion--take an old FK motor and attach it to the bracket when you are building at least the center section.  This will allow the bracket to sit in the correct position and the motor will not hang down.  Have fun!!!

[glueside]

Thanks Mike!

[glueside]

Alright - I have it done.  Please pick it apart. 

 

I am allowing the chassis to slide side to side instead of up and down movement.  Is this good or bad?

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[Preston M]

Jeff, 

 

Looks clean! 

 

A suggestions though... brace the bracket. F1s like to get hit pretty hard LOL.  As for the movement, it seems like you have shaker pans, with minimal movement... you will like it. 

 

Build on

[rav7kaa1]

Nice job Jeff. Look forward to racing with you again soon.

[Dave Fiedler]

Uh Oh,

Strause is buildin'.

Now we're all in trouble!

[JohnnySlotcar]

Luke, you have got to believe! Feel the force. Race car will be fast, yes, yes.

[glueside]

Come on Dave and John...lol

 

Thank you for the comment Preston.

 

JP - I will be gunning for you next time.

[slotcarone]

 That looks real nice Jeff!!  I also suggest bracing the bracket with 2 braces and also I would add a center pan of .063 x 1/2 brass to add some weight.  Most F1's run the best at at least 115 grams and the way it sits I am figuring it will come in at around 102 grams RTR.

[gascarnut]

How thick are the rails? If that's .055 wire, then on a swoopy King like Roger's you may be able to run without the center pan. If you used .062 wire then the car may be a bit loose, especially with the bite bar soldered to the rails. For flat track racing you will definitely need a center pan.

 

I think the side-to-side movement may be too much, judging from the gaps between the pans and the rails.

 

But, there's only one way to find out - go race it, then build another, and another, and...

 

It's fun, glad to see someone else taking the plunge!

[Danny Zona]

It looks real nice. IMO I wouldn't add the wieght with brass. My F1 wieghed in at 103 and I'm gonna take the 3 grams off it because it didn't need it. It is easy to add wieght back on if needed. Just a little bit of lead where you want it and it will be fine. Regardless, it is a very nice chassi and looks like you will be hooked on building retro cars. So fun!

[glueside]

How thick are the rails? If that's .055 wire, then on a swoopy King like Roger's you may be able to run without the center pan. If you used .062 wire then the car may be a bit loose, especially with the bite bar soldered to the rails. For flat track racing you will definitely need a center pan.

 

I think the side-to-side movement may be too much, judging from the gaps between the pans and the rails.

 

But, there's only one way to find out - go race it, then build another, and another, and...

 

It's fun, glad to see someone else taking the plunge!

 

My rails are 4 of .062 with about .062 left open on both sides.  I am thinking it might be to much, but won't know till I try it.

[ejgehrken]

3D Racing Chassis #009

 

8-Rail Stock Car Chassis

8 rails of 0.047" wire

4.5" wheelbase, 0.750" guide lead

0.75" FSF Bracket

0.75" RGEO Brass Guide Tongue

 

 

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[MSwiss]

Eric,

Super-nice job.

 

I especially like the little strip on each side as real positive pan down-stops.

[slotcarone]

 Looks real nice Eric and should handle well and be able to take some swappin paint too!!!

[DCR]

....Hello everyone,finished chassis #4 the other day,it's another Kamo clone,.055/.063 rail chassis.Im moved some weight around a little and moved the crosspiece a bit.The chassis weights 42.4g as it sits,so it should build a 90g car easily.Im working on a Warmack kit right now for the flat-track at BP,,no weight issues with a flat-track car.I'll post that chassis in a day or so.

Take Care......Don Campbell

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[Tex]

Really nice workmanship, Don! Great looking chassis.

[macman]

Work In Progress Can-Am

Got off early today due to sleet... In Charlotte, sleet, snow or ice close everything down... ASAP!!! 

8 rails .047

3/4 motor bracket

Coined guide tongue, .825 length

Don't remember whose pieces these are, bought them a year ago.

.062 nose piece, 1" x 3/4"

3.93 WB

Probably be a shaker

May take off some of the most crooked bracing on the motor bracket. Now time to go scrub the acid off of it. 

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After some comet & brass brush... Now have to let the little battery Dremel charge up again... If I keep this up I guess I will have to get another plug-in unit...

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an update on this project; almost made this into a F-1... but decided I needed a 5th can-am instead of a 2nd f-1... Had to re-engineer the front end when the original just wouldn't work

Since I can't bend piano wire very well, especially consistently  I use several small pieces with one or 2 bends to take the place of one long piece with lots of bends. Really have to get a Rick's bender to go along with the jig... However contrived looking it ends up looking, I like the way this front end came out. However I should have made the pan assembly first, rather than having to work around the front end as I did on this one...

I can already see that I am going to have to either go with a smaller bite bar, or larger panstop tubing, since the pan vertical movement is uneven. May also bave to shorten the pans by about 1/8" inorder to clear tires; they are so close to rubbing it isn't even funny. Will get a weight on this thing tonight at SCC.

Time to go to the track & play:  More to come!

 

No king track speedster here, 70.9 grams

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