I was looking at my old RC on road car the other day and the idea hit me. I wonder what that kind of "suspension" would handle like as a slot car? Silicone fuel line tubing for the cushioning......probably won't get built until I crash test some other built projects.....
Fiddling with ideas
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, Mar 20 2026 03:48 PM
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Posted 22 March 2026 - 12:15 PM
Just about everything has been done before, you just might not know about it because you're not in the circle.
These chassis use a single point with a spring behind the motor. Works great! With the front T-Nut they hold the motor pod in place. You could put a .5mm silicone o-ring on the T-Nut for some more damping.
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Posted 23 March 2026 - 04:40 AM
Who did make this?Just about everything has been done before, you just might not know about it because you're not in the circle.
These chassis use a single point with a spring behind the motor. Works great! With the front T-Nut they hold the motor pod in place. You could put a .5mm silicone o-ring on the T-Nut for some more damping.
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Posted 23 March 2026 - 10:48 PM
Who did make this?
Slotfabrik in Germany
Here's another design - for my C291
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Posted 28 March 2026 - 11:11 PM
Who did make this?
Are those wheels machined??
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Posted 29 March 2026 - 12:03 AM
Are those wheels machined??
Yes they are aluminum, cnc milled. They look better in person.
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Posted 25 April 2026 - 07:19 AM
Circle??
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Posted 25 April 2026 - 12:55 PM
Beginning in the late 1980s, on-road R/C cars were just big slot cars. Associated, Bolink and TRC made kits using graphite pans, and pivoted motor boxes. The only difference in design was that the R/C cars had steering. They used foam tires just like the slot cars.
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Posted 25 April 2026 - 02:21 PM
Beginning in the late 1980s, on-road R/C cars were just big slot cars. Associated, Bolink and TRC made kits using graphite pans, and pivoted motor boxes. The only difference in design was that the R/C cars had steering. They used foam tires just like the slot cars.
You must be referring to 1/8 and 1/10 scale RC, because my 1/5 scale on road race cars had real steel belted rubber tires. Heres my FG Modellsport Sauber C-291
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Posted 25 April 2026 - 02:42 PM
1/10th and 1/12th scales. I also raced 1/4th scale open wheel with weed Wacker motors. Those did have pneumatic tires. I believe this thread referred the smaller scales.
