How to make a free, light, durable Evo Chassis

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Redline06
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I just made a 2S2P lipo pack and i really hated taping the batteries to the chassis so i decided to make one of my own. I dont have much money, so this chassis is totally FREE if you already have the supplies. I designed the chassis to fit onto my mustang, a long chassis, so if you have a medium or short chassis, sorry, your gonna have to make your own measurements and shorten my chassis design. Here is a drawing of the chassis:

Supplies:
Drawout of chassis
Thin cardboard or watercolor paper (use that on my prototype of this)
Superglue
Scissors
Screwdriver
2 extra screws

1. The first thing you need to do is, well of course gather all of your supplies, and then after you have made that final drawing of you chassis you need to trace it on the the peice of thin cardboard or thick paper. You can do this by shading the lines of the chassis on the other side of the paper and then going over it with a ball point pen.

2. Now you need to go over the lines with a straight edge ruler, and eye to see if any lines are at a wierd angle, if they are, correct them.

3. Now you can cut out the chassis and hold it up to the bottom of the car to see if it is right. Then you need to cut out the screw holes (You can just use a small, flat head screwdriver and drill the holes through) and then you need to cut out the switch hole and mount the chassis onto the car. If the screw holes dont line up, just make new and fill the old holes in with superglue. I know on my design the front screw wholes are a little off so if you are using it you need to remark the holes.

4. Allright, now to move on to the support holders. Now to need to cut 2 cardboard strips about 4mm wide and about 30mm long and you need to make 2 strips that same width but 35mm long. You also need to get 2 small srews that will fit in the two empty screw holes on the top part of the OEM chassis (I dont have a picture of it right now with the screw holes highlighted but you will see where they are in the picture). On the screws i used, the threads are about 5mm long. Now screw one screw into each hole and take it out to make the threads. Make one screw hole at the top of all 4 strips. Then screw the 30mm strips into the front holes and then bend and superglue the strip to the bottom of the chassis. For long chassis owners you will use the 2 outside screw holes from the spacer to mount the strips on, for the medium and short chassis, on the right side you can use the furthest back EP cover screw hole on the right and then on the left use the green rear assembly screw hole. Now just screw in the supports and glue them to the bottom of the chassis.





5. Now you just need to put superglue along the outside edge of the chassis and there you go! You cannot use the tie rod cover with this as it will bind the steering. To mount your batteries, just unscrew the support arms and the chassis screws, and lay your batteries into the tray and then mount everything back on. I will post more pictures monday. I will also not be able to answer any questions until monday because i am working. Enjoy!


Redline

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Re: How to make a free, light, durable Evo Chassis

darkinertia wrote:
oops sorry, i just looked at his post and he said he had a lot of time cuz of summer, i didnt realise he meant LAST summer lol

Haha, no problem. :lol:
It happens to all of us. :wink:

~Junk ET

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Re: How to make a free, light, durable Evo Chassis

oops sorry, i just looked at his post and he said he had a lot of time cuz of summer, i didnt realise he meant LAST summer lol

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Re: How to make a free, light, durable Evo Chassis

darkinertia wrote:
is there any progress on the chassis? all the pics are no longer working and im interested in seeing this project

Uhhh...dude...it's over a year later. :roll:

~Junk ET

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Re: How to make a free, light, durable Evo Chassis

is there any progress on the chassis? all the pics are no longer working and im interested in seeing this project

XmOdsRaC3r510
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Re: How to make a free, light, durable Evo Chassis

knkworld wrote:
that does not look to durable carboard and if u go near a puddel it will get all soggy

Besides, he already said, this is a prototype, so why would you want to make a prototype out of expensive material? Can't wait to see the final product!

Redline06
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Re: How to make a free, light, durable Evo Chassis

knkworld wrote:
that does not look to durable carboard and if u go near a puddel it will get all soggy

Yeah but would you really be driving your xmod near puddles? I will start making my plastic one soon. XCRL, thanks for the comment :)

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Re: How to make a free, light, durable Evo Chassis

knkworld wrote:
that does not look to durable carboard and if u go near a puddel it will get all soggy

Huh? Are you trying to say "That cardboard doesnt look durable, and if you go near a puddle, then it will get all soggy"? I cant even read(or maybe I can, since I typed what I think it says) what you are trying to write!

Nice idea, I made one out of lexan a few weeks ago, but never got to use it.

Redline06
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Re: How to make a free, light, durable Evo Chassis

XmOdsRaC3r510 wrote:
That's very resourceful lol! Nice job, I like the design, but it isn't exactly a chassis, more like a custom battery cover, it's still nice though, as I said! :) You should save up for some CF and, if you have some Dremel skills, cut out the same measurements on the CF, or even Lexan, it'll be better than carboard :wink: ! It's is a prototype as you said though. For the side supports, get some sheet metal, and once again, with some Dremeling skills, cut out the correct measurements then bend the metal with a Vice sort of thing.

Yeah this is a prototype. I already have some clear plastic to use though! So i will start making that when i get the time, Probably on monday. Ill have lots of time to work on it because it is summer 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) ! So i will post it fast. Thanks for the comments

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Re: How to make a free, light, durable Evo Chassis

that does not look to durable carboard and if u go near a puddel it will get all soggy

XmOdsRaC3r510
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Re: How to make a free, light, durable Evo Chassis

That's very resourceful lol! Nice job, I like the design, but it isn't exactly a chassis, more like a custom battery cover, it's still nice though, as I said! :) You should save up for some CF and, if you have some Dremel skills, cut out the same measurements on the CF, or even Lexan, it'll be better than carboard :wink: ! It's is a prototype as you said though. For the side supports, get some sheet metal, and once again, with some Dremeling skills, cut out the correct measurements then bend the metal with a Vice sort of thing.