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Old 07-03-2013, 04:00 PM
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Sixtysixdeuce
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Default RE: Nitro direct drive

Made a lot of progress today; it's pretty much assembled, most of it final. The rear chassis extension is done (6061-T651), brake cable bracket made and installed, servos, linkage, RX, fuel tank all in. All that's really left before it's ready for a test run is the dog bone hybrid welding, which a friend of mine will be helping me with tonight. It came out a tad heavier than I wanted at 6.42 lbs with a full tank and body sitting on it, so I'm going to see where I can shed some weight.




May have to revisit the brakes, though. The cable sheaths might not be strong enough, as they want to wrinkle under full braking force. The bracket came out fairly clean, though, despite a broken tap





Do still have to put body posts on, but this is how she'll look going down the road:



Will update after first run!