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Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 11th, 2011, 3:51 am
by PaulSongas
iggmon72 wrote:The LOOK and functionality PRICELESS!!!!
Nice, who makes them..
Igg
The actual chutes are from a model rocket company. $12
I found some chrome fabric material for the packs at the local craft/fabric store. Then I made a template and had my mom sew them up for me. $2.99 for enough matrial for about 10 packs.
Mom also had some eyelets laying around for the packs $0
Springs for the launchers at Menards $0.59 each
PVC uses to hold the spring $2.00 for a foot and I used about 5 inches.
The backing plate was just some think styrene I had laying around.
I will get some pics up on how they actually work tonight.
Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 11th, 2011, 6:16 am
by M.R. Ogle
Third channel deployed?
Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 11th, 2011, 6:24 am
by PaulSongas
M.R. Ogle wrote:Third channel deployed?
Yes Mike.
Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 12th, 2011, 6:35 pm
by Bryant
Paul the chutes look very nice. They should work well with launching springs, Great job!
Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 13th, 2011, 5:27 am
by PaulSongas
Bryant wrote:Paul the chutes look very nice. They should work well with launching springs, Great job!
Thanks..
After several tests the springs I am using for the launchers are loosing their spring pressure, they must be some real cheap metal (that's what .59 cents gets you
). I am going to find some other springs and they should be good to go.
Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 13th, 2011, 6:22 am
by M.R. Ogle
I hear that.
At AE, we were always really careful to get military-spec grade springs. They cost more, but they're necessary for tunable car suspension uses.
Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 13th, 2011, 7:00 pm
by iggmon72
What are the dimensions on the chute?
Igg
Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 13th, 2011, 8:06 pm
by PaulSongas
36" chute, which is a true 1/4 scale size.
Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 14th, 2011, 7:09 pm
by PaulSongas
Here are a couple pics on how the launchers work.
The spring has a plate on the end to push the chute out. The spring has a string that runs through the center to keep it attatched, also I can pull on the back side of the string to pull the launcher in. The spring collapses inside the PVC tube.
Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 14th, 2011, 7:12 pm
by PaulSongas
I made the wheelie bar tonight.
Since they are just for looks, I made them out of carbon fiber tubes. It's light as a feather!
Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 14th, 2011, 7:31 pm
by M.R. Ogle
Paul... You might consider figuring out a way to either remove or somehow swing the wheelie bars up and out of the way for ease of transporting the chassis.
I know that it's difficult to get my FC in and out of the car without the rigid-mounted Quarter Mortar wheelie bar getting in the way, and I broke one CF tube when the car "rolled" in the back of my van. I now disconnect them at the bottom for transport.
Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 15th, 2011, 6:10 pm
by PaulSongas
Sunday night update.
Got the spoiler built and mounted. I think the body is about as far as I am going to go for now 'till it's time to paint it.
The final step is the exhaust. It came with zoomies, but I think they were made for a different chassis/engine. I don't know if I am going to make them work, or do something else.
Here is the latest pics:
Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 15th, 2011, 7:00 pm
by M.R. Ogle
Car looks clean, Paul!
Gotta find one of these 1:8 scale Muscle Machines RC cars with the oversized superchargers to scavenge. They occasionally pop up on the 'Bay.
http://www.amazon.com/Muscle-Machines-C ... B000JCPXME
Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 15th, 2011, 7:44 pm
by PaulSongas
Thanks!!
Yeah, I know. An injector would really set it off.
I sent an e-mail to them to see if I could buy a blower from them but they didn't have any.
Re: Pacesetter Funny Car
Posted: May 15th, 2011, 8:04 pm
by M.R. Ogle
Fun with PhotoShop: