Chassis Designing and building

[WestCoastPJ]

Hey all,

I wanted to know how hard it would be to make a custom chassis for my ClodBuster.I only have peices of it,so I thought it would be better to jst make a chassis of my own.I was wondering how much I would spend for a decent chassis,incuding servo mounts,rods,plates,etc.What material should be good enough for plates?Sheet metal?Alluminum?How thick?What about rods?I read the artical about making rods,so hopefully that wont be a problem.Sorry if theres threads about this,but I jstu got home from work,really tired to serch,and I gotta get back tomorrow.Much help is appreciated.Thanks

 

[rckjeep]

Search around the clod forum and see what others have done then go from there.

 

[savageaussie]

I picked up a set of blue anodized HPI savage chassis plates cheap off ebay and have cut them up to make the chassis, throw in a few aluminum braces and flat sheet to keep it strong and to hold the electrics and you have yourself a chassis, it is also heaps cheaper to buy aluminum or stainless steel rod for the links and have some tap or die thread in the ends to fit the ball links. I have a HPI savage so i had plenty of shocks and other stuff around so just use what ever is easy to get or what is lying around. I found that saving all pics you see in the galleries to a file on your computer is also a great place to get ideas and and use as a reference for later stages of building.
Cheers