Exige - Claus
3D printed PDFF typ 3 motorpod chassis, design by me, printed by shapeways
front & rear ball bearings
2.38mm axle
go!motor
20 tooth crown
10 tooth pinion
parts available from CarGo customs
body mounting with 4 screws in body holders glued to the body
Porsche - Daniel:
SMC chassis (SlotDevilMicroChassis)
available from CarGo customs
Slotdevil 6025 motor
front axle - no bearings, hold by chassis
rear ball bearings
pinion & crown from CarGo
2.38mm axles
available from CarGo customs
body mounting with 4 screws clipped to the sides of the body into holders glued to the body
Benz - Tilo:
scratchbuilt chassis with front and rear suspension - carbon and brass plates
Slotdevil 6025 motor
front & rear ball bearings
pinion & crown from CarGo
2.38mm axle
parts available from CarGo customs
body mounting with 4 screws clipped to the sides of the body into holders glued to the body
Porsche 917 - Aki
3D printed PDKD typ3 motorpod chassis,design by me, printed by shapeways
front axle - no bearings, hold by chassis
rear ball bearings
2.38mm axle
Slotdevil 6025 motor
pinion & crown from CarGo
parts available from CarGo customs
body mounting with 4 screws in body holders glued to the body
Omega - Uwe:
Fun One chassis
(made in germany, no longer available)
Slotdevil 6025 motor
front & rear ball bearings
pinion & crown from CarGo
2.38mm axles
parts available from CarGo customs
body mounting with 4 screws in body holders glued to the body
BMW Gr.5 - Uwe:
3D printed PDFF typ 3 motorpod chassis, design by me, printed by shapeways
front & rear ball bearings
2.38mm axle
go!motor
pinion & crown from CarGo
2.38mm axles
parts available from CarGo customs
body mounting with 4 screws in body holders glued to the body
Camaro - Tilo
scratchbuilt chassis carbon plates & aluminium
Slotdevil 6025 motor
front & rear ball bearings
pinion & crown from CarGo
2.38mm axle
parts available from CarGo customs
body mounting with 4 screws clipped to the sides of the body into holders glued to the body
Bus - Uwe
Fun One chassis
(made in germany, no longer available)
Slotdevil 6025 motor
front & rear ball bearings
pinion & crown from CarGo
2.38mm axles
parts available from CarGo customs
body mounting with 4 screws clipped to the sides of the body into holders glued to the body
Cuda - CarGo
SCX compact chassis - added weight
Alumium wheels
RadioShack motor
pinion and crown from CarGo
lead lead lead
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summarize:
no rocket science included, except maybe for Tilo!
Tires:
all cars ran on CarGo HighGrip Tires or maybe Ortmann. BarcBiteTires offered the same level of grip!
guides:
i got 1/32nd guides again, which were too long to get around the tighest corner. the guides stuck there. shortened them to the length of a
stock SCX compact guide, which works fine.
Printed guides worked flawless, because they are designed for woodtrack use. short in length for tight corners, but reaching deep into the
slot, right at the limit.
one word about motorpod-chassis:
the pod is designed to allow some movement between the two parts of the chassis. Therefore - tightening those screws is against the design.
Normally i make the cones for the screws a little deeper than they come from the printers (i can´t make them deeper in the modell, as i´m
desinging on th limit of what shapeways will print).
So, make sure the hole is a little bigger than the screw to allow movement, make sure the screws allow just a tenth of a millimeter of
movement.
body holders:
i for myself on my track do not like tightened body screws.
i set up my cars to allow a tenth of a millimeter of movement between body and chassis - in all directions. tight body screws make the cars
edgy and harder to controll. just my likings.
bearings:
doesn´t matter if the bearing is a ball bearing, brass bearing or simple bearings like in the SCX compact chassis: no play in any bearing!
especially in the front: i see loose axles in the front - they create vibrations. and vibrations are wasted energy from the motor that will
not accelerate the car, but only make noise.
gearing:
i´ve only written CarGo above:
the 6025 motor is running fine with a gearing of 8/9/10 pinion to a 23/24/25 crown gear (no matter if MB Slot, Slot.it or Slotdevil)
the Go! motor gets under heavy load if you use a long gearing. the Exige ran with 10/20 and won, so it will work with a lightweight car.
axles:
2.38mm looks like standard in 1/43rd cars here.
wheels:
Exige won with 3D printed wheels from my design, 4th placed 917, too.
rest of the cars on aluminium wheels
sorry, i do not know where to get alumium wheels (only source: slotbox.de 10mm wheels with a width of 6, 8, or 10mm (maybe there are 11mm
as well)
hope this helps!
Ciao,
Peter
