Kyosho arc build, help / advice / input wanted !!

[Fly In My Soup]

Looks a bit bodge but no alternative as yet, want to get her running!

[evssv]

long as it does the job....

[Fly In My Soup]

Got some wheels ( thanks, sunny!) 

 

Bit more off road appropriate, and thanks to their design the car now has 1" either side widened track, which should help with stability.

 

Let's pray they hold up on the rear.

 

Desperately need a lick of black on them!

 

[Fly In My Soup]

Fitted an fg sway bar to the rear, and made up some nice custom swing arm braces from some carbon rod and a bag of new spare eyelets.

 

These have all Been flex tested after fitting to ensure no binding/fouling

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Got the pipe on.

 

Purely to test run and tune her, as a new header piece is in the post to give the pipe elbow a more snug fit to the chassis

 

 

 

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Next to come is new servo, servo tray, alloy tank and custom mounts, new exhaust header, brake cam/cable all in the post!!

Edited November 13, 2016 by Fly In My Soup

[evssv]

getting there....

[Rover Man]

Sorry to say but the way you mounted the rear roll bar wont work at all. The bar needs to be fixed to the rear diff mount or some other fixed part of the chassis.

Its the flex of the bar that gives the resistance 

 

FG Leopard setup..................

 

[evssv]

shiney...

[Fly In My Soup]

Actually r.mm, they way I have done it is correct.

 

As per kyosho's original design, both models of arc ( touring and buggy ) used this design.

 

It's actually extremely sturdy, I got my 6 year old to stand on it!!

 

 

Two 'orignal' arcs, touring and buggy

 

The buggy variety fastened the roll bar too the chassis using plastic clips, whereas mine are modified, and are bolted to chassis after drilling/tapping the ALU rods

Edited November 14, 2016 by Fly In My Soup

[Fly In My Soup]

13 minutes ago, evssv said:

shiney...

the hours spent not driving it

[evssv]

or ocd cleaning it........for how much it cost I`d keep it clean inall....

Edited November 14, 2016 by evssv

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7 minutes ago, evssv said:

or ocd cleaning it........for how much it cost I`d keep it clean inall....

 Yeah....

 

I must admit I do love building a shelfer though.

 

But i also resent the fact theyre just v.expensive ornaments

[evssv]

this is y I sold about 9-10  odd rc`s I jus wasn't using.....yeah they looked good on the shelf sitting there but really?wos the point in that........so down sized from 23 ....to  8 main ones now....2x petrols....6x 1/8th brushless.....and 4x tamiyas but they don't get used tbh......so I don't really count them......and 2x 1/8th lwb tc rollers ......

Edited November 14, 2016 by evssv

[Fly In My Soup]

I know that feeling, I managed to get 15 down to 2!

 

Schuey big6 and this lump 

 

It's funny, after trading RC for so long I almost over saturated myself in RC so got a bit sick of the sight kinda thing, which killed as ultimately Ive loved RC since a child (thanks Nikko), alas, I now just buy em one or two at a time and can afford to take my time with more if a challenge, something unusual usually takes my fancy.

[evssv]

yeahi  know what u mean....theres nothing out there atm what I`d really like to own tbh....nothing any of my current rc`s can/will do.....so I`m gonna try the Baja brushless as the dbxl brushless was a let down.....it needed more then 8s imo to make it come alive......but a baj on 8s is very lively indeed.......so will proably do that over xmas maybe......

Edited November 14, 2016 by evssv

[Fly In My Soup]

50 minutes ago, evssv said:

this is y I sold about 9-10  odd rc`s I jus wasn't using.....yeah they looked good on the shelf sitting there but really?wos the point in that........so down sized from 23 ....to  8 main ones now....2x petrols....6x 1/8th brushless.....and 4x tamiyas but they don't get used tbh......so I don't really count them......and 2x 1/8th lwb tc rollers ......

 

2+6+4+2=denial 

 

Lmao, it's hard letting go of them eh mate

[Fly In My Soup]

Brake cam arrived, how's this for an offer, buy one get two???

 

8 days from Midwest USA ain't bad though

 

[evssv]

9 hours ago, Fly In My Soup said:

 

2+6+4+2=denial 

 

Lmao, it's hard letting go of them eh mate

Lol...the tamiyas and rollers don't count imo

[Fly In My Soup]

 

 

Brake cam going in.

 

 

First setup to test brake strength and 'pad' durability.

 

Will be replaced by brake cable tomorrow.

 

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So seeing as the alloy tank is still a week away, and will need a custom mount making anyway, I decided to hook up the original fuel tank.

 

I used my twin clunk, and found some high pressure anti crush braided fuel line with an I.diameter of 3.4mm

 

Works an absolute treat, comes as a metre length with two stop capos, and two good quality ABA clamps, all for 4.99 ( halfords )

 

P.s also made a mesh gaurd for the Lower pull start area, after seeing essvs mesh mod, I didn't fancy aralditing it on, so mines basically cylindrical mesh, bolted to engine with a carbon brace.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 15, 2016 by Fly In My Soup

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Photo pre trimming to make it level

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Edited November 15, 2016 by Fly In My Soup

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Brake cable installed (s.steel) to sit along side throttle cable.

 

Put two different types of tygon tubing at the end of the cable for waterproofing the conduit.

 

Just awaiting servos, and some h.quality carbon to make a tray

 

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Did some final tidying work to rear, also swapped out rear engine-to-shock tower braces with steel tubing, rather than the plastic.

 

All nice and solid now on the arse end, which all but finished, bar servicing the shocks

 

Next up will be servos, currently in post.