My Kraton 8s garage build

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Too cold to work in the garage but manage an hour or so now and then. Center brace is pretty much finished. Need to clean it up and round some edges but here is it’s final form. Looks like a dragon...It will be connected to the similar front brace with a carbon tube with two aluminum ends. I will weigh everything when it’s finished. This brace doesn’t weigh too much maybe adds a few ounces...
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My chassis is at my fabricators. He doesn’t think he will crack it making the bends. To me it looks too thick to bend without doing so but he knows better than me...Should have probably just made it out of 4mm 7075 and not 5mm. With my bracing it would be fine. Plan on machining some weight out of it here and there. Hopefully I will have it back next weekend.
 
My buddy did the bends for my chassis. Really his son did it. My friend is still recovering from his fall and dizzy spells. Thankfully hes doing far better.
Chassis came out perfect, I'm very pleased. I added some halfassed engine turning to make it a little different. Looks really nice in person. Chassis alone weighs 1055grams, 200 more than stock. Still working on the front support and t2t.
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Front brace,is coming along. It has to be two pieces because my material left over is too thin. Might make it easier to excess the steering this way. Top brace handle will tie these two together but doubt highly its needed. Lost my glasses over the weekend so struggling with an old pair. This all looks good to me...it will all be trimmed for weight and hopefully match the back.
 

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Pretty much finished. I have the receiver box/servo mount and servo coming. Probably get the new castle or a max5 but going to run this for now.

The chassis and bracing weigh 550grams (1 1/4 lbs) more than stock. The carbon center brace weighs less. There is a lot of material removed from the bracing to try to keep some weight down but to make it stronger it has to be heavier.

Idk how thick jbi or m2c made there's but 5mm is fine for this setup. I did not take any material out of the chassis floor.

The solid chassis braces make the center drive harder to get at. The f or r end need to be removed. The center drive being sandwiched between the bracing down to the chassis is key and really the whole reason I took all this time to build it.

Thers is no hindging anywhere. All connections are file fitted and bottom out solid. No stress on the pins as the force is broadened over the whole connection. The end connections at the towers are one piece.

The center brace is similar to the one I made for my oc. It is epoxyed and pinned. (I've owned several bicycles made this way). This is very strong and not going anywhere. The center tower has been milled out a little to allow it to pass through.

Idk what you guys do for drop but I've added two 3mm low heads on each arm. It may help but the weight of the rig will flex the arms anyway most likely break shock ends in the process.

This whole mess was made in my shop. No computers or CNC. Using my eyeballs, brain, dial calipars, graph paper, hobby board and antique machine tools.
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OMG... Pure RC Porn...??

You've outdone yourself this time, this is absolutely amazing and the fact that you've made all this the oldskool way without modern machines is just awesome...11/10 ????
 
OMG... Pure RC Porn...??

You've outdone yourself this time, this is absolutely amazing and the fact that you've made all this the oldskool way without modern machines is just awesome...11/10 ????
Thanks Buddy. I ran manual machines for years at work as a maintenance machinist now mostly cnc...
 
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