Skimax

Prototype on the left and modified version for fitment on the right. Cleans up the floor pretty nicely 👍

First shot at the front splitter... Fingers crossed!

Well I recently got a 3D printer and have started to make some stuff for the TT02! First I wanted to tackle some of the floor of the car and try to keep as much air out of the body as possible. Every time I ran the thing it would start to flip at like 75mph so I think that is one of the barriers to going faster. found some models and printed out a rear splitter and some side skirts. I think the rear splitter is ok for now but I may take a look at that a bit later. I modified the side skirts a lot to get them to fit better and also give me a spot to put Velcro and secure the edges of the body tight against the chassis. Really happy with how it turned out and can’t wait to run it and see the difference. Still need to work on a front splitter though… that will be next!

Made a few modifications to the steering and added foams to the car and went out for a couple of runs today… disappointingly slower than before by about 4mph. I think I’m going to need to go to the gearing next to get me where I need to be. Also had a little bit of damage that cut the session short. Luckily I just ordered spares of that parts tree lol. Or maybe I just go for the aluminum hubs from here.

Here’s the setup…

Finally got to run the castle system. Went to the spot that I was running the brushed system and there was no way to get a top speed there. Could only max out at 49 before slamming on the brakes so I didn’t run off the road. Found a frontage road that had minimal traffic and sent it. Ended up with 76mph on the first pass and actually spun the wheels when I went what so I know this thing has a lot more in it. Was much easier to control than I was imagining so that’s cool. Then I went home and looked at the data in Castle Link. Cool as **** tbh. Excited for what’s to come.

Im getting about 85mph with the gearing that I have on the car right now. If I add another 10 teeth to the pinion it says I should be at 101. We'll see!

Update: got the chassis cover and I think it will be awesome to just run as the body. Fits tightly against the chassis and very low profile!

So I have a mamba X and a 3800kv motor coming tomorrow. On 3S I think that should probably get me close to the 100mph goal. i also got the Tamiya chassis cover and I’m planning on just running that as the body. Seems to seal out a lot of the air coming into the body and gets rid of one of the big holes which is the wheel wells. The shell also fits tightly against the tub with Velcro so it’s very streamlined!

Ah nice! Thanks for clarifying. seems like an excuse to go brushless!

Took the motor out of the car tonight and there was a piece of magnet? Embedded in the bottom of the chassis

Welp I geared it to 3.7 FDR and was doing passes on 3S… the session came to a close when the car stopped moving and the motor started smoking lol. Guess I need to hurry up my brushless conversion! Currently have a live on a mamba x.

Looks awesome, nice job!

So I’m thinking about picking up a mamba monster 2 and a 2500kv motor that I found for sale… should net me a nice bump in speed over the brushed torque tuned!

Have this and I can attest that they are fantastic. Have served me well for a long time!