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3D printed drift build

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I've been working on this for about 7 months so far. It was originally a 3D printed chassis designed by DukeDoks and started off like this:

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There was also a fantastic body designed for it which I ran for a while, and designed some of my own parts (The rear wing, wheels, side exhausts, diffusers, intercooler, bonnet pins and bonnet blower).

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The body was a bit to heavy for the chassis though, it had a tendency to roll in tight turns or the body would just come off the magnets. It got pretty badly dinged up, so it lives on a dark shelf now, looking sad.
I decided to design a belt drive to replace the plastic 3d printed gears. I used GT2 belts and pulleys, the type you'd find on 3D printers/CNC machines. Been a few revisions on this to get something that minimised any flexing.

 

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The original chassis used some TPU (Flexible filament) for some of the parts to create a very basic suspension, but it was too stiff and the car spun out easily, so I designed some front end suspension for it. 

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Decided to try making it into a drift build. I'm using an Aliexpress copy of the Coppermix Silvia body and I designed my own wheels for it.

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The rear axle of the chassis was designed for a 200mm body, so I've made some overfenders to tuck the wheels under.

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The Aliexpress vendor forgot to include the window masks, so I'm waiting on those and I can get the body painted. Have a SkyRC gyro on the way too. 

Current status:

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Stunning work!  Thanks for sharing, it'll be great to see how this progresses.  I love how 3D printing has opened up the world for some innovation and new types of home-build.

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Good stuff. Love seeing more and more 3D printed stuff in the hobby. I have a Prusa MK2S and eventually i'd like to head down a similar road. Subscribed

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I like your approach. Simple as it can be. Go, go, go !!!

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Tested the arches and mounted a wing I had lying from a TT02 Mustang build. I may end up switching over to a TT02 chassis for this as my suspension design limits the amount of steering angle I can have. Don't think it'll be enough for a drift setup.

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