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my custom and homemade Kyosho Raider

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I had many spare parts from Kyosho Raider and I thought I could build a new buggy:

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... I needed many essential parts (shocks, bearings, shafts, suspension and steering arms,..)

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I started by checking and lubricating the transmission:
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"homemade" suspension arms in aluminium
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The shafts were obtained from a DVD-CD rom:
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the chassis diagram
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Building the chassis with a polyethylene-aluminum composite sheet:
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Building the front shock absorbers with aluminum tubes:
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Building the steering arms with two long screws
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I have put ball bearings and a 380 motor to test the transmission:

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I start to assemble the parts of the transmission and steering in the chassis:

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Servo and steering are assembled and adjusted:
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It starts to look like a car...
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The first test with a 540 motor, receiver, ESC and battery:
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Building a custom bumper. The curve is obtained with heat from a soldering iron
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Bumpers and body supports are already in place:
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Receiver and ESC has been mounted with Velcro:
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The lexan body is obtained from a toy-grade car:
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It's done !!!!
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the bumper is behind the body
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With its "brother", the original Kyosho Raider:

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(In Spanish here:  http://reparar-cochesrc.blogspot.com/2019/01/fabricar-un-buggy-partir-de-piezas.html )


https://classicrccars.wordpress.com/2021/01/08/my-custom-and-homemade-kyosho-raider/

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Nice work. The flat pan chassis set-up reminds me a bit of a Mardave Meteor. It does not look like you have added any extra braces, so does the chassis flex at all under load? Also, does your version have a shorter wheelbase than the original?

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The chassis is an aluminum-polyethylene panel and is very rigid. The buggy weighs about 1.5 kg with the battery.

I do not think the chassis will break. Maybe, the holes threaded in the aluminum give me problems in the future but I can always put screws and nuts.

The wheelbase is 260mm (same as the original Raider); the wheels are bigger and it seems that the wheelbase is smaller.

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Nice work. Your truggy will be more resistant than the original raider for sure. Thumbs up! :)

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