UE, Billy Trucks, FLM, RCM

[_paralyzed_]

can 7075 be machined with standard tools? what specifically should I be looking at for material? should I be worried now about safeguarding my intellectual properties?

[JERRY2KONE]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

can 7075 be machined with standard tools? what specifically should I be looking at for material? should I be worried now about safeguarding my intellectual properties?

Well if I were you I would start by just shooting an email to MonsterMike and asking to discuss things with him as a friend. He may be able to shed some light on the subject from an owner perspective which could help you get things off the ground. He at lease knows the ins and outs of doing this sort of thing. Plus he can give you advice on materials, machining, and even legal business.

[TexasSP]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

can 7075 be machined with standard tools? what specifically should I be looking at for material? should I be worried now about safeguarding my intellectual properties?

Typically 7075 machines better than 6061. Being harder the tools tend to gum up less with 7075 and you can machine faster. Typically we could machine 7075 30% faster than 6061 in my shop using the same end mills and tooling. It was easier for us to get a cleaner finish with 7075 as well.

I will say 6061 welds much easier than 7075. 7075 can be welded but the welder really needs to know what they are doing.........

[George16]

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

Not to worry RiverMaxx once you get your first BL conversion running you will begin to wondeer why you even have nitro stuff laying around. Most within a year of starting BL begin to get rid of all their nitro stuff, but hang on to at least one just so they can lie to themselves about not abandoning teh nitro's all together. This is a much cleaner, and less labor intensive side. They call it the dark side because you get more sleep when all you have to do is plug em in and go for it.

That is so true .

Rivermaxx, just keep in mind that I started with one electric truck (old 3906 emaxx) and now have 3 brushless trucks. If I can convert the supermaxx and predator (i can if I really wanted to), everything will be brushless.

Less mess, tuning headache etc. etc.

[Rivermaxx]

You can ask sweet also he has brought back the strobe braces for ga bulks from years back and sold them too alot of guys on rc forums and ebay. I believe he got the plans and premission from the originator. He got with a cnc machinest and made a batch of them. It took a while for him too sell all of them but he eventually did.

[sweetride4me]

Yeah it is a time consuming process, but I saw a demand for an item and wanted to help people out. I didn't really make much if any money but I feel I made a quality product. I had most of them made out of 6061 t6 stock and a very small few (3 sets) made out of 7075 t6 stock. Machining 6061 and 7075 is similiar 7075 is harder and any good machinist will now how they "feel" different.

Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions... I'm more than happy to help. I can get you in touch with a good aluminum house with good stock and prices.

[Rivermaxx]

Who got the 7075 ones are they marked in some way?

[sweetride4me]

Kenny got them and I think he sold a set to Lito/or Eric (Duh Engineering) you can tell by weight.

[George16]

Originally Posted by sweetride4me

Kenny got them and I think he sold a set to Lito/or Eric (Duh Engineering) you can tell by weight.

I didn't get as et of 7075 . I wish I did.

[TexasSP]

Wow, talk about beating a dead horse. You do realize this thread is 6 months old and the subject has been dropped?

[Chadworkz]

Yep, but I just now read it and wanted to add my $0.02.

[ClodMaxx]

lol....that's more like adding your 15 bucks.

[lincpimp]

Come on guys, he makes a few valid points. But keep in mind these are toy car parts... If Robin wants to bitch, complain, or just speak his mind that is his prerogative. No one should try to call him out for that.

Sucks that other companies are stealing his designs, why not just make something better? It is easy to steal his look, and that is what the general populous are buying - lookalikes. So the people in the know will buy the genuine UE and the posers/dumbasses will buy the knock offs.

I do agree that this subject has been beaten to death. Lets get back to showcasing our projects and leave the BS for someone else on another forum. We seem to have a lack of builds here recently, so get creative guys!

[Chadworkz]

I am currently building two BL Supermaxxes...

[1] Gorillamaxx G2 aluminum chassis with UE mono-block, UE VBS with Ti skids stuffed with Ofna 8-Spider diffs, custom center-diff & motor-mount (by me), Ofna 8-Spider CD, UE Racer-X suspension with real UE Setbacks and real UE single-shock Hi-Impacts, UE Racer-X shocks, UE 6mm Ti CVDs, DD wing-mount, MBX5T wing-stay, JConcepts Revo wing, Dace 23mm hex-adapters, JConcepts Rulux ½" off-set Half-Ups, Pro-Line MT Badlands, Pro-Line Crowd Pleazer 2.0 Revo 3.3 body, Tony's Screws, Acer Racing ceramic bearings, UE Ti pillow-balls, two Zippy Flightmax 30C 4S 2650mAh LiPos (14.8v @ 5300mAh & 159A), MMM/2200kV combo...I think that's it.

[2] Hardcore Racing Mutant Maxx titanium truggy conversion chassis, GA 7075 bulks and braces, Hardcore 2mm Ti skids, UE Ultralites stuffed with Ofna 8-Spider diffs, Mike's RCM GS Storm motor-mount, Ofna 8-Spider CD, UE Racer-X suspension with real UE Setbacks and real UE single-shock Hi-Impacts, UE Racer-X shocks, UE Knucklehead shock towers, UE 6mm steel CVDs, DD wing-mount, MBX5T wing-stay, XRAY 808 wing, Dace 23mm hex-adapters, JConcepts Rulux ½" off-set Half-Ups, Pro-Line LPR Bow-Ties, PROTOform HardDrive Revo 3.3 body, Tony's Screws, Acer Racing ceramic bearings, UE Ti pillow-balls, two Zippy Flightmax 30C 4S 2650mAh LiPos (14.8v @ 5300mAh & 159A), MMM/2200kV combo...I think that's it.

I will start a thread for each of them when the rest of my parts come in...

[ClodMaxx]

good luck. wait until you get it built exactly how you want it... then are afraid to run it the way it was designed to be run because of fear of unavailable parts that break.

trust me... i've been there.
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