It started as a slash chassis but it grew into a....... A coming of age story

[Gee]

Originally Posted by Takedown

Thats one killer fan!

You know that's what we think the Cockatiel was trying to say right before the accident. We will never know for sure though.

Originally Posted by jhautz

Is that a car or a helicopter? Brian will love that fan. lol

I threw that fan in to get Brians attention, but I guess I am going to need one that is a little more obvious. Maybe the sight of it has just left him speechless. BrianG - Speechless? No that couldn't be it.

[J3110]

Interesting. I hadn't thought about protecting the bottom like that. Thanks for the inspiration.
While setting my slash up for a trip to the mountains(snow), I came up with something that looks like it'll work pretty well.
When I cut the desert rat shell for my e-revo, I tried to cut it out in a single cut to keep as much of the scrap in one piece as I could.
So far, I've used the bottom half of the rear wheel well cut-outs including about 1/4" of the flange as rear arm debris guards on the e-revo and for the slash, I ended up trimming the front and rear clips to fit upside-down encompassing the inner tub of the slash. I cut a notch in the rear for the motor wires to pass through.
The flange on the bottom of the desert rat shell sorta snaps under the front body posts to hold the front end in place and the flange around the sides is cut in such a way that it presses up against the ridge along the stock slash shell that aligns with the bottom of the side windows forming a seal.
There is a little bit of an air gap at the rear on the top, but I don't think much debris will get in there.

I'm thinking this kind of thing should be doable with most shell clippings if you keep as much of them intact as possible. Trim the front and rear halves to fit, zip-tie the halves together and you have a removable debris guard. :)

Lemme know if you wanna see pics.