aluminum stock

[dirt101]

yeah thats probably where I will end up ordering it from, but first I need to get an esc and motor for my rusty.

http://www.metalsupermarkets.com/
http://www.mcmaster.com

are the 2 places i get my metal from.

I personally LOVE Inventor and Solidowrks over the traditional CAD programs. I Think it wipes the others outa the water

[What's_nitro?]

My vote goes to Onlinemetals. I've been buying from them for years since they seem to have everything I need. I use Inventor get ideas out of my head and onto my HDD. It frees up my gray matter for the new ideas!

[doo540]

andrew32
I take it you have never run Unigraphics then? The only other software close is Catia.

For aluminum try this place http://www.schupan.com/aluminum_home.html

Most of the time you can call them and get "drops" for cheap. Also check their "Boneyard" it changes on a regular basis. I get all my aluminum from them for hobby and work related projects.

[JERRY2KONE]

Now thats an RC user friendly site for metal fab work. I bet you can get just about anything you want from the boneyard for half what you would pay anywhere else. Thanks for sharing that one with us.

Originally Posted by doo540

andrew32
I take it you have never run Unigraphics then? The only other software close is Catia.

For aluminum try this place http://www.schupan.com/aluminum_home.html

Most of the time you can call them and get "drops" for cheap. Also check their "Boneyard" it changes on a regular basis. I get all my aluminum from them for hobby and work related projects.

[BL_RV0]

[TexasSP]

I think using one big, low kv outrunner will provide more than enough torque for you. Something under 1000kv would be a start and hobbycity.com has a nice selection real cheap.

[fatboyelroy]

Originally Posted by TexasSP

I think using one big, low kv outrunner will provide more than enough torque for you. Something under 1000kv would be a start and hobbycity.com has a nice selection real cheap.

Outrunners were my first consideration but I wasn't too impressed with them. I wanted something that could be swapped out for use in other applications. I've decided to go with Neus, either 1521s or 1527s. What part of H-Town are you from?

[What's_nitro?]

You aren't really going to run FOUR 1527s, ARE YOU???

Assuming you do get them to fit, as soon as your finger touches the throttle you will start a magneto-electro-photonic reaction on such a large scale that it tears the fabric of space-time apart for a radius of 10Km around your truck and simultaneously creates various sizes of black holes and/or neutron stars which will implode the universe within 0.00001 seconds, of course killing us all.

Good luck!

[maxair45]

Originally Posted by What's_nitro?

You aren't really going to run FOUR 1527s, ARE YOU???

Assuming you do get them to fit, as soon as your finger touches the throttle you will start a magneto-electro-photonic reaction on such a large scale that it tears the fabric of space-time apart for a radius of 10Km around your truck and simultaneously creates various sizes of black holes and/or neutron stars which will implode the universe within 0.00001 seconds, of course killing us all.

Good luck!

We got a thinker on our hands. As fars as quad motors I want to back these guys up. Its easier and less cost worthy. But hey if your gonna think...think big I guess. Another thing you need to factor in is where are all the electronics going to go. You might want to consider a lexan shelf(stack on the base chassis) to put all the esc's, and batterys on.

Good luck with your build

[What's_nitro?]

Originally Posted by maxair45

We got a thinker on our hands. As fars as quad motors I want to back these guys up. Its easier and less cost worthy. But hey if your gonna think...think big I guess. Another thing you need to factor in is where are all the electronics going to go. You might want to consider a lexan shelf(stack on the base chassis) to put all the esc's, and batterys on.

Good luck with your build

Nevermind where the electronics go, what about where the 6 lbs. of LiPos are going to fit? Since I figure you'll see spikes of roughly 1.21 Gigawatts on start-up.

[jayjay283]

4 Neu motors will hit 88 mph, Just need this Flux Capacitor 1.21 gigawatts solved

[JERRY2KONE]

Why not just liten the load even more and mount a nuclear reactor power plant. Then you will have great run times of about 50 years.

Originally Posted by jayjay283

4 Neu motors will hit 88 mph, Just need this Flux Capacitor 1.21 gigawatts solved

[dirt101]

just so you guys know my plans have changed, and the aluminum I buy will go into a dual motored truck. you will have to check out my build thread.

[What's_nitro?]

I will!