Custom RC car for my 4yo neice
Discussion
My neice is great. My brother and his wife live on the west coast of the ROI and I rarely get to see them.
My neice is 4 and its her birthday in June and has requested an RC Blaze from Monster Machines.
The only one available online is really s
t tbh. Its a very basic forward and reverse turn with plastic wheels etc.
We hatched a plan whereby we would buy and modify something. I'm a CAD designer by trade so a nice little project.
We looked around and decided the best option was something that could be used inside and outside, so not huge, and not that fast. She is only 4, but something that they could take to the park/woods and not halt at any and every obstacle.
I saw these 1:16 scale rock crawlers on amazon for about £25 and thought they were great, with lots of potential.. so my brother purchased one and had it delivered to me.
I've tested it out to make sure it works. I'm simply amazed by its capabilities. Its not hugely fast, but its a lot of fun and has great climbing abilities
Strip down commences....
Next job. Measure up and making a start in CAD. Who's along for the ride?
ETA - I have a 3D printer and plan on printing the body in RED PETG
My neice is 4 and its her birthday in June and has requested an RC Blaze from Monster Machines.
The only one available online is really s
t tbh. Its a very basic forward and reverse turn with plastic wheels etc. We hatched a plan whereby we would buy and modify something. I'm a CAD designer by trade so a nice little project.
We looked around and decided the best option was something that could be used inside and outside, so not huge, and not that fast. She is only 4, but something that they could take to the park/woods and not halt at any and every obstacle.
I saw these 1:16 scale rock crawlers on amazon for about £25 and thought they were great, with lots of potential.. so my brother purchased one and had it delivered to me.
I've tested it out to make sure it works. I'm simply amazed by its capabilities. Its not hugely fast, but its a lot of fun and has great climbing abilities
Strip down commences....
Next job. Measure up and making a start in CAD. Who's along for the ride?
ETA - I have a 3D printer and plan on printing the body in RED PETG
This topic interests me as I’ve a three year old who’d love a remote control car.
I have briefly thought about it and had similar thoughts that the rock crawlers have a good combination of slow speed and reasonable ability to not get stuck on the first small pebble they hit.
Do you have a link to the one you bought or are they all much of a muchness at this price point?
(I’ve had an hpi savage and a cheap brushless stadium truck type thing previously so some knowledge from a while back!)
I have briefly thought about it and had similar thoughts that the rock crawlers have a good combination of slow speed and reasonable ability to not get stuck on the first small pebble they hit.
Do you have a link to the one you bought or are they all much of a muchness at this price point?
(I’ve had an hpi savage and a cheap brushless stadium truck type thing previously so some knowledge from a while back!)
Its this one:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B088LMJ5DM/ref=cm_sw_r...
Benefit is that it comes with two rechargeable battery packs.
Its so much fun that for the price I'm half tempted to get one for myself...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B088LMJ5DM/ref=cm_sw_r...
Benefit is that it comes with two rechargeable battery packs.
Its so much fun that for the price I'm half tempted to get one for myself...
With my neices birthday only 2 weeks away my brother reminded me about my promise and asked if it was ready yet...
They live on the west coast of ROI so I need to ship it there, which takes about 5 days reliably.
in a bit of a panic I spent the last week CADing up the rest of the model. I made a start back in Feb but was only really a rough scheme.
4 (long) evenings later and these are the results.
I did intend to re use the interior injection moulding but the size, scaling and shape didn't suit so it was actually more expedient and a nicer solution to quickly model up a new one.
14 parts in total which will be 3d printed. The main body is already off and running and is a 27hr print.
10days and counting...
They live on the west coast of ROI so I need to ship it there, which takes about 5 days reliably.
in a bit of a panic I spent the last week CADing up the rest of the model. I made a start back in Feb but was only really a rough scheme.
4 (long) evenings later and these are the results.
I did intend to re use the interior injection moulding but the size, scaling and shape didn't suit so it was actually more expedient and a nicer solution to quickly model up a new one.
14 parts in total which will be 3d printed. The main body is already off and running and is a 27hr print.
10days and counting...
Thanks, hope she likes it.
It was a fair bit of work and I'm not sure I'll make such promises again, but I haven't seen them in ages so I don't mind too much.
The only RC Blaze available as far as I could find was this one that goes fwd and turns when going in reverse. Bit crap really.
It was a fair bit of work and I'm not sure I'll make such promises again, but I haven't seen them in ages so I don't mind too much.
The only RC Blaze available as far as I could find was this one that goes fwd and turns when going in reverse. Bit crap really.
There was a fair bit of artistic license going on too.
Mainly because in a cartoon you don't really have to worry too much about the reality of shapes and proportion etc and there were lots of angles missing from images it looks flat but in reality needs to be curved. Also lots of stuff that either looked crap or just wouldn't work.
Mainly because in a cartoon you don't really have to worry too much about the reality of shapes and proportion etc and there were lots of angles missing from images it looks flat but in reality needs to be curved. Also lots of stuff that either looked crap or just wouldn't work.
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