Mini Monkey Spanker!!!!
 

Hi all over the next few weeks im converting my std mini t pro into a mini monkey spanker (aka S2) so ive decided to start a thread and show you my progress. Now ive started drawing it all out i have the outline of the chassis draw and a card model made im going to make a plastic version on thursday then once its fully working it will be made from carbon fibre. It will have ajustable battery possition (on a sliding battery tray) 4 gear gear box and new rear shock tower. So here are some pics of my model not working im afraid as the car bends to much lol hopefully will have a working one on thursday. Once the ca ris finallised i will be vacume forming a bodyshell for it. Sorry about poor pics....
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2641/mmsfk0.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5803/mms2kt8.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1605/mms3or1.jpg


A

Looking good, keep the pics coming :thumbsup:

Looks great. Keep us updated.


BTW, you spelled caron fiber wrong. LOL

i can never spell lol

Made some more decitions on it now im going to have a top deck the full length of the car to help stop the back en from snapping off lol But possibly might reconsider the 4 gear box not to sure on how succesfull thatwill be the 3 gear would be alot easier and just have a new rear shock tower.

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No he didn't! :p

lol annie! as said.. it is YOU who has spelt it wrong ;)

lookin good though ash!

Ash .... do you mainly run on slippy surfaces or with really big jumps? If not then I'd stick with the 3 gear tranny as it's going to be quite difficult to make up a well aligned transmission case without access to a decent mill etc.

I have access to a cnc router cnc laser cutter and a cnc milling machine :p But i think i may stick with the 3 gear box its easy i might just make a new rear shock tower.

A

ive just tried to atempt to exsplain to my mum what 2wd and 4wd means and what foam inserts are.:p:p:p:p

A

Disaster got to college today and the laser cutter was broken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So when in doubt reach for the hack saw and its done lets go race it :)

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Leave me alone! I'm American for god's sake! :woot:

Ash, did you intend to name this after a male sex toy?

Nahh that was the name of northys "S2" prototype thingy.:p

I raced it tongiht well drov eit aorund and it was bad :(:cry::cry::cry::cry: I think the front end is slightly out of line so totally messing up the car so im going to have to get it cut on the laser cutter so its acurate. here are some pictures. And i broke my cr big time so bad ngiht all round. here are some pics

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6545/mmm4mr5.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6618/mms5dz4.jpg
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6...6ceeb38548.jpg
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6762/mms6ms4.jpg


A

Bring on the UKMICRO X

I have almost finished my mini monkey spanker just waititn gon bodyshell and wing mounts :)

here are some pics of the mini monkey spanker first mid motored 1/18th buggy in the world (i think)

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8610/mms7qs2.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9199/mms12cy4.jpg

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/356/mms13ru9.jpg

Alan hart seemed to like it tonight at racing

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Righty then look at this baby i got soem proper pics thanks kev :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3539/mmsvw8.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4294/mms2lf6.jpg

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1215/mms3dk6.jpg

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2595/mms4jj1.jpg


What do you think ?

A

Glass chassis?!

Looks ACE Ash, hope it goes as good as it looks :p:thumbsup:

annie its acrylic thanks josh :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

A

Looks good Ash, but aren't you worried the acrylic may be a bit brittle?

why are the cells so wide apart, and that is so gonna be touch and go if it makes the day out lol....

Good effort though!

ash, i reckon you need some propper plasic or carbon fibre. that acrylic shcool and college buy is crappy, one tumble and it will shatter, i made a b4 wing out of it and it shattered. looks good though, id have use some of that transparent blue tint acrylic, made it pimpin'.
also what you studying at college ash?

You need some 6mm lexan :thumbsup: or carbon, that would be better.

6mm? Are you on crack? :confused:

G

3mm or 4mm would be fine, but propper plastic would be better so it bends a bit

No, 6mm is strong :thumbsup: maybe 3 then.

And bloody expensive, and massively over engineering the whole thing.

You have a lot to learn young paddy wan. :lol:

G

YEY!!! :lol:

So is my wallet gonna die when i get my own 1/10th chassis machined from carbon? :confused:

Buy a old B3 chassis ash!
My Mini-t buggy chassis is carved up from a old B3 chassis

Now thats recycling :D
And look, theres the cells you have in your car now! Even more recycling :D

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1804/dscf1551zd6.jpg

trust me thsi aint going to break i was doing some jumping the other day to see how well it jumped and i over cooked it a bit and it took off hit the floor then kartwheeled into my house and it snapped a rear shock tower the acrulics wasnt even scratched! And even if i do im hoping to have 2 or 3 sparse chassis with me just incase.

A

And now it hasa bodyshell :D:D:D:wub
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2246/mms8rj6.jpg


A

howd u get it to fit?

i used 1.8mm thick carbon fibre :D

what you mean b4 rs

really westie i was going to get some 2mm but thought it would be to thin.

A

are the shock towes the same then? i pressumed youd changed them and i didnt think a standard shell would fit.

Yea there std shock towers but if you mean how did i get the body to fit like theother guys have its because its not the same shell ive made thsi shell and got it vac formed.

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Ash,

Dude, that looks REALLY REALLY REALLY good! :thumbsup:

I'm glad you've learnt something from all the hours you've spent on here! :lol:

Well done.

G

1.8mm seems fine with my losi xxx cr lay out as the battery supports and strengthens it. we'll find out sunday :P

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...9/SS850462.jpg

see how they fare against my bog stock GB01T..... still got to fit the wing though grrrrr

Ash that looks ACE!!! :thumbsup: im gonna have to get me one of these micros and build a buggy out of it :woot: