HPI Formula Ten

[Garry]

Its a 2WD plastic F1 car, based on 2008 designs. Cheapy cheap too, its going to be just £100 roller over here.

Anyhoo, I've got details up on http://rclazy.com/, lots of build pics and a bit of background, but I've now painted it.

My rounded LiPo doesn't fit. Its a Yeah Racing 3200, and it can be wedged in, but the ends of the battery straps don't like it, and you can't get the bodypins in, without the straps bending at odd angles. it looks like the straps need to be about 3mm further out, on each side of the chassis, no amount of grinding will solve that.

That produced a headache, so I took the endcaps and heatshrink off an old NiMH pack and slapped that in. Its powering crappy electrics (as the brushless idea wasn't gonna work with the amount of wire I had, thats going to be for another day). Silver can motor is in it too, biggest pinion I can fit is a 25t, so that slipped on. Oh, and I hadn't glued up the tyres, so they got a light coat of silver. The body is Tamiya Blue backed with Tamiya Black, and Tamiya Camel Yellow.

Finally, paint. The decals came from a Japanese RC shop (they have every 2009 car and most older ones in stock). Not cheap, but worth it. Also, a flashing rain light is on it too, from the same shop. Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kspSXMmLPWw

http://d-drivesportsenglish.com/



















Apologies for the terrible wiring, I'm not a neat person.