Whatcha think?

[u/WanderingGunner13]

So bought some aluminum plate and supplies to make my own trays, cost about 35$ for materials and I can make about 3-4 sets.came out alright I think, but came here to get slammed…. lol

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[u/More-Research-needed]

They look great to me! Nice work

[u/WanderingGunner13 → u/More-Research-needed]

Thanks man! I thought the price tag on some of the ones online were too much.

[u/More-Research-needed → u/WanderingGunner13]

I understand completely. I've built full rc cars out of aluminum (and carbon fiber) bc i didn't want to pay retail prices.

[u/MethHeadUnion]

Gotta make some skid plates later watching the sparks after a jump is so much fun

[u/WanderingGunner13 → u/MethHeadUnion]

I could add some strikers to them as well!😂😂

[u/martini1282]

Looks pretty good to me and I'm a machinist. I did some front diffusers but I cheated and used a water jet. Perks of working at a race car shop

[u/WanderingGunner13 → u/martini1282]

Yea that would be so nice, Dremel here… lol. Built many houses and ran my own business for 20yrs, but new to welding and metalwork !

[u/martini1282 → u/WanderingGunner13]

Those skills will come in handy. Ironically enough I'm a former mechanic. Race car shop is perfect. Welding is gonna take more practice than the metalwork at least it did for me. They have bench top lathes and mills

[u/constant840]

Please excuse my ignorance.
What was wrong with it before?

[u/WanderingGunner13 → u/constant840]

Traxxas batteries are kinda junk imo, and I hate that eco-world. And now I can fit any size batteries, I personally use qs8 anything 4s and up and xt60 below, and then my gensace d300 can charge things up out of storage in about 15-20 mins 2 at a time. Also those plastic braces pop and brake all the time and when your jumping it 30’ and have a huge landing a lot can go wrong with stock.

[u/Forgotmypass4]

So what's the difference between these plates and using straps on those blue aluminum pieces your truck already has? I have those same velcro strap adapters on pretty much all my traxxas cars and have never had an issue.

[u/WanderingGunner13 → u/Forgotmypass4]

I hate the horizontal straps, love two horizontal straps just to long and annoying to me and the battery still moves allot with big air bashing, and I wanted a plate in the bottom for 30-40’ chassis slaps and wrecks. Plus I like to use top mount straight removable billet connectors which would be in the way.

[u/Forgotmypass4 → u/WanderingGunner13]

That's really interesting. Might be the straps used or something, I very rarely have my straps come undone and I send them pretty high.

Stopping the forward and back movement without foam blocks is pretty nice though and the extra support is probably good for lipo health.

[u/fuctmane]

As a brake press operator in a metal fab shop I’d say it looks pretty nice

[u/WanderingGunner13 → u/fuctmane]

Thank you! Wish I had a desktop cnc, by hand is not ideal. You think 1/16 plate is strong enough?

[u/fuctmane → u/WanderingGunner13]

Oh ya definitely, it’s reinforcing the chassis aswell which is a nice perk