Custom Mini-Z Buggy using buggy parts, carbon fiber chassis, and standard electronics [Part 1/2]
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- Опубликовано: 13 фев 2024
- This is my Mini-Z Buggy (MB-010VE 2.0). If you've been on this channel for a while, you know I'm a big fan of this 1:24 RC. It drives pretty nicely in my apartment. The few times I drove it in larger areas, it was crazy fast. Over time it's gotten many alloy upgrade parts, such as the big bore shocks, shock towers, knuckles, hubs, CVD swing shafts, etc. What happened to all the stock parts replaced by the upgraded components?
They've been sitting in a box collecting dust. This is the life of many stock RC parts. Those stock red oil shocks are actually really nice. Not being able to use them seems very wasteful. In addition, I had previously ordered some parts as spare or upgrade parts. I have these adjustable upper suspension arms and tie rods (MBW021). Plus these lower suspension arms (MB006) as spare parts. And even this green Inferno body set that I got before I took the time to paint the clear body.
Last week I finally figured out how to use all these extra parts! I'm going to build an additional Mini-Z Buggy, but this time with Sai Lai's Carbon Fiber Version, aka CFV. As the name implies, it's a carbon fiber chassis. Not only does it look cool, it's an open platform expecting standard electronics. The drivetrain, motor mount, suspension arms, shocks, etc are Mini-Z Buggy parts. Normally, someone would transplant parts of an existing buggy onto this chassis, but I'm going to use my spare parts and order ones I don't already have. At the time of this video, the CFV chassis cost around $80 shipped to the USA. As we will see later, the full build with buggy parts and decent electronics will not be cheap. Although I have about 50% of the parts already, as well as spare electronics for the build, I still need to put in another $100.
By examining the exploded diagrams carefully, I was able to identify which additional parts to order.
MB009B for the ball end pieces holding the lower hinge pins.
MB011 and MB016 for the center drive shaft and drivetrain gears.
MB018 for ball studs for steering tie rods.
MB003B for motor mount and wing mount.
MB015 for upper hinge pins and screw set to connect c-hubs to steering knuckles.
MB017 for an extra set of hinge pins. I couldn't find MBW025R-2 anymore.
MB021 for the screw set and e-clips on the center drive shaft.
Finally, rather than using my Mini-Q ball diffs, I splurged on these high end Kyosho AWD ball differentials! The standard AWD gear diffs don't work on the CFV because the bottom cut out is only wide enough for the ball diff crown gear. That's unfortunate because just the two ball diffs cost $50. I then ordered some inexpensive 6x10x3 bearings to hold the diffs. The rest of the build uses 3x6x2.5 bearings which I have plenty.
Yes, this is a rather expensive build, but it should be quite epic! The next video will be the build itself! This is Sammy and thanks for watching!
To buy the carbon chassis, contact Sai Lai by Facebook ( / sai.lai.37625 ) or Whatsapp (+85291911193)
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I recently completed my Sai Lai carbon chassis as well. It's a ripper with the red Kyosho brushless motor. 😅 I use a noble NB4 radio and Micro Receiver with electronics provided by Sai Lai.
That's good to hear! 8500kv on 2s lipo power should be quite powerful. I drove this new buggy for the first time today and it's an absolute monster. I love it.
I did one of those recently with all the Yeah Racing upgrade parts where I could replace Kyosho parts. Arms, C hub, adjustable links and shocks to name a few. I really like the big bore Yeah shocks.
That's awesome! Did you use all the available YR alloy upgrade options?
Every part that was useful to the chassis and all in red.
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i’m that guy on reddit who just got the mb-010ve and it’s going to be exciting watching you finish this build!
Yeah definitely I'm looking to forward to sharing my experience with this project and see if other people should consider this too. Thank you.
nice! Ive been wanting to get a carbon fiber chassis myself. SOON!
Should be fun! Are you converting an existing buggy, or doing one from scratch?
on my channel I have my original buggy and from me bashing it so hard I have lots of spare parts but I want to put all Yeah racing parts and nice brushless system@@sammybaka
aye thats beautiful
Agree it definitely looks very nice. Will report back in the next video how the build goes. Let's hope for good gear meshes and smooth suspension actions.
Thanks for your videos and helpful build information. That Buggy looks fantastic - a real "mini 1:10 hobby grade buggy". I have an MB010 brushless Mini-Z buggy with YR parts, big bore shocks and a Noble radio and would love to purchase this carbon chassis. I don't do Facebook, but I set up an account on the Carousell website where these are listed for sale. I'm in Europe and my country isn't listed on the drop-down so unfortunately I cannot verify my account with my phone number. Do any of you guys that already have this CFV chassis have any suggestions on how to contact Sai Lai without Facebook? Email address or anything? I'd like to try contact him and see if I can purchase one from him. Any help much appreciated, thanks.
Thanks. Let me send Sai a message now and see how he wants to make this available to you. I will keep you posted here.
@@sammybaka Excellent, thank you kindly.
@@joeredmond7954 Hi I exchanged a few messages with Sai. While he didn't provide an email address, he asked whether you use whatsapp or not. More importantly though, he said he's sold out his inventory and he's waiting for the next production batch.
@@sammybaka Hi Sammy, thanks for doing this. Yes, I have Whatsapp - I don't really want my number on public view on the comments section here. I'll have to figure a way to send you my details to pass on. Sounds like these chassis are getting popular to sell out, hopefully I can get my name in for a piece from the next production run. Thanks.
@@joeredmond7954 yeah definitely I'm not comfortable sharing direct contact information in comments either. I'm going to keep checking with Sai on product availability and on the alternative ways of contacting him. thanks.