Nov 2012, I had 8 hours before my electronics exam, I was suffering from extreme rc hangovers and had to get my hands working  on something and this baby is what I built . All materials used are scrap. Only battery, servos and rx are off-the-shelf. motor was extracted from a broken hand juicer and was rewound to work with 12v, KV rating unknown. Didn't have time to build an ESC, so threw in a switch and a servo to turn it on and off . checked straight line speed with a radar gun and it clocked between 35-40 kmph on 3 runs. Unfortunately, the car zipped out of radio range and crashed into a concrete sidewalk , never tried fixing it again.

made this spoiler, but never used it.

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After crash, broken steering and suspension 

Ballpen suspension is nice 

That's pretty cool.

Did you have any damping from the refill in the ballpoint pen or did they serve more of a structural/aesthetic purpose?

Quote from: iamahuman on June 30, 2013, 10:09:10 PM
That's pretty cool.

Did you have any damping from the refill in the ballpoint pen or did they serve more of a structural/aesthetic purpose?

The shock absorbers had springs inside them. They did an amazing job for an improvised component, ran the car on asphalt and the ride looked pretty smooth.
BTW, i used bicycle spokes for the shock's piston rod, not a ball pen refill.

what is the black T connector on the top of your shocks..?

This reminds me of 1:12 pan cars, the original on-road electric class.

Quote from: mks on July 01, 2013, 08:38:01 AM
what is the black T connector on the top of your shocks..?

If you're talking about he black plastic thing glues to the pen shaft? It's something I extracted from a toy, some internal component.

if possible, could you please upload the circuit diagram for this built, I am trying to make something like this using a airplane transmitter