YankiCat RC off-road buggy 1/10 - part 1/2

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NEW: early draft of the instruction manual: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bJxpRekvCxfaTfi_oNnxYhMSQI_6DdGS/view?usp=sharing Demo videos: Maiden run, Nov 15, 2020: https://youtu.be/POPo1Vgkj64 Proto run, Nov 21, 2020 : https://youtu.be/Ctl5_pMopPs Assy videos: (more to come) Shafts: https://youtu.be/rz-JbI1LfXs Diffs: https://youtu.be/mJWc63WZfWc Front and rear pods: https://youtu.be/2hKfGOLojqM !NEW! Central frame and final assembly: https://youtu.be/YJhvxRs9q-E !NEW! All stl files available here: YankiCat 1/2: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/yankicat-rc-off-road-buggy-1-10-part-1-2 YankiCat 2/2: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/yankicat-rc-off-road-buggy-1-10-part-2-2 YankiCat 3 options: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/yankicat-options-rc-off-road-buggy-1-10 (work in progress) Biggest part is 207mm, so your printer will need that capacity! Discussion forum (in French): https://www.rcmag.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=73670 Concept: a 1/10th scale baching buggy, aimign at reproducing the fun of 1980's full plastic buggies like Tamiya's, with the look of the 1986 1/8th scal world champion Yankee'86 and the 1987 1/10th scale world champion Schumacher CAT XLS. Confinement: after bashing (and repairing) oldtimers, I figured designing a car from scratch, optimised for PLA 3D printing, would be easier than fixing abs and steel designs... So from October to December 2020 I designed and refined this! All STL drawings are thouroughl optimised and validated. YET: I only validated it on one printer (Ender 3) and one material (Formfutura Premium PLA). Please feedback if you have issues with another setup... Other printable RC buggies are already available on the web. Usually with more purchased parts (metal shafts, gears) than this one. Durability of the “full PLA” YankiCat comes from its oversized transmission and no-compromise overall lightweight design (1350g ready to run). It therefore requires specific BL EM 380 size, and “low profile” shorty LiPo battery. See BOM for details. Yet the durability will not match aluminum and carbon modern racers: think of a full plastic basher, strong enough for racing on dirt but not for modern astro/carpet triple jump supercross sized track... I hope you have as much fun I did printing, assembling and racing this toy!