hello and welcome everyone. in this video i'll go through how to assemble the buggy body. it's quite easy but i figured i might as well do a video on it. you start out with these five pieces. they should all be printable on any printer with a 20cm squared build volume. these are in a modified pla despite being pla, they haven't shown any cracks or breaks. despite my complete and utter lack of driving skills. so i figure it's enough to print them in pla but if you have abs/petg that might be a better choice.
some support is required for these parts but it should be quite easy to remove if you have the right settings. because you print it like this, standing up. and this overhang tends to need some support.and this little bracket also needs some. you can print this with 1 perimeter and 0% infill to make sure it stays flexible. lessens the chance of it breaking when you crash it. let's put it together then. it's ment to go together like this i did not design this to stay like this so you will need to apply some glue along the edges. you could put some glue on the mating surfaces before you put it together as well.
you do not need a lot of glue, just a few drips of epoxi or superglue. will make this stick together. due to the rear shock tower extending so much, this part could not be designed as one piece with the rest of it. so i made some snap-fittings for this one. after you have glued this together and put it on the chassis, you would come in with this piece and click it in place. there you go kinda sticks there due to how this is printed. everything is printed oriented upwards so the layers themself kinda lock together. you also have this rear wing. this part was also designed to use support under here.
but since it's a very flat surface it should be easy to remove. this requires a little bit of support under here as well, but it shouldn't be a problem. then you snap them together. it's probably gonna fly off if you crash if you don't glue it together, so i'd recommend gluing it. this has slots as well for it. there you go, a complete rear end. i would also recommend gluing that because it doesn't fit that well. that is the entire body ready to go on the chassis my buggy is a bit beaten up right now so one of the wheels is a bit loose. but should be fine for demonstrating.
you have these four points here. which uses m3x16 screws. and the body just goes ontop, front first. and can be a bit tricky to get in here but it will fit. put it upside down and screw it in. alright, once you got those screws in place, everything should be ready for the rear part of it. like i said before, this is intended to be glued together before you screw it on, but for demonstration it's fine. then you put on the rear end. just click it in place and make sure it clears everything at the rear.
and you're ready to drive.
3d printed rc car parts,i think this entire body, printed in pla, was around 100 grams or something. so despite being almost 2mm thick, it is fairly light i think. and like i said, it hasn't broken so far. so thank you for this time!
