Robbie TPC
Well-Known Member
Oh boy, it’s my birthday today and I wanna treat you all with a few pics and clips of my little General Lee I build a few years ago. It’s a tribute to all 01 Dodge Chargers that where used (and destroyed) during the filming of the TV series I’ve tried to make it as accurate as possible, but also to make a reliable RC car to drive with. (please forgive me for my crappy English, I’m still learning)
The body shell is from a 1/8 scale HPI Savage monster truck, the chassis is custom made with parts used from a (donor) 1/10 scale Carson nitro RC car.
I wanted to built a RC General Lee that is strong, fast and very cool to drive with, it also needs to survive a major impact during landing when I take it of a (big) ramp.
The biggest difference between a normal 1/10 RC car and this one are the measurements and the plate work, I’ve used diamond plate to build up a new chassis that match with the wheelbase of the HPI Charger body. I also rearranged the layout of the electronics to protect the vital components against crashes.
Here you can see the difference between the Carson bottom plate and my custom diamond plate for the General.
Custom upper deck under construction,
I’m also very proud on the little figure (Bo Duke) I’ve placed in the car, it’s a toy figure that I found in a local supermarket. I amputated his lower half of his body to mount the rest of him in the car, the figure rocks back when the car accelerates and rocks forward when I hit the brakes. So the movement of Bo works on gravity/g-forces, sometimes it happens that Bo’s head makes a 360 degrees turn, just like Regan MacNeil in the Exorcist :lol
As you can see here, I designed the chassis almost like a tank, theoretically it’s (almost) indestructible, the only parts that can brake are the front and back suspension arms of the car.
Onboard camera, Flycam One.
A few pics before the maiden run, as clean as a virgin,
After a while it really starts to look like a real dirty General Lee,
It’s not a easy car to drive with, it has a lot of character and almost his own will. But with little practice it’s possible to tame the beast.
A few snapshots,
A few clips,
Onboard camera, please turn your volume down.
Well, that’s all folks, hope you enjoyed the pics and the clips, as soon this General is going airborne I’ll post the results on this topic.
The body shell is from a 1/8 scale HPI Savage monster truck, the chassis is custom made with parts used from a (donor) 1/10 scale Carson nitro RC car.
I wanted to built a RC General Lee that is strong, fast and very cool to drive with, it also needs to survive a major impact during landing when I take it of a (big) ramp.
The biggest difference between a normal 1/10 RC car and this one are the measurements and the plate work, I’ve used diamond plate to build up a new chassis that match with the wheelbase of the HPI Charger body. I also rearranged the layout of the electronics to protect the vital components against crashes.
Here you can see the difference between the Carson bottom plate and my custom diamond plate for the General.
Custom upper deck under construction,
I’m also very proud on the little figure (Bo Duke) I’ve placed in the car, it’s a toy figure that I found in a local supermarket. I amputated his lower half of his body to mount the rest of him in the car, the figure rocks back when the car accelerates and rocks forward when I hit the brakes. So the movement of Bo works on gravity/g-forces, sometimes it happens that Bo’s head makes a 360 degrees turn, just like Regan MacNeil in the Exorcist :lol
As you can see here, I designed the chassis almost like a tank, theoretically it’s (almost) indestructible, the only parts that can brake are the front and back suspension arms of the car.
Onboard camera, Flycam One.
A few pics before the maiden run, as clean as a virgin,
After a while it really starts to look like a real dirty General Lee,
It’s not a easy car to drive with, it has a lot of character and almost his own will. But with little practice it’s possible to tame the beast.
A few snapshots,
A few clips,
Onboard camera, please turn your volume down.
Well, that’s all folks, hope you enjoyed the pics and the clips, as soon this General is going airborne I’ll post the results on this topic.
.....although nothing is too pretty to drive!
