WTT: I need Truck/Buggy parts

[Diegoboy]

Thanks guys. I appreciate the help and will give credit on the build and video!

[Diegoboy]

Does titanium rust? if not, I'll want titanium turn thingys, aluminum shocks with titanuim rods and titanium hinge pins.

[JMSCARD]

Does titanium rust? if not, I'll want titanium turn thingys, aluminum shocks with titanuim rods and titanium hinge pins.

Let me look through my stuff... i don't think Titanium rusts... it might oxidize if that makes sense... I think it acts alot like alluminum... I may be wrong... let me grab some of my boxes of junk out and take some snapshots of the junk I have laying around... probably wont happen til saturday night as I gotta take the misses out to dinner after work.... I know I have some E-revo stock shocks amonst other shocks...etc., let me get some picks danny...

[driftah]

hmmm

titanium doesn't rust,it does oxidze though.but def the way to go if you are exposing it to water a lot,aluminum is too soft maybe unless you go with a grade like 7075 or something harder.Your only problem with titanium is it is expensive metal to work with lol,and Usually driveline components are made of hardened steel for the durability factor ie: like a savage truck.A company called lunsford makes a lot of ti parts fyi for rc stuff.Another one is called flextek rc

[NativePaul]

If you want light, plastic shocks from a low end buggy/truck are lighter than more expensive alloy ones they just don't take crashes as well.
Ti doesn't rust it oxidises in a similar way to aluminium and is normally anodised to help control it

[keithbradley]

Rust is basically the slang name for oxidation. Not sure what people mean when they say it oxidizes but doesnt rust...The common reddish-brown "rust" is iron oxide. Titanium oxide is a whitish color... like what you would see on a car battery. It takes a LOT more time for titanium to oxidize than it does iron. It is typically not an issue, except many grades of titanium from other parts of the world will not be PURE titanium.
It is a lot more complicated to weld, so if you are going to need to weld it I would reccomend going a different route. If you are able to find exactly what you need with minimal fabrication it is a great way to go.

[JMSCARD]

Rust is basically the slang name for oxidation. Not sure what people mean when they say it oxidizes but doesnt rust...The common reddish-brown "rust" is iron oxide. Titanium oxide is a whitish color... like what you would see on a car battery. It takes a LOT more time for titanium to oxidize than it does iron. It is typically not an issue, except many grades of titanium from other parts of the world will not be PURE titanium.
It is a lot more complicated to weld, so if you are going to need to weld it I would reccomend going a different route. If you are able to find exactly what you need with minimal fabrication it is a great way to go.

I only say oxidizes but not rust because in my mind I think about an alloy wheel on a car.... the alloy will discolor and look terrible... but it won't rust like a steel wheel and break down and loose its rigidity.... a steel wheel will "rust" and at some point get ruined beyond use.... a alloy wheel will oxidize and look like !...!..!...! but will still last on the earth for a lonnnnnnggg time...

[keithbradley]

I only say oxidizes but not rust because in my mind I think about an alloy wheel on a car.... the alloy will discolor and look terrible... but it won't rust like a steel wheel and break down and loose its rigidity.... a steel wheel will "rust" and at some point get ruined beyond use.... a alloy wheel will oxidize and look like !...!..!...! but will still last on the earth for a lonnnnnnggg time...

Titanium is similar in its oxidation properties, but even slower.

[Diegoboy]

I have been talking with Meniscus, and he likes the idea and asked that I include some canard wings that lay flat when the rigger / suspension is down but as the suspension lowers the sponsons (tub rises) the canards raise to cause downforce keeping it from a blowover. I like that idea! Thanks Ben.

Still needs parts...

[JMSCARD]

I have been talking with Meniscus, and he likes the idea and asked that I include some canard wings that lay flat when the rigger / suspension is down but as the suspension lowers the sponsons (tub rises) the canards raise to cause downforce keeping it from a blowover. I like that idea! Thanks Ben.

Still needs parts...

I still need to go through my boxes but I was looking at the front end on a pan car chassis I have sitting around.... it is the Newer rc10l4 front end with a blue alluminum upgrade... these just have a spring to help with the dampening but have a ton of adjustments... like these... And anything I find you can have Danny....
Just shoot with pics of stuff you are looking for and I can dig... This is what the front end pieces look like but mine are alluminum..

http://www.carsrcracing.co.uk/?page_id=52

The one I have has some optinal Blue alluminum center sectionas for added rigidity..... nice part is it may be a great way to make a TON of sponson adjustments..?

Just another idea to throw out there.....

[keithbradley]

I have some 1/10 scale on-raod stuff, would that be of any help?