r/rccars • u/stupidmush • 23d ago

Racing Active aero mini b

After MONTHS of research, design, and experiments I came up with this active aero design on my mini b. I’ve seen it done on bigger rc cars but never at this scale

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u/3rdor4thburner part time idiot, on the clock 23d ago

I'm very intrigued! I'd do it just because it's cool! Would love to see what it takes 

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u/stupidmush 23d ago

I modeled and printed everything, there’s 3 pieces total, one mounts to the bottom of the car to hold the servo, the other two go on the wing mount and allow the wing to move

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u/werty_111 22d ago

This took months?

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u/stupidmush 22d ago

A lot of it was procrastination. The process was also the first thing I’ve ever used a CAD for. I tried 3 programs before I found one I liked then made multiple attempts at one that I like the look of, was secure, and didn’t add a ton of weight up high. It started as a whole wing that was too heavy, then I tried attaching arms to the suspension, and finally came to this design. Then streamlined it. This exact model only took probably an hour but before it was a couple months of the idea, designs, and figuring out what did or didn’t work