Unfortunately Tamiya’s DF03 RA Rally Cars feature an open tub chassis that easily collects dirt, gravel, mud and water.
In order to make the chassis a little more “Rally friendly” – which means running in wet and/or dusty conditions I decided to build a plastic cover.
I am using a thick-monofilm available in most arts and crafts stores. When designing your own cover make sure that your ESC (Electronic Speed Controller) still gets proper cooling or you are running the risk of overheating your ESC.
Detailed images below.
Tamiya Rally Car RC Dirt Cover Side View
R/C Rally Car Dirt, Dust, Mud and Water Cover
R/C Dirt and Dust Cover - almost looks a little bit like a Formula 1 car
Tamiya Offroad Dirt, Dust, Mud, Gravel, Water Electronics Cover Front View
UPDATE:
I finally bought a Dark Impact body to be used as Dust Cover. Read all about it here.
2 Responses to “R/C Car Dirt and Dust Cover”
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October 29th, 2010 at 3:28 am
What did you do in the front? Why don’t you use dark impact body? Is the motor covered too? How can everything get the cooling air?
October 29th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Thanks for your comment. It is hard to see but I have a piece of plastic in the front behind the body mounting towers. I did not get the Dark Impact body because I wanted to save money ( I actually ordered one yesterday). Motor is semi-protected by a splashguard. No cooling, which if you run an super high power brushless motor would be a problem, but is not a problem on my track with my motor.