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Club name: Nitroholic's Skill Factory
Created: 25.06.2011
Manager: Giovanni F. Di Berardino
Country: BE Belgium
Home track: Luxembourg
Members: 257
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off road docking station added: 21.04.2013

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1/10 offroad rims can be fragile sometimes, or if the track is a wrecking arena and rims goes by pair or 4 in a pack...

http://www.vrcworld.com/getimage.ashx?xid=123714w=585

cutting the tire

http://www.vrcworld.com/getimage.ashx?xid=123715w=585

removing the insert

http://www.vrcworld.com/getimage.ashx?xid=123716w=585

in my place I have plenty of those fast food drink stands

http://www.vrcworld.com/getimage.ashx?xid=123717w=585

cutting a piece of it

http://www.vrcworld.com/getimage.ashx?xid=123718w=585

rolling it like a ...

http://www.vrcworld.com/getimage.ashx?xid=123719w=585

the classic duct tape

http://www.vrcworld.com/getimage.ashx?xid=123720w=585

that's not my first docking station, previously I made it with color cap, and have comment about the diameter of the cap and how to make it fit the rim, I have plastic cap that fit those rims, but I found another way

http://www.vrcworld.com/getimage.ashx?xid=123721w=585

at this point the bottom can be cut and folded to make it stand... continued with other thing

http://www.vrcworld.com/getimage.ashx?xid=123722w=585

the broken rim can be used for the bottom

http://www.vrcworld.com/getimage.ashx?xid=123723w=585

cutting the rim ( choosed the place where the rim is broke ) to make a hole for USB, and maked a line in the tire

http://www.vrcworld.com/getimage.ashx?xid=123724w=585

done the same for the cylinder

http://www.vrcworld.com/getimage.ashx?xid=123725w=585

putting the antenna and a cosmetic nut, here's my new docking station done

http://www.vrcworld.com/getimage.ashx?xid=123726w=585

comment : this docking station was made in the concept of VRC cheapest training tool for RC cars...

PS : for those who want to know and comment, these are not my rims, there are rims from a buddy who don't train with VRC and soon will be...

http://www.vrcworld.com/getimage.ashx?xid=125922w=585


Edited by author: 25.4.2013 6:50:07 GMT

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26.04.2013 [11:37]


[ɑkh ɑhɪm ɑkte wiz bɑɹsu:m] !

Oct Oem Octet Wiz Barsoom !

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21.04.2013 [14:44]
Liking that alot! "searches for tires / rims" :D

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