Custom 5th Scale RC Bike Project

The development of a custom built 1/5 scale radio controlled electric motorbike using a carbon fibre chassis and adjustable pivot suspension unit.

The design was made using adobe Illustrator and the main parts were cut on a custom made CNC milling machine and other parts hand made or using a mini lathe. Custom Thunder Tiger Chassis

This was my first attempt at making a rc bike chassis using carbon fibre was for a Thunder Tiger Electric RC motorbike. The original frame panels were scanned and then traced in Adobe Illustrator. I then modified the layout of the panels to reduce weight and then exported them for cutting on our milling machine. The chassis is approx 75g lighter than the original alloy version but it is a lot stronger.

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