RC kart

I've set it up to run now, so the brakes work, the steering works and the fuel and exhaust systems are in place and lately I've been having a little bit of fun, err... I mean practice, at driving it. And I can report that there is plenty of power, there's no shortage on the power front, everything is hunky-dory there. In fact there may be a bit too much power, every time I accelerate the wheels spin and because it has such a short wheel base, the back flicks round and it's facing in the opposite direction in an instant. So there's not much more I an tell you about the handling of this kart because it spends most of the time going round in circles. However I have only tested it on gravel so far and wheel spinning is probably entirely expectable, so I will report back to you the moment I get to test it out on a a proper tarmac surface. And frankly I can't wait, because I expect this to be seriously fast!

You can really see the shape starting to emerge now, especially when you compare it to a picture of the real one. 

Lately I have been working on the go-karts brakes and bodywork. The brakes that I've used are actually for a model motorbike but they are a good scale match for the kart. As you can see in the picture, I had to make some modifications to the brake caliper to make it fit.

To mount the caliper I simply made a small aluminium bracket which bolts onto the left side bearing. It took a long time to make because it has to be in a very specific position. 

The servo which operates the cable operated brakes is mounted on the chassis, exactly where the brake master cylinder is located on the chassis of a real kart.     

The front nose cone, ready for painting. 

This is what the model and the original one look like together. Hopefully the model will end up looking a little less battered and bruised than the real one.