New dNaNo rims check them out!

MROSS 1 · #1 06-15-2009, 10:02 PM

Hello folks,

I wanted to post the Rims we machined and get some feedback. Anyway here they are let me know what you folks think and let me know your thoughts these are the 787 Mazda rims! Thanks in advance mross 1

arch2b · #2 06-15-2009, 10:27 PM

i'd buy a set, very nice

how detailed can you mill? i've modeled many wheels for mini-z's.

RealTracks · #3 06-16-2009, 01:43 AM

Mike,
Those rims look really great. Put me in for a order when your up. I really want to test the autoscale tires you have been having the good luck with. They seem way to hard and slippery so it must be the width that's giving you the good results. Did you get any lap times yet for the same medium road course set-up that Greg and I posted the you tube lap times for?
Nice picture too.

MROSS 1 · #4 06-16-2009, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by arch2b

i'd buy a set, very nice

how detailed can you mill? i've modeled many wheels for mini-z's.

I would assume and you know what can happen when one assume's, yet I will assume, based on the parts I have seen in his shop that he should be able to mill any rim. I believe we had the discussion about how detailed he could get and I suppose the only thing he thought he would not be able to do is bolts on the face of a rim. Other than that, I would again, assume,that the sky's the Limit. We are going to mill, today I think, two more types of rims one with kidney bean shaped holes and a shearline rim. I get the kidney bean shape and I think I know what a shearline rim is, yet yesterday was the first time I had heared that name to discribe a rim. Anyway hopefully by days end we will have two more rims to post. I really like the photos arch2b do you have DXF files for the rims you show? Or drawing files for the rims you show? Or do you have a paticular rim that you want? For that matter do any of you folks have a rim that you would like to see us machine? thanks in advance folks and thanks for the nice quote arch2b! mross 1

-J- · #5 06-16-2009, 09:21 AM

Those look good, and if we could get a few more styles milled, that would be great. I think aluminum rims could do a lot to help tame the dNaNo down some on the tighter tracks. Keep us posted.

MROSS 1 · #6 06-16-2009, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RealTracks

Mike,
Those rims look really great. Put me in for a order when your up. I really want to test the autoscale tires you have been having the good luck with. They seem way to hard and slippery so it must be the width that's giving you the good results. Did you get any lap times yet for the same medium road course set-up that Greg and I posted the you tube lap times for?
Nice picture too.

Hello and thanks for the question. I took a couple of pics of the 787 and the 962 that I posted a few days ago. I made a video of myself racing the 787 then the 962 going around the 16inch 24 pc realtracks race set with the Auto scale tires and rims. I'm a lousy driver so it would be at best somewhat misleading yet I will humble myself and If I can figure out how to do it I will post on Youtube my video. What I really need is for one of our better drivers to try these cars out on a realtracks and see what kind of laps they can achieve. I will however in the mean time set up the realtracks I have, as close as I can to that in your videos and do my best to go as fast as humanly possible and see what kind of lap times I can pull off. Hopefully I will have that posted today along with a video of the cars racing around with the new rims we milled. If not today then in the next couple of days at most. Thanks for the comments and thanks for the question! mross 1

MrNanoTrax · #7 06-16-2009, 10:31 AM

hey... very nice work. any way you should send a set over to thailand for featuring on NanoTrax? i'd also like to stock these even in limited edition if the price is right. hit me up!

arch2b · #8 06-16-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MROSS 1

I would assume and you know what can happen when one assume's, yet I will assume, based on the parts I have seen in his shop that he should be able to mill any rim. I believe we had the discussion about how detailed he could get and I suppose the only thing he thought he would not be able to do is bolts on the face of a rim. Other than that, I would again, assume,that the sky's the Limit. We are going to mill, today I think, two more types of rims one with kidney bean shaped holes and a shearline rim. I get the kidney bean shape and I think I know what a shearline rim is, yet yesterday was the first time I had heared that name to discribe a rim. Anyway hopefully by days end we will have two more rims to post. I really like the photos arch2b do you have DXF files for the rims you show? Or drawing files for the rims you show? Or do you have a paticular rim that you want? For that matter do any of you folks have a rim that you would like to see us machine? thanks in advance folks and thanks for the nice quote arch2b! mross 1

if your interested in a u.s. reseller, we would gladly carry them in our shop here. email me if you have any questions.

the mini-z wheel renderings i attached are wheels i modeled in autocad. autocad can export to several useful file formats (dxf, stl) . i first created generic blanks scaled from stock min-z wheels. i'd love to actually get atleast one prototyped to check tolerances however it's proven cost prohibitive here thus i have not gone anywhere with them. if you can help with that, please let me know. i'd love to work with you on some designs.

how much weight does a set add to your dnano? i also think a bit of added weight might be a good thing.

LBRC · #9 06-17-2009, 12:01 AM

Mike, resized and attached the photos you emailed, they look good.

MROSS 1 · #10 06-17-2009, 01:52 AM

here is one more shot sorry arch2b forgot to post this with the other one.

arch2b · #11 06-30-2009, 09:22 PM

i'm waiting to see these but a bit more refined

or the alternate i just uploaded...it has a bit more depth and finer scale spokes. just quick cad models...

arch2b · #12 07-05-2009, 08:26 PM

no one else have these yet? your missing out on great upgrade parts!

arch2b · #13 07-06-2009, 02:18 PM

i just got my regular size stock front wheels in the mail today so for those that are not into the forward muscle car stance, you also have the full size options.

Marcro · #14 07-28-2009, 04:18 PM

Awesome arch! I'm hoping to see some BBS mesh style wheels. I've posted elsewhere that I've been in contact with the manufacturer, they can anodize these in colors if you so desire. They say they plan on more styles if these sell well.

arch2b · #15 07-28-2009, 04:23 PM

which is why we need to spread the word

the more these sell, the more styles we get.