What does blueprinting your chassis mean?

[dub-c]

I've read some places where people blueprint their chassis. What does that mean? Maybe a newb question, but I'm not sure what it is.

[TRF Drive Hard]

From what i heard, its basically trying to get your chassis to roll free as possible... e.g. was the tc3... taking the seals out on one side of the bearings and relubing, not over tightening the gearboxes so there is no pressure on the bearings... it was something like that to some extent. ;) i know RCCA did an article too.

[C.J.OO]

Hmmm thats interesting..

Iv'e never heard of the term Blueprinting in RC before....(makes sence tho).

I know It means On 1/1 cars that say if you Blue printed the engine it means that you Built the Engine as to the engine Manuals specs all stock..;)...
so there you go I learned somthing New today....

[Jetskiboy77]

Yeah the only time I heard of blueprinting was in respect to 1:1 engines, never heard about it in terms of our chassis'.

[TRF Drive Hard]

Does anyone read the RCCA mags?

[Jetskiboy77]

All the time, but what month/year is this article in?

[TRF Drive Hard]

Dang it, i dont have any of my mags... i wanna say sometime in the early spring of last year...

[thunderbt3]

i think it was the RC Nitro, the one they did the touring car shoot out in

[TRF Drive Hard]

Cause i remember them doin the tc3 as an example.

[C.J.OO]

Does anyone read the RCCA mags?


I subscribe and read it cover to cover....

I Have a few Missing issues Here and there but I remeber Nothing of Blue Printing a chassie...
I'd also like to read the Info As I am An RC info SPONGE.... :) :D :) .....

no bob square pants here ether..;)

[-=ADA$=-]

Im about 85% sure it wasnt RC Nitro, i have all since 5-6 issue, and there wasnt anything like this, and i read them ever 4-5 times

[Jetskiboy77]

Well I dont get RC Nitro so thats why I coudlnt have read it. :)

[highroller]

It just means spending extra time during the assembly process grinding, sanding, polishing and test fitting parts so they go together better with as little resistance as possible. Parts may also be drilled or lighten to reduce weight.
In the area of shock assembly, after polishing the shock shaft and inside of shock body (alumin shocks) spend time to measure the shocks to ensure they travel the exact same distance or put on a shock dyno to be sure they have the same preload and rebound action that's blueprinting. Building and eyeballing it doesn't ensure each shock is going to be the same.

[mp75unlimited]

I have to say I *gulp* don't read the RCCA mags anymore. Its not because its bad or anything - to be frank, its a little too good and I tend to spend a LOT more on RC when reading it - so I suppose the marketing was very effective :D

[aspiringrcracer710]

All the time, but what month/year is this article in?


I think it was also in the 2004 edition of RC Touring Cars as well. (The piece about blueprinting the TC3)

[ElectricThunder]

Blueprinting trannys is also something some do. You don't really need to do it to the AE or Losi trucks most likely cause those things are, well...made with racing in mind, but for something like a Rustler, blueprinting the tranny helps to smooth everything and quiet the tranny quite a bit from what I've read. Ah...the tweakabilities of RC cars and trucks.. :D

[TRF Drive Hard]

I think thats where i saw the article in the TC mag.

"This is Driver, do you copy Duck Pond? Over"

[ayk_driver]

i think maybe this person means balancing the chassis.... getting everything lined up and centered so it wont pitch to one side more in the turns etc....

[TRF Drive Hard]

Hmmmm, nope... not really... pretty much what some us have explained. your suggestion is more like tuning...

[Grizzbob]

Right, it's a little of everything, just taking your time when assembling the car to do some grinding, tuning, tweaking, adjusting, & trying little tricks(like taking out half the seals on the bearings, spraying out the grease in them & putting some light bearing oil in there to free them up a bit), making sure the drivetrain is as close to perfect as you can make it, etc...... :cool: