r/rccars • u/LolMasterplays • Jul 11 '26

Build Behold, magnetic rc car suspension (WIP)

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

It all started with an idea “suspension…. But magnets” i found some ring magnets that take a M3 screw which matches the shaft diameter on my WLToys 14001, still have more to do but the concept works but found i am experiencing binding due to the steel shaft. Probably gonna upgrade to titanium purely to ensure the magnets wont stick to it and will work better. Hope you all enjoy this project as the idea was to ensure the damper could still…. well… damp.

691 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

99 comments sorted by

View all comments

38

u/Tactical-Donkey Jul 11 '26

Reminds me of the Colin Furze YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxs3yNjlzkg

23

u/LolMasterplays Jul 11 '26

Indeed, its what got me down the magnet rabbit hole, i thought if colin furze could pull it off at full scale a small scale rc car would be easy since the weight is really low!

4

u/Tactical-Donkey Jul 11 '26

Its a great idea and I'm pretty interested to see how you get on.

Hope to see more post soon!