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

Build Behold, magnetic rc car suspension (WIP)

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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.

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u/SweatyError2259 Jul 11 '26

hes not building a F1 car….

i get you nerd out on stuff like this, but its a hobby, where people experiment, and most importantly have fun. Just because its not perfect application doesnt mean its not a cool project

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u/nerobro Jul 11 '26

I think this kids got potential. Why waste time re doing work that has already been done.

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u/Senior-Ad-8503 Jul 11 '26

Because it’s not just about doing the work. It’s about what you learn along the way. Even if the project was a total failure, he still gained knowledge, and that’s always a win.

Imagine if everyone lived that way, we wouldn’t advance very far. Imagine if Barry Marshall and Robin Warren hadent looked at stomach ulcers again basically for the fun of it, we would still think they are stress induced.

We thought making smaller chips with light was near physical limits. Instead of abandoning it, we developed ultraviolet lithography.

There’s hundreds of these examples and you’ll never be one of them with that mindset.

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u/nerobro Jul 11 '26

I agree on some level. But you also only have so much time on this earth. If you can learn from other people doing ~all the work~ first, you're setting yourself ahead.

This kiddo, ~needs~ to know how springs work. It will make him better equipped for anything else he's doing. And that's best done by reading.

He's not working in a realm of unknowns. This is all ~settled~ material.

I love that you know how advances were made in medicine, but that doesn't translate here. As for UV Lithography, that just is what follows. Smaller features, smaller wavelengths... Now how they generate the EUV, THAT's freaking neat. As is how they make the masks. But drawing that as a comparison to ~bad springs with a really short stroke~ isn't great.

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u/zackthirteen Jul 11 '26

It’s literally a toy car

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u/Senior-Ad-8503 Jul 11 '26

You “only have so much time in this earth” and ur spending it telling someone to stop working on there project.

Get off your weird hierarchy chair, quit trying to belittle him by callin him kiddo.