This project brilliantly weaponizes modularity to turn a drift car into a physics experiment on chassis flex and steering lag. It’s a masterclass in high-effort absurdity that proves engineering is most fun when it’s completely impractical.
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In this video, we're going to turn this radiocrol drift car into the world's longest radiocrolled drift car. So, we've already built the world's longest radiocrolled drift car, but in this video, we're going to go even longer.
So, we're going to use this Traxxas drift car as a base this time because the suspension's a little bit firmer than on the MST that we used before. So, to start with, we got to cut the chassis in half.
So, all we got to do now is make a bit to go into the middle to extend it. I don't really know how, but I might know someone that does.
>> Scotty, you know, like you made this piece on that one.
>> Yes.
>> Can you do one for that, but just more?
>> How long do you want to go?
>> I think something like that.
>> That long?
>> Yeah.
>> It will have to be made in maybe four sections. The good thing about that is though, we can then play about with different sizes, >> make it modular.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Yes. So, we could even be there, couldn't we? Or more.
>> The sky's is the limit.
>> We can keep adding more bits on and just just keep going until it stops working.
>> I'm up for that.
>> Yes.
>> Oh, Postman. Oh, it's Christmas every day. Check this out. This is the brand new Traxxas 240 SX. This is the latest version with a higher steering angle. So, we'll check this out later on in this video.
>> Here we go. Another design for another project. Um, these are extension pieces to make a drift car longer.
>> If you want to have a go at building one of these drift cars yourself, I'm going to put a link in the description box where you can get Scotty's files from so you can print your own parts.
>> Oh, that's one of many parts now. Ready?
It's Christmas every day.
>> Oh, what you got, mate?
>> Some bits for a project.
Oh, I've made these fully modular so you can keep adding to it.
>> So, we could make it the length of the whole room or more.
>> Well, we could make it as long as we wanted. It's infinite. So, >> I wonder how long we can make it before it stops working or before it starts getting not good.
>> Well, I don't know.
>> Because the bus, this is one of the best drifters I've ever used. And it's longer. So, is it going to get better the longer it gets?
>> Or where?
>> So far, all the other sausages on this channel have gotten better the longer they've gotten. This is the rock sausage. The world's most capable rock crawler. This is the speed sausage. One of the fastest RC cars in the world.
This is the off-road speed sausage. And this got into the Guinness Book of World Records for being the world's fastest off-road RC car.
Boom.
So, it appears that the longer you make an RC car, the better it gets. This here is just a bracket that we can use to clip in there.
>> So, we just drill through.
>> Just drill through. Not bolt it.
>> Yeah. Not unbolt that. Then these each one of these just slides on.
>> And these all the same.
>> They're all identical. So, >> you just keep adding them on.
>> You just keep adding them on.
>> So, if you want to make it longer, all we got to do is print some more. Y.
>> That's epic. Well done, mate.
>> That's right. One goes on there. Quite tight. That's the way you want it, though.
>> That's how long the drift bus is. It's like already over double, but we got to build up to it. We can't just go straight into the longest. So, I reckon first one. What do you reckon about?
>> About there.
>> Yeah.
>> Start about there for now. I reckon we start there.
>> Well, let's just put the uh the brace through first.
>> We've got a rod here. This is too heavy.
This is steel. So, I've just ordered some aluminum.
>> Now, I've made a bracket for the rear for this to hold onto.
>> Is that what this stuff here is?
>> Yeah, that's the rear bracket. So, you take this off and this literally just >> Okay. Okay. Let's do it.
>> We will need longer bolts. So come down here.
>> So we got 20s there. So two of those.
>> Is my measurements correct?
>> Oh, what? Straight in.
>> Uhoh.
>> Uhoh.
>> We just got >> nothing.
>> Oh, look at that.
>> Isn't that?
>> And that should just sit through there.
>> Then we just got to drill a hole through there to hold it.
>> Yeah. I've already pre done some >> things down there. So we just need to drill through that.
>> We won't bother with this one cuz we got aluminium coming. Put that back on there.
And that's one. It's a bit sticky there, is it? She said that on there. That literally just clips into there.
>> Oh, okay.
>> And then the other side of it.
>> Oh, look at that. And then you just screw.
Well, >> now the same again here.
>> Yep.
Oh, look at that.
>> Perfect.
>> So, now we just got to do the same again with all this lot >> for all of them.
>> I've got a quicker way. Boom. So, next up.
>> So, just slide that on there.
It's a bit tight.
>> Let's see how she sits.
>> We're going to have to do something with the suspension cuz >> decked. We haven't even got battery in there yet. It's like double the size.
>> And it's going to get even longer. We might go Well, it might even be longer than this room when it's done. We don't know.
>> Longer than a fulls size cutter.
>> So, we got these spacers.
>> So, what's it like with Oh, >> is that too much?
>> That's too much. You want a bit of sag?
A bit of droop.
>> That's not what he said.
>> Oh, that looks all right. Is there a bit of droop? Yeah.
>> In the back. Next up, we got to take the battery mount off and fit that on here somehow.
>> Yeah, I got it. You do it, Scotty.
>> Scotty. Scotty designed it.
>> This here is an adapter to go on there.
>> And then that goes on here.
>> So, that hopefully there. And Scotty's spacer.
Oh, battery's too big. Alternatively, what about shorty?
>> Yeah, >> that's a thinner one. Oh, that fits in there. Perfect.
>> Would you even need anything to hold it in? We can just have it chilling in there. Oh, look. And we can adjust weight bias.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> This is going to be epic. You wait.
>> So, we need an extension to go from there to there. Or do we?
>> No, that's long enough.
>> We could permanently mount that there, couldn't we?
>> Next up, we got to make an extension lead cuz this is Deans and this thing here is terminals. So, we need to make a little lead to go from there to there.
gone everywhere.
>> What are you doing down there, Scotty?
>> Uh, nothing to see here.
>> Oh, man.
>> You know what? Easier to start again.
>> Quick away.
>> Boom.
I think we're ready for action. So, we get the extension lead in there.
>> We got steering. We got power. Ready?
>> Yeah.
It appears like it hasn't got enough power.
>> It's a brush motor though, isn't it?
Well, let's try and put the battery more to the back. If we have it there where we was originally going to put it now, it does seem a little bit on the slow side, but it is a drift car and maybe later on we'll fit a faster motor if it does turn out to be too slow. I'm working go. We're going to take it to the RC club in a little while and we're also going to still make it longer and fit more power. All in this video.
It's actually quite good. Next up, we need a body. And the most famous limo is probably a Hummer. So, here I've got a hammer body.
It's supposed to be for HBI Savage. So, come on. Please fit. Do you know what? I could be perfect. Let's cut it out first and see how she fits.
I've just done a rough cut first. We can cut more off later cuz you can't add it back on again. We're going to need to cut this in half somewhere. So, we don't want to cut it near the arch. So, I'm thinking the best place is going to be right through the middle of that door.
Looking at some pictures on Google, that's going to make it the most realistic as well.
Do you know what? I think that is going to work perfectly. A bit of this bumper foam is sticking out a little bit too far. So, I don't know if to keep that splitter on there or get rid of it. But, I think we just cut this down for now.
See how that sits. And then if it still looks crap, we can just ditch the whole lot.
Look at that. The very best in British engineering.
Oh, yes. We got a cut around here now.
Next up, we need a middle section. And for that, I've bought some of this clear plastic sheet from eBay. It will be clear once we pull that covering off of there. Anyway, so we got to somehow attach that onto there.
Next up, I've got to try and bend it to roughly the same place where the body is. Hopefully, this is going to work.
Here we go.
kind of >> quality British engineering.
Yes, obviously there's a proper machine for doing that, but we're hobbyists, so we're just hobbying. So, a few screws through there. Job done. And then we can get some more sheets and we can add them onto there. So, we can adjust this to any length that we want it to. So, say we go to like an RC drifting club. If the track's really big, we we can extend it. And if we go to smaller track, we can shrink it. This is going to be epic.
Oh man, this is going to be epic. It still looks a bit crappy, but once we get all the paint and the stickers on there, it's going to look good. If you remember the drift bus, that looked a bit crappy when we're building it. But now look, apart from the joint, it looks pretty perfect. Oh my god, look at the size difference. And this is on the smallest setting, we can make this like the length of the room. But we're going to try this length first. And as the video goes on, we're going to make it longer and longer. I've got enough plastic to go this long. If that works in future, we can go even more. Anyway, let's get this thing fitted properly.
Boom.
Next up, we need to mount it and maybe Velcro body posts. Not sure yet. The drifting club is on in a couple of hours. I'm running out of time and I'm not going to have time to make proper body mounts. So, I'm just going to get some bits of cardboard for now and just mock something up just so we can temporarily put the body on and see how it works. Then, when we get back, we'll try to do it a bit more properly and make it longer. Yes, you shove that there. Glue gun.
Ah, look at that. I should have been a welder. Boom. And then temporarily, we can just hold it on with a little bit of tape. All right, let's have a quick look to see what this new drifter is all about.
This is the latest Traxxas Nissan 240 SX. The body is clipless and it comes off of a couple of clips underneath. So, this is the updated version of the the limo car that we cut in half. It comes with a high steering angle conversion kit here. So, I guess we've got to fit that. But I want to run it as it is first, then put the steering kit on and see if it makes any difference. I've got another one up here that you can win.
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Boom. Here we are on location. I think these tires are a little bit too big.
They're rubbing on the body. So I think we're going to give these ones a little blast.
Yeah, that's better. Look, look how much bigger these Traxxas tires are. All right, get the rest of them on there.
>> Boom. What do you reckon, Scotty?
>> What's that?
>> What's board? Really?
>> Scotty's fired.
>> Wow.
>> Don't need them anymore. Got that.
>> What's it for?
>> A body mount.
>> Body mounts here. Body mounts. Body mount.
>> All right. So, Robbie just has bought us some body mounts so we can put them on the front.
>> It's temporary. Damn it.
>> Heavy bod.
>> It's a temporary. Give me a break. What do you reckon, Billy?
>> Oh, absolutely wonderful.
>> That's good, isn't it? Battery in.
>> Yeah. What I would try to do, I have it back here. The battery here. You want it as far back as possible.
>> Too much technicality here. Get that thing on there.
>> What are you doing? Taping it.
>> That's the only option you got at the minute.
>> Oh, that's definitely budget. I actually thought you were going to do it at the front properly and everything. Ke, come on.
>> Perfect.
>> You tell him, man.
>> Do I actually have to work with him?
>> It looks like you're sacked. I mean, he can do it all himself in it.
>> I make my own mouse, man. It doesn't need Scott anymore. Bye-bye, Scotty.
Bye-bye.
>> Scotless.
>> Scotless.
>> Oh, that's a big sausage you've got there, Kevin.
>> Is he going to get around the track?
>> Oh, it's drifting.
Oh. Oh. On the steer. It is working, but the suspension on the front is too low.
So, it's rubbing on the carpet and also the tires are rubbing on the body shell.
So, we're going to have to take it back to the shop, modify it slightly, and then we'll bring it back out again in this video.
>> Can I have a go, please? Thank you.
>> Scott is better than me, is he? He is, isn't he? Look how much fair he is.
>> We definitely got to give it more power.
Look at all the spectators. They're all impressed. Bobby's go.
>> Look at it. I'm so impressed.
>> It's gonna get way better in this video.
>> I've got a smile on your face.
>> I think it's wicked.
>> If you got a smile on your face, you're doing it right. What you found, Robbie?
>> Well, I think you should chuck a rocket motor in there.
>> Brushless motor.
>> Brushless motor. And >> cheap. That's cheap.
>> It's cheap. Cheap.
>> That's with the ESC and the motor.
>> 130 amp.
>> We just chat GPT. Should be three times the RPM.
>> Boom.
>> It's more power.
>> Anyone needs to be called?
>> What's that? The compensator.
>> The compensator.
Scott, you make some stickers.
>> No, he's fired.
>> No, not sacked. Not sacked.
>> So, a couple of problems so far. The tires were rubbing on the body and the whole thing is too low. So, when we were steering often, it was just going forward. So, once we fit the body properly, we can trim around here a bit, raise up suspension. That should solve it. Anyway, next up, let's get this proper body mounts fitted. So, off with all this monstrosity and then we'll see how we can fit some of these body posts. Probably on here somewhere.
So, these are the longest screws that I've got and they're not going to be long enough. So, we can take this off and maybe put them in. I don't know.
Hopefully, now we can screw it onto there and fit the whole unit back on.
Oh, yes.
So, that's the front sorted. So, now let's have a look at the back.
Hopefully, we can attach that onto there, then the whole unit on there. I think we just got to move the shocks over to give us a little bit more space.
And that's also going to make our rear suspension a bit stiffer, which is not a bad thing. We've added so much weight.
Next up, this bit's going to be really fiddly. So, I reckon that can go there somewhere, but we're going to have to guess the height. Ah, it's going to be tricky.
Drill it there and see what happens.
On the front, way too high, but we have to cut these down. On the back, we're a little bit too low. And also, I think this will be better on that side because otherwise we can't get to this to put a screw through it. So, I think we'll get the front mounted first and then we can mess about with the back. I got to judge it a little bit on the front here cuz these body posts are leaning a bit forward. So, as the body comes down, it's going to go back a bit and we want it to go back slightly anyway.
Look, I think we judged that perfectly.
Then on the rear, I reckon we got to come up about 12 mm.
So, we'll have to drill a new hole about 12 mm further down. And then I want to put it on this side this time, but because we got suspension arms in the way, have to cut the bottom off.
It's on there.
Got to raise this front suspension up a tiny little bit. I think we're sitting pretty good now. And no more rubbing on the front. Next up, let's paint it and get all the stickers fitted. So, we got to take it all apart again.
So, I got to rough up all the surface.
And for that, I'm going to use some Scotchbrite. And what that's going to do is help the paint stick to the plastic.
Next up, degasing it with a little bit of brake cleaner. Next up, I'm going to spray it white. A bit different to my normal red. However, limos like the Hummer ones are normally white. up. We can take all the protective film off, screw it back together again, and stickers. And luckily on these HR stickers, they precut them. I've got some new rod here. So, the rod that came out of it was steel. It's really heavy.
So, here I've got some aluminum, a lot lighter. It stiffens it up a lot, but it's still got quite a lot of flop on there. So, if we drill through and screw it to these end bits, I should lock it in place.
Next up, got this little tap set here.
So, we should be able to wind that in there, make a thread.
I've put a spacer under here just so we got a little bow on that chassis. So once we take the load off of it, hopefully it's going to sit flat. So now we just got to put a hole through the back and then it should be ready to rip.
Get that out there and hopefully it's going to hold up. Oh yes, perfectly.
Nice and rigid.
Oh, postman. Oh, it's Christmas every day.
We got more horsepower. Let's get it fitted.
Here we go. See if it works.
Oh, loads more power. So, let's test it out like this and then we'll make it longer in this video. I thought the drift bus was big and the limo this is on its smallest setting. Oh, what you got here, Scotty?
>> Oh, I made some stickers just for you, Kev.
>> What does that mean?
>> Oh, thanks, mate.
>> Boom.
>> There's a quick way, you know. Oh, is there?
>> Boom.
Check that out. But if you look at a real Hummer limo, they've got window along the middle. So, see if we can make something out of this.
All right, here we are at Robbiey's RC Club.
>> Scott has already got the drifter out.
>> What do you reckon, mate? This is actually quite nice.
>> All right, let's see what she's got.
>> You know what? It's really easy to drive.
That is so easy.
What?
>> What's the first time you've driven it as well, isn't it?
>> That's got to Yeah, that's got to be the easiest drift boat I've ever driven in my life.
>> Just so easy. Look, we got handbrake button. So, you hit that and it locks the back wheels up. Hi Mike.
These Traxxas drift cars. They're not the fastest, they're not the most advanced, and they're not the most technical, but they are probably the easiest drift car that you can just get out of the box, chuck in a battery, and let it go rip, and anyone can just drive it with ease.
Next up, the compensator.
>> Oh, better with more power, isn't it?
>> It's doing it. It's more lively.
>> That rocket motor you told me to get.
>> Yeah, good.
>> Oh, now you're stuck.
Yeah. Yeah. What? Your >> track's too tight.
>> I can sort that. You ready? I'm >> moving it.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
Boom.
>> Well done, mate.
>> There you go.
>> You're learning.
>> Come on.
>> Hopefully now if you don't know to get my load power.
>> That's what you need. And you geared right up as well.
>> I stop gearing.
>> Oh, you could probably gear it right up as well.
>> Going well.
>> Joey. Anyway, after a little bit of practice, I did finally get the hang of it.
Heat. Heat. Heat.
I reckon extension number two. So, here is an extension piece that we made earlier. So, the quickest way to get that on there.
Boom. So, this is the medium length.
Now, Scott is just assembling the body.
>> Trying. Hopefully, it's going to be wide enough on the old track. This could actually be the world's longest RC car because it's modular. We can make it any length we want, which in theory makes it infinity length.
>> I mean, >> and you can't get more than infinity, can you?
>> It's the longest. It's full. It's 6 months.
>> Oh my god.
>> Go on, Scotty. You be the first to drive it.
>> Scotty designed all the chassis.
>> Oh, can I get it? The rounded one.
>> Oh.
No. Want a bigger track?
>> Oh yeah. Can we have a big old track, please, Robbie?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Boom. Let's have a go.
>> Oh yeah.
What I've noticed is the longer you make the car, the less responsive to backend comes. It's kind of like a delayed effect. So you steer, then you wait and you wait and you wait. Then the back end comes round and it seems to be the most difficult on chicanees because it takes a while to get it to swing back the other way. So it's just a little bit of practice.
Powering.
>> Yeah.
>> Next up, Scotty's go.
Scotty's doing better than me. Look, it's got a very delayed drift. Takes a while to get the back end out and then takes a while to stop.
>> Scotty's so much better at this. Look at the way that he's swinging the ass around. Watch. Well, watch. Look at punching. Look at this.
>> Nice.
>> You can have a go in a minute.
>> I'm shocking.
>> Scott is definitely better. Well, we have a go. Oh, >> this is not going to be right. Can't do any better.
>> Oh, he's coached it already. Oh, he's coach lined it again on that one.
Oh yes.
>> That's That's a tricky one. It's hard doing one, but it's giving it the flick to make it go the other way. You're going to take so long to respond.
>> It's not the best at chicanees, is it?
>> No.
>> But is it fun?
>> Yeah, it is. Yeah, it gives a smile, doesn't it? Look, it's fun.
>> If it puts a smile on your face, you're doing it right.
>> Heavy Traxxas.
>> Oh, come on. They all do that.
>> Look at that. Plastic like Traxxas quality 2026 and we're coming out with this. Nothing wrong with that. That's one of the best budget radios.
>> It's got like 15 or 20 model memories.
You can bind it to all your RC's. It automatically binds to whichever one you turn on.
>> Anyone would think you were getting paid from Traxxas.
>> I've been accused of that recently.
>> I've never been paid a penny from Traxxas.
>> Have you not?
>> No. Never.
>> Never.
>> No. I've had one free X-Maxx out of them. I think that was it. There you go.
>> I wanted X-Maxx Ultimate and they gave me one of them. That was it. Go on Mark.
Have a go.
>> Oh, he's coached it. You wouldn't make a very good bus driver, would you? I was going to say it's like a >> Go on Billy. Show us how it's done.
You're the most experienced RCL of the club.
>> Oh, go Billy.
>> Go Billy.
So, >> he's a pro.
>> Don't forget, last chance to win all of these RC cars tomorrow. All of these RC's could be yours. Or $10,000 cash.
Link down below in the description box.
So, on the shortest setting, it handled amazingly. It drives so good. Then, when we gave it the medium setting, it made it a little bit more challenging because there's a very delayed response to get it out and the chassis was starting to get quite floppy. And then if we put three pieces on, and this is how many pieces we've made so far, the chassis is really too floppy. It's going to scrape on the floor. So, I think we're going to mess about with this again in a future video, make it even longer. But, we're going to have to redesign this chassis cuz the longer you make it, the more flexible it gets. So, I don't know if we have to weld some aluminium up or or something. I don't know. We'll have to play with it. But, I just want to see how far we can take this thing and just see how long we can make it and it still works. So, subscribe and smash the bell so you don't miss it.
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