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FlaFFy_91
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15th Nov 12 at 12:35   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
a mate of mine is after some mini ratchet straps, like they use on the back of a recovery truck and such, but mini
or something with the same sort of effect?

anyone know where or how to get hold of something like this?
cheers chaps
IvIarkgraham
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15th Nov 12 at 12:40   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i got some from costco

16m in length but only an inch wide
dannyboy17
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got mine from costco as well, good bit of kit
Brett
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They sell these at the local random bits shop. You'd find this kind of thing in poundland or places like that.
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hmmm
dont know if a inch wide is abit too wide still

basicly he is makeing a RC car dyno for a uni project
so needs something to strap it down with, we have used springs underneath to hold it on and it works very well but takes away some of the power off the reading when the string stretches, cant get a spring tight enough and small enough to hold it still with some of the cars weve tested :/
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just use cable ties
Bart
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mini ones have a tendancy for the ratchets to buckle if you put any real strain on them.
I wouldnt want to rely on them for fixing anything down on the back of a van / flat bed etc.
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cant use cable ties ivi the heat off the exhaust/engine melts them or weakens them and they stretch or they just plain snap
especialy after a few runs, weve had some get away buggys haha

bart, there not for anything like trucks or van work
just for a rc dyno
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15th Nov 12 at 12:52   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wire?

there are far more cheap solutions than finding miniture ratchet straps
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havnt tryed wire but its abit untidy isnt it?
price isnt too much of a problem to be honest, he obviously doesnt want to be spending spending hundreds, but still
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do it neatly

or buy metal cable ties
Ian
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I'd be taking the wheels off and taking the reading direct from the hub.
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poundland do them,
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How are you tying it down, surely if you have the rope/string etc at the right angles then it should be able to restrain an rc car easy enough.

Could even use tent lines imo, they shouldn't have much stretch
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small chain

I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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I was going to try and blag some of these from bentley when I went in there the other day, White ones with bentley embroided into them, They use them to strap the cars into shipping containers.
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Bungee cords?
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
I'd be taking the wheels off and taking the reading direct from the hub.


Thought about doing that but it means alot of messing about when it comes to makeing the bits to actualy take the readings if that makes any sence?

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Originally posted by Mertin
Bungee cords?


There too stretchy mate so they loose power from the readings


quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
How are you tying it down, surely if you have the rope/string etc at the right angles then it should be able to restrain an rc car easy enough.

Could even use tent lines imo, they shouldn't have much stretch


havnt thought about tent lines tbh, but he wants it as professional looking as possible realy
so not sure if just string will look good enough tbh

 
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