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RC Car Product

A 1/10-scale electric brushless radio-controlled racing buggy with transmitter. A full specification article for this item is being written. Meanwhile its bill of materials and connections are below.

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Bill of materials

10 top-level lines · 79 rows shown · 274 parts total · indented to 3 levels
# Item / sub-assembly Part no. Qty/assy Ext. qty Parts Type
1 Chassis 4 parts rc-car-chassis 1 6 assembly
1.1 Composite Chassis Plate rc-car-chassis-plate 1 part
1.2 Bulkhead rc-car-bulkhead 2 part
1.3 Foam Bumper rc-car-bumper 2 part
1.4 Fastener Set fastener-set 1 part
2 Drivetrain 8 parts rc-car-drivetrain 1 60 assembly
2.1 Brushless Motor 5 parts rc-car-motor 1 29 assembly
2.1.1 Stator Assembly 3 parts + deeper › stator-assembly 1 3 assembly
2.1.2 Rotor Assembly 4 parts + deeper › rotor-assembly 1 19 assembly
2.1.3 Motor Housing motor-housing 1 part
2.1.4 Neodymium Magnet neodymium-magnet 4 part
2.1.5 Ball Bearing ball-bearing 2 part
2.2 ESC 4 parts esc 1 9 assembly
2.2.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
2.2.2 Power MOSFET mosfet 6 part
2.2.3 Gate Driver IC gate-driver-ic 1 part
2.2.4 Microcontroller mcu 1 part
2.3 Pinion Gear rc-car-pinion 1 part
2.4 Spur Gear rc-car-spur-gear 1 part
2.5 Transmission 4 parts rc-car-transmission 1 5 assembly
2.5.1 Gearbox Housing gearbox-housing 1 part
2.5.2 Helical Gear Pair gear-pair 1 part
2.5.3 Slipper Clutch rc-car-slipper-clutch 1 part
2.5.4 Ball Bearing ball-bearing 2 part
2.6 Center Driveshaft rc-car-center-driveshaft 1 part
2.7 Differential 4 parts rc-car-differential 2 5 assembly
2.7.1 Gearbox Housing gearbox-housing 2 part
2.7.2 Helical Gear Pair gear-pair 2 part
2.7.3 O-Ring Set oring-set 2 part
2.7.4 Ball Bearing ball-bearing 4 part
2.8 Dogbone / CV Drive rc-car-dogbone 4 part
3 Suspension Corner 5 parts rc-car-suspension 4 12 assembly
3.1 A-Arm rc-car-a-arm 4 part
3.2 Hinge Pin rc-car-hinge-pin 8 part
3.3 Shock Absorber 5 parts rc-car-shock 4 5 assembly
3.3.1 Shock Body rc-car-shock-body 4 part
3.3.2 Shock Piston rc-car-shock-piston 4 part
3.3.3 Coil Spring coil-spring 4 part
3.3.4 O-Ring Set oring-set 4 part
3.3.5 Silicone Shock Oil rc-car-shock-oil 4 part
3.4 Hub / Spindle 2 parts rc-car-hub 4 3 assembly
3.4.1 Spindle rc-car-spindle 4 part
3.4.2 Ball Bearing ball-bearing 8 part
3.5 Turnbuckle rc-car-turnbuckle 4 part
4 Steering 3 parts rc-car-steering 1 28 assembly
4.1 Servo Motor 4 parts servo-motor 1 24 assembly
4.1.1 Stator Assembly 3 parts + deeper › stator-assembly 1 3 assembly
4.1.2 Rotor Assembly 4 parts + deeper › rotor-assembly 1 19 assembly
4.1.3 Encoder encoder 1 part
4.1.4 Motor Housing motor-housing 1 part
4.2 Steering Bellcrank rc-car-bellcrank 2 part
4.3 Steering Link rc-car-steering-link 2 part
5 Wheel 3 parts rc-car-wheel 4 3 assembly
5.1 Wheel Rim rc-car-rim 4 part
5.2 Tire tire 4 part
5.3 Tire Foam Insert rc-car-foam-insert 4 part
6 Onboard Electronics 2 parts rc-car-electronics 1 47 assembly
6.1 Receiver 4 parts rc-car-receiver 1 43 assembly
6.1.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
6.1.2 Microcontroller mcu 1 part
6.1.3 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 40× 40 part
6.1.4 2.4 GHz Radio Module rc-car-radio-module 1 part
6.2 LiPo Battery Pack 3 parts rc-car-battery 1 4 assembly
6.2.1 LiPo Cell lipo-cell 2 part
6.2.2 BMS Board bms-board 1 part
6.2.3 Connector connector 1 part
7 Body Shell 2 parts rc-car-body 1 5 assembly
7.1 Lexan Shell rc-car-shell 1 part
7.2 Body Clip rc-car-body-clip 4 part
8 Transmitter 7 parts rc-car-transmitter 1 66 assembly
8.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
8.2 Microcontroller mcu 1 part
8.3 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 60× 60 part
8.4 Steering Gimbal rc-car-tx-gimbal 1 part
8.5 Throttle Trigger rc-car-tx-trigger 1 part
8.6 Antenna rc-car-tx-antenna 1 part
8.7 Transmitter Battery rc-car-tx-battery 1 part
9 Wire Bundle wire-bundle 1 part
10 Fastener Set fastener-set 1 part

Sourcing — likely vendors

Companies that make this · indicative price $20–$3k · MOQ & lead are typical
VendorHQSpecialtyMOQLead time
🇺🇸Traxxas
traxxas.com ↗
McKinney, US RC cars, trucks & boats 2,000 units 6–10 wks
🇺🇸Arrma
arrma-rc.com ↗
Champaign, US RC bash & race cars (Horizon brand) 2,000 units 6–10 wks
🇯🇵Tamiya
tamiya.com ↗
Shizuoka, JP Model kits & RC cars 2,000 units 6–10 wks
associatedelectrics.com ↗ Lake Forest, US RC race cars 2,000 units 6–10 wks
🇯🇵HPI
hpiracing.com ↗
Tokyo, JP RC cars (HPI Racing) 2,000 units 6–10 wks