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Bad Monkey Jr. is a 1/10th scale remote control Monster Truck that I, Mark Filipowicz designed and built from scratch back in 1999. I used Autodesk's AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop software to design the truck as a 3D Solid Model then machined all of the custom components myself at Polcraft inc . Thinking back, man was that brutal. The Solid modeling software of today is so much more powerful! Over the years Mechanical Desktop turned into Inventor and I used every release up until 2014. In 2012 a new job oportunity encouraged me to learn Solidworks and thats what I am currently using for Solid Model Design. The difference is that instead of building toys for fun, I get paid to design automated tooling for the micro-optics world... |
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| The Dynamic View Generator above allows you to see 7 views of the Solid Model by running your mouse over the Direction Icons. You can click the Direction Icons to view a full size image (640X480) . | ||
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PRESS Bad Monkey Jr. appeared in the July 2000 issue of Radio Control Car Action Magazine Bad Monkey Jr. appeared in the March/April 2001 issue of EDM Today Magazine Bad Monkey Jr. appeared on the cover of the 2001 EDM Today Yearbook in April |
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Bad Monkey Jr. started out on January 4, 1999 as an idea and on September 14, 1999
Jr.
took its first test drive and was complete on October 31, 1999.
The initial design was complete in February along with a full set of prints but the design has evolved considerably since then. The first "chips" were cut on February 20, 1999.
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Bad Monkey Jr. contains over 90 different custom machined parts, over 200 custom machined parts total! The Build pages contain step by step details and thumbnail images showing how more than 30 of the parts were made from scratch. |
| See how Bad Monkey Jr. was built from the ground up, or how it rips the ground up! | |
