Kraken Vekta Taylor 50cc big bore gets a hand built aluminum RollCage Part1

In this first video of a two part series, i start the fabrication of an all aluminum rollcage to support the weight and fury of a 50cc Taylor powered Vekta 5 LSE. The Everlast PowerTIG 250 EX performs flawlessly.

[@RCRoads]

Worlds strongest RC roll cage. Very nicely done Brian. Awesome skills my good friend. 💪

[@RCWalletVacuum]

Thanks RC! Its been taking a beating. Thanks for checking it out buddy

[@cyclonerc1625]

Roll cage is turning out awesome. Welds are looking a lot better too. lol... Thanks for sharing Brian 👊

[@RCWalletVacuum]

Thanks Cyclone! I love that Everlast. Thanks for checking it out

[@rcOhio]

“Test roll” 😂
Fantastic work brother Brian! Simple and clean! Love it! I’m all about simple yet functional! Can’t wait to see it trussed and paneled. Thanks for taking us along. Have a great week man!

[@RCWalletVacuum]

Thanks Todd! Hopefully the test "roll" will occur tomorrow. Thanks for checking it out

[@MotoRod1]

That’s a nice looking cage, good job.

[@RCWalletVacuum]

Thanks MotoRod, Second part video with roll over test is coming out soon. Thanks for checking it out

[@5thscaleaddict]

Nice lookin welds brotha! cage came out nice ! 👊💥💥

[@RCWalletVacuum]

Thanks Addict! Going to be putting it to the test very soon. Thanks for checking it out

[@15scalercgarage76]

Man awesome Brian, you are a master of all trades great job

[@RCWalletVacuum]

Thanks Buddy! I've seen your awesome builds so that means a lot coming from you. Thanks for checking it out

[@15scalercgarage76]

Brian truly much appreciated 👊🏻

[@kgm5512]

Definitely a top notch cage. I noticed while you were welding the front mounting points you made a quick pass then went back with the filler is this meant to preheat the aluminum?

[@RCWalletVacuum]

Thanks Kyle. I do that on aluminum for two equally important reasons, preheat and an initial removal of the oxidation. I'm currently running around a 30% electrode positive and that seems pretty good with oxide removal. Thanks for checking it out

[@MadOnions]

Pretty cool. You ever build any scale bodies of full size cars / trucks for your rigs?

[@RCWalletVacuum]

Thanks MadOnions! I've thought about that, but whether i could pull it off or not is up to debate,lol. Thanks for the suggestion and checking out the video