Once we reach the financial goal needed to start production. Right now, it’s looking like that could be around the end of the summer.

At the moment we’re working towards ordering the injection molds, and as soon as those are manufactured and set up, we’ll be able to start taking pre-orders.

We’ve designed the chassis in a way where all the internals can stay the same, and it’s mainly about producing a different shell for different wheelbases, stud layouts, etc.

So it’s not adjustable, but it does make it much easier for us to release different versions. If the first one becomes a success, we’ll definitely look into more variations.

We did explore making it adjustable early on, but it ended up being too complex and costly to justify.

We haven’t set an exact price yet, but we’re doing everything we can to get it around $100–150 while staying true to quality and fair manufacturing in Sweden.

As an RC enthusiast myself, I really wanted to include a proper controller from the beginning. I looked into both developing our own and using existing ones.

The challenge is that it essentially becomes a whole second product. It adds quite a bit in terms of development, manufacturing, packaging size, inventory, and shipping.

On top of that, when you certify a product, everything included has to be certified together as one product. Since this involves radio modules, that process also becomes quite expensive, even if the controller itself is already certified.

With all of that combined, it just added too much cost and risk for this first version.

Right now it’s controlled via Bluetooth through an app. We are looking into making it possible to use Bluetooth controllers (like Xbox or similar), but can’t promise that will be available right from the start.

If this becomes a success though, we’ll definitely look into developing a version with a proper controller in the future.

Since The RC-Chassis is a fixed base with electronics inside (even though we’ve done everything to keep it as compact as possible), it does take up some space. So models built on top either need to be modified to fit the chassis, or be specifically designed for it.

Initially, I actually designed all models with the idea that they would eventually work with The RC-Chassis. But as development started taking a lot more time and money, without knowing if we’d be able to actually pull it off, I decided to continue designing them independently instead.

That being said, once The RC-Chassis becomes available, I’ll go back and either modify many of the existing models to fit it, or create new ones specifically designed for it.

And of course, if you’ve already purchased a design, you’ll get any updated instructions for free.