- What's up guys we're
out here in the garage
and we have a really fun idea,
we are going to take this RC truck
and what are we gonna do with it Ginger?
- We're actually gonna make a Cybertruck.
That's right we're
gonna remove the plastic
that came with this X-Maxx
and we're gonna make a custom cover
that looks just like the
new Tesla Cybertruck.
(rock music)
- Do you wanna drive it?
- Going top speed?
- Yeah.
- No.
- That was crazy!
- Whoa!
We're gonna actually make a
template out of cardboard first
before we start trying
to use the sheet metal.
- I've already started ahead
and looked at pictures online
of the Tesla Cybertruck
and started to come up with
an original sort of template
that's gonna look like this,
and then it even has the sides.
We're gonna use these cardboard templates
and then trace the shapes onto
this sheet steel like this.
We're gonna try and cut it out
and actually make a real
armored Cybertruck RC truck.
We actually just bought
this welder yesterday
and neither of us have any
experience with it at all.
So we're gonna watch a couple
of awesome YouTube videos,
try to learn how to weld,
cut out some shapes.
We don't know if this is gonna work
but we're gonna give it our best shot.
- I mean I think it's looking good so far.
Definitely this shape I like,
and the front edges I think are spot on.
It's gonna be a challenge
though being new at welding.
I think we can do it,
I think we're just gonna
need to do it in phases.
- First up we're gonna trace
out the top template here
that we made last night.
There it is.
Now we just gotta cut
it out with the grinder.
(electric saw cutting)
(electronic music)
- Now we just gotta get that top bend
to go from the windshield to the back.
- It might be a little
- I bet this is exactly
how Tesla did theirs.
- This is exactly how.
Elon Musk went into Tesla headquarters,
went up to the first sheet of metal,
laid it over the edge of the table.
- And slightly bended it.
- And now,
we have a Tesla Cybertruck
rooftop, oh yeah.
- Let's check it out on this thing.
(laughter)
- Should we?
- Yeah!
- Okay there it is.
- Stop it kids, that looks amazing.
- It already is starting
to look like a Cybertruck.
- Look Carl, we got this.
- This is looking pretty cool.
Then we're gonna use this cut off piece.
We're gonna make the fins,
these are gonna be the sides right here.
(electric saw cutting)
(bass music)
- All right, we've officially
cut free the two sides
of the Tesla Cybertruck RC car.
- I just have one question.
- What?
- Do I look as cool as I think I do?
- It looks really cool.
Especially those goggles.
- Thanks.
- Kyle's out here poking around
wants to see what's going on.
Ah that looks so cool!
The cool thing is it's battery powered
the whole thing's gonna be electric
just like the real deal.
All right should we try and
tack all of it into place?
- Yeah!
(electricity sparking)
(bass music)
- [Carl] Ginger has been
welding away and she hasn't.
- I actually kinda like it.
It's kind of therapeutic in a way.
- [Carl] We've got the
front bumper on now.
Wait til you see the whole
shell once we put it on there.
We have the rear bumper, everything,
it's upside down right
now but it's gonna work.
Ginger's uh picking up the
welding pretty quickly.
- I mean it looks really rough.
(laughter)
- [Carl] Yeah it's just like
a lot of tack welding here.
- [Ginger] But you know what
we're gonna grind this off.
And once we spray paint this bad boy,
Elon Musk won't know the difference.
(electricity sparking)
(bass music)
It's together.
- [Carl] We have...
- It's that good.
- [Carl] the front, the back,
and the two sides are all welded on.
We're gonna cut out the
fenders and the rear end
and all that stuff.
(electricity sparking)
Check this out you guys.
We got the front bumper on.
The top windshield, the back, the sides,
we've even got the rear
bumper on the back.
We're feeling really optimistic now.
I know that the spot welding
jobs are really sloppy
but we've been learning and trying
and being really patient
trying to figure this out.
But I think it's looking really cool.
We're gonna have to finish it all up
clean it up and then
we'll take it for a drive.
(machinery running)
It's actually the next day in the morning.
We went and got a grinder
and a couple of other tools.
We watched some YouTube videos on welding
we learned a few things
and I think we're gonna be able
to finish this thing up today.
- I can't get it to turn off.
- We're going back over
and we're actually cleaning
up a lot of the welds
with the grinder now.
Ginger's getting really good,
I think she's better at
welding than I am for sure.
- I make like welding dots, you know,
some make beads, I'm
more in the dot phase.
- [Carl] We're just go blot blot blot blot
and we're just put little beadies all on.
- It's like intense tack
welding that's happening.
- [Carl] It's full of
holes like crazy but,
how do we know the real Tesla Cybertruck's
not the same way under the surface guys.
- Did Elon Musk know how
to weld right off the bat?
No, he had to learn on
his Tesla truck too.
- [Carl] We also have to develop a system
in order to melt the shell onto the frame.
I'm gonna be cutting apart
different bits of this chain
and see if we can weld
the chain link underneath
so that we can zip tie the
cover to the RC car frame
and all that and get it to work.
- What could go wrong?
- [Carl] Everything.
Everything could go wrong.
- It's a fail safe plan.
- [Carl] It's a fail safe plan.
The best part is, the kids
are in homeschool right now
and me and Ginger are having a blast
doing what we love to do and
that's what matters most.
(bass music)
(electricity sparks)
- Check it out guys,
Carl is currently cutting the side panels
which would be where the doors would be
on a real Cybertruck
and I'm doing the bodywork right now.
I went over all of the welds, one sec.
(drilling)
Carl's bein' so loud.
'Kay look at this we have this Bondo stuff
that is actually for like automobiles
that you can shape,
so I'm going over the welds.
So, that's gonna fill all
the little welding holes
that I missed, okay.
This is like both me and
Carl's first time welding
and I kinda love it.
To be honest I feel like
it's something that,
I could get really good at,
don't know what I would ever use it for
but maybe I'll build more
RC cars or something.
Actually, welding comes up a lot.
I think it's a good skill to have.
So yeah, we're just gonna get it prepped
with the Bondo on all
the rest of the edges
and smoothed out and then when we get back
we'll just buff that off,
paint it and, we're
gonna be in good shape.
I think we're gonna finish this today.
Check it out you guys.
We have our prototype
- Look at that.
- [Ginger] Dude that looks so good!
I just have one question I
think everybody wants to know.
Will it drive?
That's right.
All right you guys we're gonna
see if this thing will work
as a fully electric mini Cybertruck.
- I'm worried about the shell
rubbing on the tires a little bit,
so we're just gonna go easy, okay.
Here we go.
- [Ginger] Woo, yeah that looks so cool!
- [Carl] We have a Tesla Cybertruck!
- I cannot wait to get it
painted and to finish it,
this looks so awesome.
- Should we drive it across
the lawn for just a second?
- Yeah lets do it.
(electric motor running)
- Ginger!
We totally built a Tesla Cybertruck!
(humming vibration)
We had a problem with the Bondo
and stuff that we used to seal the welds.
It was on there too thick so
we've waited like two days
we've put it in a heated
room, tried to dry it out.
Even though we've already
done a first coat of paint,
we scraped off all of the excess Bondo
and now we're gonna go back over it
we're gonna buff it try to smooth it out.
- This is really hard guys.
- [Carl] What do you think
Kyle, does it look cool or no?
- It looks amazing.
- [Carl] You think it looks awesome?
Kyle gives it the big thumbs up so,
if it passes the Kyle test of awesomeness
maybe that's enough right?
Okay, but see it's just
like goopy and stuff.
That did not work at all, the type of.
- Maybe if we paint it black?
- If we did a darker coat
and then we went over it
with the chrome, maybe we should try that.
Should we go shopping for some paint?
We're gonna make it work.
Really quick too let's flip it over
I want to show you what we figured out.
We took these pieces of chain link
and made it into tie-downs
so we can actually hook bungees cords
and attach it right to
the RC car right here.
And not only that we made
custom yoga block mounts
for cushions to give more
suspension and everything
for the truck and I think
it's gonna work great.
We just buffed it all up,
we cleaned up the Bondo,
we actually used a torch and
we cooked a lot of it off.
And now we threw a fresh coat of paint,
a little bit of a darker color,
and I think it looks absolutely perfect.
We're just gonna have to
stencil out the windows
and then we'll put it on
and see what it looks like.
Ginger I think it's
time for final assembly.
Are you ready?
- We have everything set
up, the batteries are ready.
- We even have the complete
and final paint job.
So are you ready Leila?
- [Ginger] Oh man, that looks so cool!
- We gotta get it all lined up,
it does look really cool!
Turned out great.
- [Ginger] We built that.
- We built this thing out of actual metal.
We're gonna put these bungees on.
This is a little bit side-to-side wobbly.
- Just give me a second, I'll fix it.
- But that's the idea is
we're gonna tighten that down.
- Thank you.
- There ya go.
So underneath here we have tie downs
that we welded on there
if you can see that,
and we've got a bungee
cord looped under there,
this one's not quite hooked up yet.
And then we have another one in the back.
- [Ginger] So hopefully it will keep it
from wobbling too much.
- Right all side-to-side and everything.
- [Ginger] Okay we're
ready to rock and roll!
Look how awesome that looks!
- It looks amazing!
The Tesla Cybertruck is ready to go.
It's turned on, notice how it's quiet,
just like the real Tesla Cybertruck.
- [Ginger] Sounds like an electric truck.
- Like an electric truck,
but does it drive?
- [Ginger] That's the question.
- [Carl and Ginger] Will it drive?
- [Ginger] Woo, that looks awesome!
- [Carl] It drives!
- [Ginger] Leila likes it.
- Look at that, the wheel space is good,
the tires good, nothing's rubbin' wrong.
The frame's sitting on there right.
It looks like a Tesla Cybertruck!
It totally looks like!
- [Ginger] So awesome.
Is that the first Tesla
Cybertruck RC car in the world?
- The first Tesla Cybertruck,
it totally is check it out.
Let's take it one some obstacles here,
we'll go off-roading first
before we go top speed.
Here we go.
We should try to drive
it through the waterfall
down here in the rock feature.
Should we see how it handles it?
So far so good!
Look at it it's totally handling it.
- [Ginger] Cybertruck lets go!
- [Carl] Yeah!
That was awesome it totally made it!
Now we should get it over
there on the pavement,
see if we can drift it and go top speed.
You wanna drive it?
- Going top speed?
- Yeah.
- No.
I will wreck that thing, I'm sure of it.
- All right I just want to see
if we can do some drifts and stuff.
It rained last night and so
this is like a perfect surface.
(electric engine running)
(laughter)
It totally works.
(electric engine running)
- [Carl] Oh no!
- [Ginger] Did our weld break?
- Look at what we've got,
we've got a fender bender.
- [Ginger] That's okay.
- That's okay.
- [Ginger] Elon Musk, his
reveal had some issues too.
- Totally.
Should we do kind of a top speed test?
- [Ginger] Yeah!
- 40-yard dash.
Okay, make sure your
ankles are safe hunny.
- Okay.
The fear that we have is that the metal
will shave against the tire
and pop one of the tires.
Hopefully that doesn't
happen in the speed test.
We noticed that it started
rubbing on the edge
just a little bit, everybody
cross your fingers,
we'll see how this goes.
- 3-2-1!
- [Ginger] Go!
Hopefully the shell's not
rubbing on the tire you guys.
They look really good.
- [Carl] It has been kind
of bumping and rubbing,
I noticed, look at this it's
like hitting on the tire well.
- [Ginger] Oh yeah.
- [Carl] When I stopped the
whole frame and everything,
the body, just slid forward.
- [Ginger] I mean overall
that was pretty good.
- It seems to stay in pretty good shape.
- I guess the only thing
now left to do Carl
is to take it off-roading.
- We should go up in the
hill and just see how it does
actually out in the hills.
- Okay lets do it.
- Lets go.
We're up here in the Red Rock Desert,
so southern Utah, up on a giant boulder.
And we're gonna test the
off-road capabilities
of the Tesla mini Cybertruck
RC truck right now,
are you ready?
- [Ginger] Yeah let's do it.
- [Carl] Should I go towards the edge?
Wait, I did not mean to do that.
I'm tryin' to go in reverse,
I didn't mean to do that.
Look look look look look.
- [Ginger] That is like
the edge of the cliff.
- Okay here we go.
- [Ginger] Uh oh.
- [Carl] Yeah!
A little bit of rattling.
Should we try and go up this ledge?
- [Ginger] Yeah let's try.
- 3-2-1 go!
- [Ginger] Come on mini Cybertruck, yeah!
- [Carl] Look at that!
All the way up.
No problem.
We made it to the top of the mountain.
I think that's enough.
- [Ginger] I think that was a success.
- That's a total success you guys.
- This RC car turned out amazing.
- I totally agree Ginger,
that was a total success.
The Tesla Cybertruck totally worked.
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- Bye!
- [Carl] Maybe we should
modify it and put the trunk.
- You guys should give us some
ideas down in the comments.
- [Carl] Like a Halo Mongoose thing.
- That'd be cool
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