Rc flatty

a few years ago my buddy gave me this . His dad hand built it some 40 years ago ,and he used to play with it when he was little ,,,and it was decided that it need to live at my house.


well ,it did not take long before I asked if it was ok to change a few things and ended up with this. linked/junk shocks and no real axle just a straight pipe on some 80s rims/tires and a roll cage .

I was happy with it and stayed on the shelf looking good till........... WUZE(Darn you!!!) showed us those rc crawlers.well the bug bit me and now this is where I stand. lockers,leaf springs and real shackles all around.all metal parts so far,including driveshafts .and it all works well ,mounted on the alum frame . this is all just mocked up so far ,,,,lots of fine tuning to do and I need to buy a low profile trans and figure out shocks , battery, reciever, speed control ,and a steering servo under the hood and electrics under the seats. I will have to cut it to mount the trans but I can sort of hide it under a tranny tunnel.




pretty cool huh?

 

I love it! The scale model rc trucks look just like the real thing. I have to find me one...

 

the shackles act just like the real thing and they even have gotten stuck inverted ,,,,,without bump stops.

 

cool!

Have you flopped it yet?

 

nope ,I will have to change my view on wheeling when I start wheel'n this .

 

does the winch work on that beast?

 

not yet!!!!!!! but I have a plan to take the gear stop out of a servo and run the winch that way.

 

Come on guys, stop posting this stuff! So most importantly, what did you use to make the leaf springs, or did you buy them?

 

I love it!

 

oops, I did not mention that ,the axles are Tamyia Little Gear 4x4 truck and that came linked but I really wanted to keep this stock looking even if it did not twist crazy , the leaf springs are also off a Tamyia RC a Mountainieer .they come with a huge leaf pack I took them apart and just run the main leaf till all the weight gets added.

 

Very cool. I have the same axles under my buggy. I want to pull it apart and use the components to build something more scale, with leaf springs.

 

someone gave me all this stuff ,,just putting it to use , all I will have to buy is the trans,,,,hope i can find one that is small enough .cant wait to put all the details like ,lights ,working winch,hilift,cooler , rifle,,,,beer.

 

Dents??

 

Maybe some flop scuff.

 

ok been busy,,,, fine tuned the suspension and moved the shackle angle so no more inverted spring and added the shocks,

 

for a couple of bucks more....... I can run this transfer case and then put the electric motor and tranny UNDER the hood ..a driveshaft will transfer power from under the motor assembly to the T/C

 

What do you use for slip yokes on the driveshafts?

 

Ray, the driveshafts telescope but the pto from motor to T case will be solid no slip universal joints.

 

Sweet. It is going to be an awesome build.

 

I wish my Jeep was that clean underneath when I started.