custom monster truck pictures

[biohazard]

Good luck on your monster truck frizzen. Post some pictures when you get a chance.

[frizzen]

I've got the monster-truck conversion parts finished. I made my front axle pins too long though, and one is about 1/16" longer (I had the wrong tires on my rear axle, and...)

Now all I have to do is pick a Chassis and PCB for my Micro-Monster. And modify it (dual motors, and install the parts) Then modify a controller so I can charge and use the truck.

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I think I can go offroading just about anywhere *in the house* with this thing! It should be about like my Traxxas Rustler is outside.

[frizzen]

Here's what I've been up to:

Panther clone with green gears and red motor. Mitsubishi Lancer body.

Once I started disassembling, I painted the steering knuckles, modified the set of rear wheels I pulled off the back, installed them and made front drop (lift?) axles, carved a stiffness molding off my stabilizer bar and reinstalled it upside down, so I now have independently sprung syspension.

Then at the back end I carved an axle height thing (bullet packing) and CA'd an axle-tube (Q-tip) to that, next I ripped the tires off a stock axle to get the transfer gear, snapped that into place (stock axle mount), and slid a short section of lightly crimped Q-tip onto the non-gear end to keep it in place. Then I wiggled the non-gear side wheel off of the axle that would be my road wheel, slid it through my axle-tube, and reinstalled the wheel. Then I used "Handi-tak" to secure the monster's rear axle height thing and set my gear lash.

Then I took a the unused parts of my shirt-clip and a solderless connecter to make my lifted charging points.

It runs well, can do a wheelie if you try hard enough, the only thing is that FWD and REV are switched due to the extra gear. And everything can be removed and replaced as stock if I want. It's slow, and not very torquey though. and I could use bigger wheels for keyboard rallying.