selling a 1/87 truck complete

[Ovgron]

i have built my own bit from 2 broken bits, made my own chassis, created my own steering, motor mounting, etc. I use a bit tires, wheels, axles, pcb board, and clone body (accord wagon). This was faster than a bit with the same stuff. The car wasnt that fun though because all i could use it for was drag racing basically, it would flip over when it turned, i was using dual cells which i tried to get as low as possible to lower the center of gravity as much as i could. I agree with the opinions thing squeegee, but i dont think $200+ (whatever it costs) would be worth something so small to show off.

[squeegee]

This thread pry isn't the best to be talking about this in, but a TTT isn't a bit dragster.........Not even close. A TTT is ment for a 1/87 scale trial or crawl. 200 dollars might seem kind of harsh, but with what else can you do a little rock crawling on "top of your table?" We are not looking at speed here........just to see how much we can push a TTT before it gets stuck or flips over.

I don't think you understand the true value and meaning of TTTT.



I could be saving up for an Emaxx, but where is the model engineering involved?

[Ovgron]

no use in argueing. ya cant seem to see it from other people point of view.

[arch2b]

i think we have an understanding....i think others views of these tttt's are askewed. most members buy their rc's from shops...zz's, bits, micros, epochs etc are all mass produced toys made by underpaid people in foreign contries and are sold for cheap becasue they are cheap to make.

tttt's are hand made rc's. the parts alone are expensive. these are not ment to be confused or even compared to bits, zz's etc. in price or features. they are simply rc's made out of shear determination and will with no regard for resale... now if a big company decided to get into the tttt market, i'm sure they could reduce the cost significantly as they can have custom elelctronics made and all the parts molded...but the chances of this happening are slim. it would be cool though.

[squeegee]

$250? thats kind of excessive in my opinion, but hey, i dont even have one, so i dont know.

I was just trying to get you to understand why a TTT not only is worth the money IMO but also why it costs so much. We are entitled to our own opinons.....and that is fine.

You should really read the posts before posting something like this:

no use in argueing. ya cant seem to see it from other people point of view.

I beleive this is my defense to the accusing:

Don't get me wrong.......I'm sure Emaxxs are a blast

I am sorry for causing any confusion........but I was just defending the hobby of TTTT against other R/C toys like the Emaxx

Now we have ruined fastboy's chances of selling his TTT in this thread Sorry fastboy.

[killer]

Originally posted by Ovgron
no use in argueing. ya cant seem to see it from other people point of view.

:ö: i know and understand what you are trying to say Ovgron, they'd rather buy a bigger, better r/c truck than spending the same amount of money for a very small truck, i recieve the same answer everytime they asked me how much would i want to sell my truck... as i have said it's a matter of choice and what you want is what matters, as for those 1/10 rc trucks, they are factory made, where they can produce one kit in a minute, no sweat!, but if these 1/87 trucks can be made from factory, expect the price to be lower, thogh just a bit, now, notice why those big r/c manufacturers are not jumping into this amazing scale? it's not that it does not have a big market, but because this things requires more attention than the big ones.

-æ

[Ovgron]

dont get me wrong guys, if i had the extra money for a tttt, i would make one in a heartbeat or buy one becuase i dont have the stuff to make one. I would buy just a tttt chassis and body then put some bit parts in it until i got the electronics, but it seems if i do that, i would be hated for temporarily putting them in.

[arch2b]

Originally posted by Ovgron
...I would buy just a tttt chassis and body then put some bit parts in it until i got the electronics, but it seems if i do that, i would be hated for temporarily putting them in.

not at all. there is a whole thread about using bit electronics in a tttt chassis. it's just a "true" tttt as it won't be proportional...that's all.

[Ovgron]

proportional is all a tttt is about?

[arch2b]

no, but it is one of the things that sets it apart from all the other micro rcs with either all or nothing steering

[killer]

Originally posted by Ovgron
proportional is all a tttt is about?

:ö:well, sort of , because the last "T" on TTTT stands for "Trial", it's very much like "Rock Crawling" wherein you have to manuever your vehicle in an obstacle coarse or rough terrain without flipping over or rolling down, to achieve this on a 1/87 scale, you need full porpotional control not just on the throttle but steering as well, and speed is just an option , but if you are into racing bit electronics would do just fine , because there are some who were able to put bit electronics on a 1/87 scale truck but 'till now i haven't seen somebody posted pics of their finished project , oh! there was one, but the pic was not that clear, i was waiting for him to post a clear one, but i think he forgot .

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[arch2b]

a much better explination! thanks. oh....love the chassis!

[killer]

Originally posted by arch2b
a much better explination! thanks. oh....love the chassis!

:ö: thanks Arch , i'm glad you liked the chassis... it's almost finished now, just waiting for the 27 mhz FM micro reciever and the micro servo on my LHS to get the truck running soon
-æ

[Harry J.]

Ovgron wrote:
proportional is all a tttt is about?


Here is my point of view:

Someone, who wants to have a TableTopTruck searches for the easiest and cheapest way. So he builds a truck made with the parts of a bit racer. If he doesn’t want more than race across his table this will be enough.

But if he had anytime steered a truck with proportional controls, he will have such a truck too. A truck made of bit racer parts cannot reach the effort of a real TTT: p.e. crawl across a bridge slow, very very slow, because the bridge is damaged an bounces frowningly etc….

Such a truck costs 150-200 Euro (in USA you spell it “Dollar”, I think ).


Regards
Harry


PS: Last year I bougt a bit racer…one week later I sold it. It wasn’t a really competition for my Trucks

[arch2b]

harry, that is one of my favorite tttt's!

we really have to get back to the topic here, selling fastboy's tttt