With its fresh new metallic paint and blinging alloy rims (some lovely Treals donated by Andrew of A'n'T RC, the fool), the little RC4WD looks ready to head out into the wilds of Chelsea to pick up Tarquin from boarding school and explain to the headmaster why he can never be punished for those fires.
Unfortunately even the modifications underneath haven't made it quite reliable enough for all this, and it ended the run in RWD only - the nice little steel driveshafts have those Designed To Fail(TM) pin retainers which are just rubber o-rings in a shallow channel. Eventually, and quite obviously, a rock will peel one back and the pin will fall out and get lost, and that's exactly what happened here.
Oh, you fell over in surprise. Let me help you up.
Those modifications underneath? I've fitted a bigger motor (from an ECX Barrage) for more torque, the stock electronics from an SCX24 for more control/less electronic screeching/a transmitter that doesn't look like a poor Stormtrooper's least favourite child's crappest toy, and a far smaller 2S battery from an FTX 1/18th that you can actually balance charge.
The stock 850mAh battery is the size of a bible, will also somehow still be going after 2000 years and has no balance lead just to make charging it more exciting.
I've also made some inner fenders from styrene and added some headlights. In true RC4WD fashion, it has light buckets but they're made from clear plastic, have absolutely no method for holding an LED in place and take massive 5mm bulbs instead of the 3mm ones which would be the sane choice.
Really this little truck still needs a slower motor or, better still, a smaller pinion, as the extra torque is great but it's still a bit fast. That combines with the very sloppy slop in the sloppy SlopMaster 9000 transmission to make it quite hard to drive smoothly still.
Still, the buzzards liked the look of it and circled it endlessly until I explained about the driveshafts, at which point they flew off looking for an FMS.
Music:
Early Avril - Unicorn Heads
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