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highwayracer, looking very nice! Good work.

WOW, nice job dude, and pretty fast build

hwr, you got a talent!,
I loved your optima, and the oval truck and this monster. Real glad to have you on the forum and see you building pictures.

Thanks guys!!

The build went pretty quick because there was minimal fabrication because the RC10 is such a great design!!

I've never seen the John Boyer version until the link was posted. Ironically, if I were to build a modified version of the monster truck, I would have done pretty much the same thing.

I'll post additional pictures of the final version.

Thanks again,
highwayracer

Spiderman,

I really like the gear reduction that you used on your build. Is that a robinson/thorp gear adapter for a blackfoot?

I have one in 48 pitch, but if I use the same set up, I'll convert it over to 32 pitch since there won't be a gear cover (dirt may clog up the 48 pitch).

Regards,
highwayracer

Looking through my box of parts the other night, I think I have most of the parts to make a 4wd RC10 monster truck. Well, minus the Clod wheels, tires and adapters. I don't have the time to do it right now, but this might be a long term project for me too. I can't wait to see some of these monsters.

highwayracer wrote:Spiderman,

I really like the gear reduction that you used on your build. Is that a robinson/thorp gear adapter for a blackfoot?

I have one in 48 pitch, but if I use the same set up, I'll convert it over to 32 pitch since there won't be a gear cover (dirt may clog up the 48 pitch).

Regards,
highwayracer

yes......if i remember correctly its a thorp counter gear for a frog.
the funny thing is the top gear cover hole is the perfect place to mount the counter gear.
i had built almost this exact truck many years ago,before there were any decent rc trucks on the market(yea i'm old)...........At that time i ran 2.2 wheels and imex puller tires with a mip gear diff transmission.
The ball diff couldn't handle the torque.
I ran the snot out of that thing till the clod was released.
thx for the interest........any questions just ask

added pics
changed out the shocks and added a hot trick front shock tower.
the platinum front shocks were a bit long for the stock front tower.
looks like its gonna run good but i need to glue my tires so i can twist some dog bones

bump.........pics added

veddy nice mate, if you don't care about the front Hot Trick shock strut, I would gladly trade it for a stock one, just PM me

Very cool. How many cells in that battery pack?

Badillac wrote:Very cool. How many cells in that battery pack?

1,2,3,4,5,9 no, 3 again, no that's not right ah, 6 yep that's 6 all right

Dr. Robotnik wrote:

Badillac wrote:Very cool. How many cells in that battery pack?

1,2,3,4,5,9 no, 3 again, no that's not right ah, 6 yep that's 6 all right

did you ask your father to double check Ed? If not, you're really the man

No ch3Ck1n 4 me I jsT darn post3D it cus um brillant ThanX.

That looks very cool




Dave

My monster truck is not going to look very monster at all compared to what you guys are doing.

Halgar, I need some big tires and all the batteries you can fit in a 3x6 area, pronto