The braided sleeving on the sensor wire looks great. Where did you get it from?

from www.elfa.se

here is some update.

Almost done, will just get some 10w oil, and other springs...little to stiff in the rear..


http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...x/S5030981.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...x/S5030982.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...x/S5030984.jpg

filmed with one hand, driven by the other.. :D


http://s123.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=S5030978.flv

http://s123.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=S5030983.flv

Thats soo cool Mr T!! :cool:

So, some "offroad" feeling...the car handels real good (but still sooooo bad :D)..the 3rd shockmod helped me to get the "klick" sound from rear axle to disappear .

this is one-hand-filmed movies...i "think" it handles pretty good for a LB..the power is so perfect!! my kinda style :P

Lite mera filmer från dagens bravader..enhands filmade.. fen den e perfekt i fart o kraft..o klarar vissa delar av bumpigheterna bra faktiskt..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiRwlcLntEg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VIDN2c88Tc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXnksRk7NZ8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e0AIBVRQIs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1XpNslin24


Thanx Mr - M

Update

Some new rims and wheels...Prolines Trac-Ta-Gator on Traxxas lightwheel rims.. The grip is awsome. Hope to upload some movies..

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...x/S5031058.jpg

some runs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OULTC8ULMck

Thats looks fantastic :woot:

Would`nt like being that camera - how close :thumbsup:

Had one, way back in the day, and did a umbh of upgrading to it including shocks and motor, etc..........
.......and much like my initial stab at it, it appears you went for too much motor - I'd think a 10.5 would be perfect - and I'm curious why you didn't paint up one of the lexan bodies as they help with the top-heaviness of it tremendously.

good stuff though..........

I brought my ole king blackfoot home - it's in a bit of a state but I was going to put lipo, brushless and proper servo in it, oh and lock up the rear diff with 'something'
What the chuff are those mega tyres? Do the rims just fit on the lunchbox? I guess there's a front (with bearings) and rear wheel? Any links to where you got these bad boys.

My blackfoot has I think a rounded cell tray which might make fitting a square lipo hard work, but I will see.

Awesome writeups Thomas, I wish I could read them all :(

Thank you all, the rims are Traxxas http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXJJ86&P=7 on tower rear ones..

This is the front ones.. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXJJ87&P=7.

Here is the tires..the Proline Trac-Ta-Gator.. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDT93&P=7

BUT, BUT i dont like the Hornet adapters..they will make the threads to short on the rea axles, and ya hav not got enough to mount a nylock nut... so il use my HPI adapters..that come along with the "monster SS rims.. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXM875&P=7

OBS: i do have plans to translate my whole blog in to Eng, that will take a time...

Some more Brushless action..

Nope, havnt glued my tires, almost un nessesary :D:D:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGKFYp1i13Q

Updated the Blog, with one Swe side and one UK

The Lexan bodies is now beeing custom painted..stay tune :D

Some testing with stock tires...da*n so fun this car is..now it can slide..the Trac tires they do suck the car down, but this is real fun, wider and little more slippery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC1hLVnLKXE

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...x/S5031100.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...x/S5031101.jpg

You inspired me :thumbsup: I am currently building a brushless 3cell lipo Tamiya king blackfoot. I've had the truck for years but it was always a bit underpowered - just tested it with the Mamba Max and its a beast now!

I was going to put glue in the diff to lock it up - but when I looked at it I thought, nah! and filled it with screws instead! haha locked it up nicely.
I used some beadlock wheels on the back - which should keep the tyres on at 60mph or whatever it will get up to.

I'd like to put the bead lock wheels on the front as well (to keep the look) but they use a hex instead of bearings, so I need to try find a way to fit them (maybe adapt an axle on there)

The steering is a bit sloppy, I put a 14kg torque ACE servo in there, but the saver is rubbish and moves around a lot. There is also an incredible ammount of bump steer. Never mind.

It should be pretty mad when it's finished - I'll make sure to get some photos :)

Glad to hear that you are in da game Jimmy :D. That ACE servo is my favorite, that will hold for ages. Maybe HPI have some nice converters for those rims Jimmy, im not sure if they sold separately.

Pics is a must..maybe a short clip of that BEAST of yours :D:D

If I get it in a reasonable looking state tonight I'll get a couple of pics, but it still needs a bit of work to make it nice. I want to move the ESC down into the guts of the chassis - and make some splash guards to protect it

I'm not too fussy about the beadlock wheels on the front - I painted the front wheels black to match the rear beadlocks. But any photos of what these HPI adaptors look like? I've done a search and can't see anything that might work.

I should call mine 'project crap' or something. The truck looked very boring and beaten when I got it - also rusty... hmmm! So I painted the shell matt black, which made it look really quite nice, then I airbrushed rust all over it and oople logos (airbrushed not stickers).

The rear wheels are beadlocks and the front are satin black painted originals

This truck is still running on plastic bearings so I need to replace those before thinking about getting it running. it should be pretty mental :)

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/misc/blackfoot1.jpg

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/misc/blackfoot2.jpg


These are Durga rear shocks all round btw

Fantastic stuff guys - any updates on this? Got my Lunchbox yesterday and itching to get on with it......:thumbsup:

Like it a lot Jimmy!!! looking real good!. Mine is sold ofr other projects since a whileago