I have tried a couple different platforms already: wanting something to race without worries: strong, 2WD, decent slipper, 12mm hex wheels, long suspension arms and good shocks... and my TCP would have made a good candidate except: I don't have many spare parts for it and I would really have wanted something mid-motered as I find that so much easier to jump.
This is what came out of the box when I finally found the right platform = Traxxas Rad2.
The non-rad2 parts used are:
- STR15 topshaft, 10X5 bearing and slipper plates plus Losi slipper hydra-drive spring
- JG carbon chassis for the ultima (previously poorly drilled for an A&L Letheal weapon2 drive train)
- ultima2 front carrirers and steering knuckles
- hot trick axles for tamiya wheels on an ultima
- kyosho pro-x swept-back front arms (for medium wheelbase)
- Andy's straight front arms for ultima (for XL wheelbase)
- ultima outdrives and dogbones
- HPI rear axles
- ultima front bulkhead
- front brace from broken B44 topdeck half
- custom works sliding steering system
- alloy 12 mm hexes
- triumph front wheels
- lazer ZX5 rear wheels
- parma tomcat body for lazer
- losi pro-SE front shock tower
- medium and long kyosho gold shocks
- traxxas bullet servo mount
- some servo mounts and scrap pieces of caron for the battery holder
- STR15 front bumper
- front arm brace from scrap GRP
- yokomo wing wire mounts
- academy wing buttons and nylon wing
- another pair of servo mounts and 3 tamiya bodymounts
- Blue Eagle rear-axle carriers
