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Well our big guy had ACL surgery Wednesday and is back home today, doing awesome. Just can't understand how we hurt ourselves (this is our 8 month old going for a car ride )

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Boki turbo mirage body and wing

Boki turbo mirage body

So after building the JJ I decided to do a bit of tinkering to it to better suit my home track, RCM, which is high grip grey carpet. I used the Turbo Scorpion wheels with JC fuzz bite tires. Front wheels i cut off the inside bead and left the inner rib to fit the skinnier front tires. IMG_20240211_1...

That turned out really nice! I've never seen a Blackfoot Sassy Chassis before. My biggest concern with a vintage Blackfoot is the hex shaped dogbone setup wearing out. The rerelease Blackfoot has been changed to the more reliable pin style dogbone setup. It was pretty fun searching the gravel drive...

Are you doing any of the old racer tricks, like clamping the leaves in front of the axle and un-clamping the rear?

All done with stickers and fuzzy dice

Got pretty lucky today. I had been looking for a fairly period correct ESC for the Doberman, nothing too fancy. Came across this Futaba MC-112b untested. Asked seller if he could test and the answer was no. To me this usually means it's dead. But it was in really nice condition so I pulled the trigg...

Update: Its done! Of course I ditched the ugly font bumper, but it really doesnt look any different otherwise. It runs phenomenally though! I can see why these were such a hit back in the 90s. It honestly handles better than my Hornets, and is certainly better than a grasshopper. Its bouncy and sill...

Not all today, or even this week. But I've been slowly breaking this neglected Frog back to life. Lots of paint and polishing.
Now that it's a roller, I can finalize body plans.

A little extra wheelbase goes a long way in helping the Clod's performance, especially with 4 wheel steering. If you are building a retro themed monster, keep it short.

I have some advice for 4 wheel steering. I left the advice for Kavin Talbot on YouTube, not sure if he will ever read it. He has a pair of huge RC monster trucks. He added 4 wheel steer to one and at speed it becomes completely uncontrollable. The rear wheels shake around. This is because his rear w...

On my build, I went with 4ws and I'm glad I did. I did use good servos, and mounted them behind the axles to cure the reverse Ackerman issue created by Tamiya front steer geometry. With 4ws I don't have any stability issues at speed. That said, I do add a little caster with the 4 links This is just ...

Stretch it out

Beat up old body for a 12i