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RC104ever wrote:FINALLY! It's finished enough to run it - which I did tonight and I must say, I love it already. While it handled about how I expected it to, it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected it to be. I would guess that the modern shocks and aluminum chassis certainly help a lot.

Still have to paint the final shell and install the LED's. Also not happy with the ghetto way the aluminum stinger exhaust is attached but these are all minor details. I'm just waiting for the battery to charge and I will take it to the local park and try it out in the sand there. Maybe I'll terrify a few young kids

Anyways, here's the pics.


Full chassis


Mounted the ESC outside the radio box to avoid it overheating. Not really concerned with water since I know these Castle ESC's are pretty water resistant. Besides, not planning to run it under water, lol.


All the rest of the electronics etc mounted inside.


Castle 4600 brushless. I originally wanted to use a Reedy 3300 but it didn't fit quite right. This was a perfect fit in the re-release gear box but NOT the original gear box, despite my best efforts to modify the original gear box.


Here you can see the aluminum stinger exhaust held on temporarily by two zip ties. The issue here is that the screw holes on the exhaust aren't deep enough or even threaded. Haven't really figured out how to fix that part but don't really care right now either.


Front 3/4 view, you can see the alloy front bumper / skid plate


Side view


Rear 3/4 view

Comments are welcome! Thanks to Goldrush for selling me his Scorcher - I used a lot of the parts to get this one going.