Rc flatty

working on the bugs , because the body is metal and the driveshafts are metal it is causing alot of electical noise causing the servos to sslightly glitch need to isolate the reciever and the antena wire can't touch the body . I pulled the case and motor back out and put rubber beteween parts to sort of isolate the noise and it worked well .........vid soon once I hinge the hood .

 

Pics with the body off if possible? hellokitty

I had a similar electrical issue with my tube buggy, the motor was bumping up against the tubing when the motor torqued, just enough to cause everything to wig out.

 

YES!!!!!fixed the glitching , moved the reciever under the seat further from the motor, rewired the ant wire with thicker incased wire,and it does real well,,,,,next is:mount hood finish the cage ,mount new battery under the hood (I hope) refigure shocks again ,and steel armor on the rear corners and rocksliders,head /tail/rock lights, make steering wheel turn with rig and install a scantilly clad slutty Barbie.(She might have been in a horrific accident and lost both legs at the knees for her to fit in there though )
vids below


no body armor yet so taking it easy right now

 

Awesome.

 

Totally! I want one!

 

Does it have rear steer?

 

yes and no ,yes the rear axle is steerable but no I am not using it, I have the gear I need to make it rs but tring not to use it ,,,,,,,,it turns just like a d25/27.... sucks.....I agree it would turn WAY sharper but ,,,,,,,

might step up the gearing for alittle more top speed.it's pretty darn low geared

 

needs a mini bantam!!
for the mini RTT, and stuff

are you gonna paint the cage?

 

still need to weld mounting tabs on the cage.and a X bar

 

finished the roll bar and rock sliders and painted them .mounted hood on a hinge and tabs for closing and it lines up perfect,,,,,,,,, bumped the pinion up 2 teeth for more throttle and the turning really was bad so I added rear steer since my electronics had a 3rd channel and I already had everything I would need .

 

What? No pics? Bad Steve, bad!

 

It's like half a post. I made all this progress but no pics.

 

oh sorry , I made rock corners too ,and changed /mounted the shocks again. all looks good ,
pics in a moment....................
corners with sunken screws

sliders - going to tie those into a bar running under the flatty fenders since those won't last .


hinged hood and pins this took a long time to get right ,,,,,,here you can see the rear steer also

still room for a Lipo battery


vid of 4 wheel steer another time still need 2 bolts for that


a barbie is way to tall of a woman ,,,,,,her head stuck out of the cage
hit her with a heat gun and she lost all her perkyness .........

 

I don't know if you guys know how hard it is to work cleanly on something this kind of small, using my needle nose and long needles ALOT!!!!!and tring not to make a mistake drilling into the body.


I'd love to pad the seats alittle ????
make a windshield frame
moveable side mirror
tranny tunnel with shifters

still searching for headlights

 

That's more like it. It can be frustrating, little tiny screws and clumsy fingers, maybe that's just me. I had a hard time getting everything to line up on the tube buggy I built a few years ago, the little Commando I got from Wheelie is going to be even tougher because I want it to look scale.

OK couple of questions:
1. who is driving? a dog, goat or other forest animal?
2. is the winch just for looks or is it a working model?
3. are the shackles from RC4WD or did you make those?

 

OK couple of questions:
1. who is driving? a dog, goat or other forest animal?- DONKEY from Shrek
2. is the winch just for looks or is it a working model?-winch is off a old Wild Willy, I just rapped stripped electric wireover it ,I wanted to make my own winch with a servo but there is no more room under the hood,,,,,,, working scale Warn winch to come for Christmas or Bday they run about $50?
3. are the shackles from RC4WD or did you make those?- rears are Tamiya, fronts are rd4wd but are going to get switched out for the Tamiyas

 

DONKEY is going to roll that flatty on the first obstacle, I don't think he is very good driver. Do you have a part number on the Tamiya shackles? A quick google search didn't turn up anything.

 

they were used on the F350 kit ,,,think it was called Mountainer. I will look, it is the new version of the '80 Tam kit "Hilux" I have downloaded the diagrams for that kit .

 

Tamyia kit F-350 High-lift part # BC22

http://www.tamiya.com/english/rc/rcmanual/58372f350_1.pdf

 

Thanks Steve. Hoping I can find some cheaper than the RC4WD units.