new truck

[fastboy]

ok just finished my 2nd truck,a unimog...took about 30hrs to make in total from scratch.
uses 145mah li-poly cell,40mhz jst reciever,micro servo,7mm pager motor and my homemade gearbox again,reduction 1:190
again the chassis is just plain flat brass plate,no tubing.
servo,reciever and batery is in rear,speedo in cab and motor slung under chassis,
dave

[arch2b]

what front axel did you use? any pictures of how small the li battery is?

[fastboy]

sorry arch its in truck and its all sealed,all i can say is its much smaller,its very flat,if you wanna make say a unimog it makes it sooo much easier,but you do need a special charger for them

dave

[arch2b]

whats that poping up throught the roof hatch....the pot? front axel...pre made or custom?

btw- it looks nice:D

[fastboy]

yeah thats the pot for adjusting the speedo,front axle is homemade,i did put some pics of it on another site :)
dave
arch have you seen my other truck,the landrover 1 ton..its even smaller than the mog
dave
http://www.fastboy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/page2.htm

[fastboy]

arch,heres some better pics of the landrover 1 tonne on my course,paint jobs lousy tho,i used acryllic paint for the cab..handpainted,big mistake.

dave

[fastboy]

arch,heres some better pics of the landrover 1 tonne on my course,paint jobs lousy tho,i used acryllic paint for the cab..handpainted,big mistake.
http://www.fastboy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/newtruck.htm

dave

[arch2b]

thats some impressive work there fastboy! the gearing alone would make my head spin....

[Landy Man]

Fastboy

Where do you get your gears and Li-poly batteries in the UK? I am struggling to fit 1/3 AAAs in my design and could really do with something smaller.
I like the action shots of the Landrover, nice course, am I right in thinking that the wheel articulation is all achieved at the front axle? This may be the way I end up going too, there's not a lot of room at the back for everything.
Do you have the name of the modelshop that you got the model from?

Thanks

Landy Man.

[fastboy]

landy
i get all my parts from peter in germany(2 days shipping at about £2 postage!! excellant.)

i dont use normal cells i use li-poly cells,you only need 1 cell at 145mah,very small and thin,gives you more room to work in.
in my landrover i actuall had enough room in the back to get another reciever in if i wanted :)

email me and i will give you a list of parts i used from germany

dave
fastboy@blueyonder.co.uk

[Comrade_Boris]

ok, for some strange reason the pics on your site don't show up...would it be posible to post them here?

[fastboy]

try here:

trucks (http://www.fastboy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/page2.htm)

and here (http://www.fastboy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/truckpics.htm)

dave

[Comrade_Boris]

ok, that worked............wow, that must be hard getting accross the vertical logs....i'd probly fall between them and fall over..............ya, im getting an opel "blitz" and a 5ton somthing or other (see atached pic) .....ill post pics when they arive.........