new truck
 

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

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

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

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

btw- it looks nice:D

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

try here:

trucks

and here

dave

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.........