All Out Astute 2022 Build

[ThunderDragonCy 8927]

Love the blue. The best Astute 22 I have seen yet. 

[Kol__ 3927]

The blue looks great mate, much better than box art imo, nicely done

[Frankster 2080]

Great color.  Blue tone on tone looks fantastic 

[LEE71 53]

Just seen this thread. Absolutely brilliant all round. Thanks!!

[danimaldaisy 71]

I noticed that the springs for the TD2 point to the DT02 spring set.  That set comes with the same red soft springs in this kit and also the blue hard spring set.  The medium springs are the stock Sand viper springs.  I have built a few DT02/03's and added the red springs in the rear.  I'm thinking the TD2 needs the DT02 medium front spring?  I'm going to have to experiment when I get my kit in January. If that is the case will have to figure out what color to paint them to match

if anyone gets the tt02b/df03 aluminum dampers do not build them with the spacers shown in the instructions.  use zero internal spacers in front and 2 in the rear (Found those build instructions in the DT02-ms manual)  I tried building these exact dampers for the tt02b and was immediately frustrated as they were no better than CVA dampers.  only after rebuilding them with 0 front 2 rear internal spacers was my tt02b able to land jumps without chassis slap.  I'm pretty sure it will be the same story with the TD2

As far as more information on the DT02-ms damper build instructions Tamiya USA said that the original white damper springs are no longer available for purchase however you can use the stock front sand viper springs and also the red rear springs from the dt02 spring set as they are the exact same springs just not painted white.  You can actually build the stock CVA's really well if you use trf damper guides (replace bottom oring on all 4 dampers), use trf 3 hole pistons in front and one hole black pistons from the kit in the rear with 40wt associated oil using the springs mentioned.  To get more damper length up front you can buy the 6mm long eyelets that are normally used for the rear CVA's (only 2 included in the kit). not sure how this will work for the TD2 however I am going to find out soon

[Badcrumble 4432]

I somehow missed this build thread, possibly because I swore myself off the 2022 Astute having sunk my cash reserves into a TD4.

Lovely work and a great thread, thanks @toyolien.

Super colour too - I much prefer it to the red.

[toyolien 6515]

37 minutes ago, Badcrumble said:

I somehow missed this build thread, possibly because I swore myself off the 2022 Astute having sunk my cash reserves into a TD4.

Lovely work and a great thread, thanks @toyolien.

Super colour too - I much prefer it to the red.

Thanks very much. I've put the Astute away for the winter, but it'll be back in the spring. Hopefully with some new big bore dampers. It's such a fun buggy to drive. Was dubious about the colour to be honest, but I quite like it now. My only gripe with the buggy is I wish Tamiya would have made the access hole to the slipper clutch nut have a removable 'bung' rather than something you have to glue in. Other than that, it's marvellous. 

[GTodd 1600]

Nice build, instill think it needs a traditional front shock layout though.

[RC4x4 179]

This turned out nice. I am just finishing mine.

[EEK2112 10]

Great Build! Thanks for sharing all these great pics too! What wheels did you use? I don't remember other front wheels with Hex Hubs like this...do you have the name or part numbers?

[TurnipJF 10804]

On 4/12/2022 at 12:16 PM, toyolien said:

Slipper clutch. In case you're not aware, the included spur gear is 48 pitch. Good job, as I have a fair few steel 48 pitch pinions.

I'm going the slipper route with mine too. However I have no 48 pitch pinions so will need to order some. How many teeth would you recommend? I'll be running either a 13.5t motor, or a 10.5t like yours. 

[Twinfan 2308]

There's the formula for gear ratio in the manual - just adjust the calculation to match the slipper spur 

[ThunderDragonCy 8927]

1 hour ago, TurnipJF said:

I'm going the slipper route with mine too. However I have no 48 pitch pinions so will need to order some. How many teeth would you recommend? I'll be running either a 13.5t motor, or a 10.5t like yours. 

With 13.5 you want to run 7ish FDR. For 10.5 nearer 8. The slipper clutch comes with a 77t spur, and the internal ratio is 2.6. 

For 7FDR you want: (77/7)*2.6 = 28.6 so I would suggest 29t pinion for slightly taller gearing. My Thunder Dragon runs 13.5 lovely on a 6.7FDR and that's a heavy, draggy old boat compared to a TD2. 

For 8FDR you want: (77/8)*2.6 = 25t 

 

[Too much time / money 5]

Liking the blue paint. Kinda reminds me of the late 1990s Benetton F1 cars 👍

[Elbowloh 1483]

I'm planning on using the red kit springs also with my DF03/TTO2b dampers for my TD2 build. How are they?

[toyolien 6515]

1 minute ago, Elbowloh said:

I'm planning on using the red kit springs also with my DF03/TTO2b dampers for my TD2 build. How are they?

They worked really nicely. I've since sold the buggy thought.

[RichieRich 844]

I just found out last week that there's a carbon fiber rear shock tower for this chassis. Are you going to add one? I have yet to start my own build. I'm still gathering parts before they disappear. 

[toyolien 6515]

I did add the carbon rear tower but then ended up selling this to fund another build. 😬 It was a nice build and drove well, but I never really got on with the look of the body. I could have put a different body on I suppose, but opted for a different buggy altogether. 

[Elbowloh 1483]

I've put the carbon shock tower on mine, im still building it so haven't run it yet.

The the carbon shock tower packet includes mounts for the rear wing, so the wing ends up being a bit higher than with the kit mounts.

[RichieRich 844]

4 hours ago, Elbowloh said:

I've put the carbon shock tower on mine, im still building it so haven't run it yet.

The the carbon shock tower packet includes mounts for the rear wing, so the wing ends up being a bit higher than with the kit mounts.

I think the higher wing might be an improvement in its looks. I have some other bodies from AE, Kyosho and Tamiya that I may try to fit on the chassis to see if I can make it look better.