TLT axles + Juggernaut Transmission ?

[TAZ-NZ]

Would mating a dual motor Juggernaut/TXT transmission to a set of TLT-1 axles be a recipes for disaster ? []

The reason I ask is I've got some free time on my hands while I wait for the parts for my current project to arrive, so I'm working on what I can do for my next project. I like the look of the original Blackfoot hard body, but the chassis has some major limits and I taken the chassis as far as I can go with my Mudblaster already.

So I was thinking of doing something custom using the TLT axles as they have the same width tract as the original Blackfoot, I don't like the look of the wider wheel tract of most the newer Tamiya chassis, and I want it to go like badword, so I was thinking the dual motor Juggernaut transmission would give me all the power I'd ever need.

So the idea as it stands is, to power a Juggernaut transmission with two Magnetic Mayhem motors, mate the transmission to the the TLT axles with Juggernaut universals & drive-shafts, and mount is all on a custom tube chassis with vertical shocks, add to that four wheel steering with hi-toque servos & feed it all with two 8.4v 7 cell batteries. Then top it all off with an original Blackfoot body & Big Bear wheels & tires, and paint it a colour that screams get the badword out of my way []

Am I crazy or could it work with a lot of luck & little good management ? [?]

[Cul-Tech]

It would work, my only advice on a tube chassis that small is make sure you leave enough space above the axles for the servos during full suspension compression.[]

[TAZ-NZ]

quote:Originally posted by Cul-Tech

It would work, my only advice on a tube chassis that small is make sure you leave enough space above the axles for the servos during full suspension compression.[]

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I may just have to steal the push-pull cable steer setup idea, from your hybrid beetle crawler then. [] badword I may use it on the PTI Goliath chassis I'm using for my current Lunchbox crawler project. It's just such I great solution to the problem.

I figure the Blackfoot body should give me plenty of room to hide most things up out of the way, and the Big Bear wheels & tyres should give the truck enough width to help overcome the higher resulting COG from causing it to tip in the corners, but it's all theory until I get some parts in hand. I've already started my shopping list []

I just parted with the bright orange Blackfoot in my showroom and I miss it already, the colour really grew on me. I'm thinking I may do a less than original Hukes of Hazard theme for this project. I'd delete the sunroof, and the spot mounts on the roll-bar and add a clod buster blower to the bonnet. Paint the body the correct orange, the roll-bar black, keep the front grill, rear bumper & blower chrome. Then decal it with the confederate flag cross-ways on the roof, the "01" on the doors, "GENERAL LEE" on top of the rear wheel arches, and a two sets of crossed rebal & checkered flags on the rear corners of the deck.

Now all I need is the money, the time, the parts, and the skills to build the tube chassis. Oh well I'll get there in the end or I'll cheat and get someone else to build it for me [] but then I'd need to add more money to that list.

[cardesigner]

I mated a Jugg tranny with TLT axles on my TLT-Bruiser-Jugg project. Works great!

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...d=36885&id=7011

[Cul-Tech]

Go for it with the cables, if you are going to be doing some high speeds you may want to design in a servo saver, not sure what the cables would do in a high impact situation, the Hybrid Beetle is a slow crawler.

Cardesigner nice work on that Bruiser Hybrid, it's nice to see a steering servo mounted somewhere else than on the axle[] The truck is very compact to have such good articulation[^]

Mike

[TAZ-NZ]

Cardsigner I'm truly impressed, very nice truck. After seeing that I had another think about chassis, and then came across this in another post:

http://www.junfac.com/conversion_feather.htm

I'm thinking it may be a good alternative to Bruiser chassis setup you used, it would needs some modding to work, but It should give a good solid platform to build from, without the complexity of fabricating a tube chassis. What do you think ?

I just can't bring myself to use a bruiser chassis, the Bruiser or Mountaineer are the only kits I'd ever buy just as a shelf queen.

Whatever I use it going to need to be strong, this is going to a basher in the true meaning of the word. I'm already collecting parts, I've got the motors, and the wheels, I can buy the transmission & axles as parts, I got a ESC picked out, and I'm keeping an eye out for a Blackfoot body in the right condition.