Any Of You Crawlerheads Seen The Pro-line Helios Body?

[Z]

Has anyone here seen the Helios body from Pro-Line?

http://www.pro-lineracing.com/proline.html

What awesome about this body is that you don't need glasses to see that it's based of the Warthog LRV from the Halo videogame series:

Being a fan of the Halo trilogy, I'm am extremely tempted to build something under this body; some that would replicate the way the Warthog looks in the game, and that's where I need help.

The main problem seems to be that the Warthog uses trailing arms on the front and rear in the game, and r/c chassis' of that sort are few and far between. So instead, I'm leaning toward using independent suspension on all four corners, but I still want it to be able to climb a little. My question is, can anyone suggest a chassis that would sit right under the body but still deliver in the performance department? I'm thinking about the Wild Dagger/Twin detonator chassis; would this fit my purposes? Is too big, or would it be too small? Can it climb (with a few mods)? Thoughts?

[billg4]

check out this custom painted one on a wheelyking crawler http://www.myrcmt.com/bd/showthread.php?t=7017

[terry.sc]

yeah, crawler fans have seen it and don't think much of it. Not exactly a copy of any current full size crawler body and there is the fact that Proline have deliberately made the body to the exact minimum dimensions quoted in the rules makes it look tiny, which it is.

My question is, can anyone suggest a chassis that would sit right under the body but still deliver in the performance department?

If you want something to fit under like the Warthogs chassis you would have to be looking at a extending a 1/18th chassis, the body is only 12.5 long and 5 wide.

[Z]

Thanks, Terry.sc, further review of chassis measurements certainly proves your point. I can also see why scale crawler fans would ignore this body, its definitely not modeled after anything on the trails right now!

So, I guess the obvious chassis choice would be a TLT, despite the solid axle. Actually, the 1:1 scale Warthog Bungi built for Halo 3 promotional purposes rode on two solid axles, so I guess I can get away with it. Look:

If anyone has further ideas or comments, please post!

[ryanbored]

I think it looks awfull, but as Terry points out it is to forfill a purpose, and look a little "different" I guess. Youd be better off getting a decent hard shell from a toy and adapting it I recon. But then person opinion (and mine in particular) always seems to be a touch on the contraversial side!)

[Z]

I think it looks awfull,

I guess it's a "Halo thing!" Play the games or watch Halo Landfall on YouTube, and maybe you'll get it! But anyway, back to the project.

Youd be better off getting a decent hard shell from a toy and adapting it I recon.

The only toy Warthog is built to a very small scale, but I have seen it adapted to fit a Mini T chassis:

I'm not going that route, I'm building a sci-fi crawler, not a track racer! Anyway, it's too small. On that topic, can anyone tell me if the Helios is 1:10 scale; I want to make a Master Chief (the main protagonist in Halo) version of Wild Willy to drive it! I just wish I could get the suspension closer to the true Warthog trailing-arm type.

[RiZZa]

Here are the body specs off Tower Hobbies. Hope this makes your search easier.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXUHV8&P=7

[terry.sc]

On that topic, can anyone tell me if the Helios is 1:10 scale; I want to make a Master Chief (the main protagonist in Halo) version of Wild Willy to drive it! I just wish I could get the suspension closer to the true Warthog trailing-arm type.

Definitely not! If it was 1/10th scale it would make the full size Warthog all of 4 feet wide. The Helios has to be nearer 1/18 to 1/20th scale.

[Z]

Definitely not! If it was 1/10th scale it would make the full size Warthog all of 4 feet wide. The Helios has to be nearer 1/18 to 1/20th scale.

I should've been able to figure that out myself, huh ! 1/18 scale works, though.