Tamiya blitzer beetle (Parts wanted)

[wolfdogstinkus]

Well after the last run in the blitzer with the 3s lipo, my gearbox looks like this,...

If anyone has a used gear case they don't use, please let me know, will buy or trade.

[Gruntfuggly]

What's happened - it's quite hard to tell from the picture - has it melted below the outdrives?

Oh hang on - there's no rear arm mounts!

[wolfdogstinkus]

Yes, it ripped the arm clean off the case, it looks melted because I did try to glue it, it held for a while, but hit a jump and it broke again.

Will try and look for a clearer pic. May even sell this chassis for spares? so I can get the parts I need for my DT-02.

Another angle,...

[Gruntfuggly]

Don't sell it - you should be able to pick up a gearbox half easily enough... £10 for a new case off eBay?

[wolfdogstinkus]

Yes I know they are cheap enough, but I broke my DT-02 two, no three times since going brushless,(it only lasted one and a half packs this time and that was on 2s) the mrs is fed up with me breaking them all the time.

Maybe I should sell the castle system and chuck the 3s lipo in the bin, lol

[dyahipfakta]

Yeah 3s may perhaps be excessive lol. I can break my mad bull on silver cans so 3s brushless must be expensive lol

[wolfdogstinkus]

The blitzer is up and running again, had a couple of runs today without breaking anything, the blitzer is pretty tough.

3s in this chassis is nuts, wheelies at anything past half throttle but thats the fun of it

Many thanks to Percymon.

[Gruntfuggly]

Glad you're back up and running!

I'm going to put my ezrun into my ST tonight. Should be interesting to see what it goes like with LiPo too...

[wolfdogstinkus]

It's great fun Gruntfuggly, I have the 9T ezrun in it just now, 2s is good with plenty wheelies and no problem hitting full throttle, but 3s is insane.

Backflips, doughnuts on the spot and wheelies at anything past half throttle, a better driver could probably control it, but it's gonna take me a bit more practise. lol

[wolfdogstinkus]

Yeah 3s may perhaps be excessive lol. I can break my mad bull on silver cans so 3s brushless must be expensive lol

How do you break a Madbull on a silver can?, those things are tough.

[Percymon]

The blitzer is up and running again,...

...Many thanks to Percymon.

Glad to help Mike - never good to see fellow TC'ers out of action

Just don't get any ideas about building a ''sensible 2S'' one from spares now

[wolfdogstinkus]

I gotta admit, I like the extreme power of 3s, it does make me smile, I was thinking about giving up on the blitzer and looking (purely window shopping) for a tougher chassis but I haven't found anything yet.

I did say earlier, but I think I just need to improve my driving, and stop hitting things.

[Gruntfuggly]

or find a bigger space!

[wolfdogstinkus]

or find a bigger space!

Took your advice today Gruntfuggly and went to the park, one full power, not even full power blast and I flipped it and broke the rear shock tower that Percymon had kindly donated. So I swapped back to the old one that was all ready held together with glue.

And promptly flipped it on the tarmac and broke that as well, I must also add that I do have weight (I think its about 28grams each side) on the front suspension arms but it makes no difference.

I had a mad idea, I had a spare rear mount for thje dt-02 that came on the parts tree when I bought a replacement front mount,

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The two bits that were removed were glued onto the old tower and maybe re-used,

This fits the blitzer quite well, only had to drill 4 holes, and it's done, also have the option of drilling two more inside the chassis tub to fix it in there as well.

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The only problem is the shocks are too short now, so busy working on a solution to that now. will report back later,

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[bromvw]

Just a idea i did on my own brushless Blitzer . Take one Buggy champ front bumper . Trim it to clear the lower arms and mount to the existing rear skid / gearbox under guard fixing holes . I also braced mine using the rear most gearbox through hole and a simple bracket . The bumper now acts as a anti flip bar / skid . Works really well or dirt or grass but i dare say a bit of thin alloy bolted on to protect it from tarmac rash would do the job too .

[wolfdogstinkus]

Feel free to add some pics Bromvw.

[Gruntfuggly]

Your repair looks pretty good - both the upper mounts on mine are cracked too - cable ties just about keep them together! I might have to try something similar...

[wolfdogstinkus]

I had cable ties on mine as well.

[Percymon]

Post #17 in this thread for Arrons rear bumper images..

http://www.tamiyaclu...er

[wolfdogstinkus]

Cheers for the link Percymon, looks pretty good.

[wolfdogstinkus]

The bits that I cut off are a perfect fit on the old shock tower to strengthen the screw holes.

[wolfdogstinkus]

Ok, this isn't pretty but it will get me going again until I can save up for a parts tree,

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It's an m chassis bumper, might have to post this in the tamiya parts car thread now.

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I am going to use a 2s to try it out, every time I use the 3s something breaks.

Errrrrrrm, one thing I overlooked, I cant get to the battery strap, unless I cut off the lower part of the shock tower and then I wont be able to bolt it to the chassis but it seems soild enough with just the 4 screws.

Thats fine for the 3s because I only need to unclip the front, but was going to put the 2s in when I realised my mistake.

[Percymon]

Lol - best use of a TL01 ? bumper yet !

Caould you turn it through 90' and bolt it to the original tower ?

[wolfdogstinkus]

Nice idea Percymon, Might have to try that next time I use the 3s and it all comes back in bits again.

[bromvw]

Feel free to add some pics Bromvw.

Search for Bel-Ray Blitzer . photos are there . i can#nt take any at the moment as its striped down awaiting a re build .