6x6 Tamiya Blackfoot? truck

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

 

[Biz73 603]

Looks like fun!

The R2-D2 helmet is awesome btw

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

@Biz73

@speedy_w_beans

Look for the crazy 3 wheeling, got 3x 3900Kv 540 size 4pole motors in now.

 

[speedy_w_beans 4272]

Your little guy is a great beta tester!

That's pretty impressive how you can make a 6wd jump around like that.

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

that's up on 3 wheels, every  time I try that, I flip it, but he seems to be able to land it. 

That's on a stick airplane tx as well, he prefers pistol grip.

That was me jamming the throttle at the end and nearly hitting the wall. lol  

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

Fibrelyte have been very helpful after breaking all 4 shock towers, they made me some new ones with some extra material.

 

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

Ran it at nenevalley raceway. The guys there have been great. They let my boy loose on the track by himself while they are inbetween races. Last time out, the chassis was bent and twisted so I added another 2 crossmembers and lengthened the top deck to add support.

Will try and get pics before I break it again. 

Also broke some of the plastic gearbox mounts, so time for a new gearbox housing but it's lasted well. And its partly due to the chassis holes being misplaced.

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

Added new top deck. This helps to keep the rails straight.

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

Speed test results are in, 

a rather disappointing 29 mph. 

However, there is an option for a larger pinion and more voltage.

It's still a pretty scary 29mph though. lol 

youtube vid to come.

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

 

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

Had an idea for new chassis plates. Going to cut these from alu sheet and then join them so they can be adjusted in length. 

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

The other option was to 4 link it?. But not sure how or if that would work with the independent suspension as well. 

It was never straight so a chassis re-design is due.

[TurnipJF 9183]

Looking forward to seeing how it evolves!

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

Had some angle left over from last repair, started a new chassis cradle.

This will allow me to add as many axles as I like, and adjusted the length just by changing the outer rails. (the middle axle still needs the cross members)

So this will be MK2 until I get some 3mm sheet.

 

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

I re-used the front of the old chassis, because I couldn't be bothered cutting all the extra holes for the servo and steering rods.

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

All back together and working, just need to fix all the electrics and cut a flat for the batteries to be strapped in.

Didn't think that far ahead, but I think it is an improvement over last attempt. I can drop the gearboxes out one by one now without stripping the whole chassis apart, so it's an improvement there. 

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

Just checked the start of this thread..9months of pretty extreme bashing, 4? (lost count) driveshafts, Front hub, rear hub, A couple of gearbox mounts but they have been drilled and bolted so free repair.

The plastic parts have held up very well. 

All electrics cable-tied on, not ran this yet since rebuilt chassis but will try and run it at the weekend. I wrapped the receiver in foam and put it in a plastic bag to keep it watertight. The spacing on the wheels is slightly different now. Rear wheels closer together.

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

I just got my hands on another blackfoot3 and a wild dagger. 

Hehe, You know how it works, I needed £20 worth of parts, it would be better to buy a whole car for parts, so I bid 40 on a blackfoot3 chassis and won it, I was the only bidder.  But then it was too good for parts, like brand new. So I order the parts tree I need.

Then I spot wild dagger with many metal hop ups, this has the metal hubs and I keep breaking plastic ones, so I made an offer and won that as well. This is good as well, so now I still need to buy the parts I needed originally And have enough new parts to build another 6x6, but then I will need more as originally I was going to build a 8x8.

A familiar story to all of you, I am sure.

Looking for a gearbox drive cup, I think it's the short one with no pin, but I will check and update.

[Kingfisher 1171]

I vote for a 10 x 10 with multi-wheel steering, and make the 2 middle wheels have tank steering.

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

Quick picture update. Not done anything to body. Chassis still in one piece and much better in this configuration.

Tamiya 6x6 https://imgur.com/gallery/9gqyufK

Cant get direct links to show pics, added a lightbar to the chassis.

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

This is on eBay now folks.

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

This lives on and has a body far better than I could have built.

I am trying to sort pictures out. It was sold on eBay as a chassis and the new owner has completed a body for it.

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

 

Tamiya 6x6 https://imgur.com/gallery/SIsNTxI