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In the dim and distant past pre Covid 19 Jadlam had Dual Riders on special. Now I didnt need one, in fact I thought they were a bit of a gimmick, however after watching a few youtube videos thought it might be fun so pulled the trigger. Once it arrived I thought it might be fun to hop it up a bit so started collecting Tamiya and YR hop ups along with a Hobbywing brushless combo. I also bought a lipo as I thought this might be a good way to try them out. I already had a charger that will do lipos. Whilst looking for hopups on RCMart I came across a body kit of a Pizza/Chinese delivery trike on the T3-03. In the basket it went!!! All of the stuff was here just after lockdown started. I had a few other things to do so I put it away for a rainy day. Well those of you who live in the UK will know over the last couple of weeks we've had quite a few rainy days so I got it out and started. Its a surprisingly enjoyable build, really quite clevererly designed and as usual goes together with Tamiyas usual ruthless efficiency including all the hop ups. Below are a string of photos of the main parts of the build, I had two hitches along the way, one was a that I needed a single male deans plug and all my spare plugs are XT60's. Fortunately @Wez-li helped out. Feel really guilty as the postage was more than the cost of a plug. Many thanks. The other hitch was the brushless motor has a longer can than the stock 370 so I had to raid the spares to find some wider hex's so that the wheels don't rub on the cables. The Pizza body is going to be a labour of love not least as the instructions are only in Japanese!!!. This is where I've got to:

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When I get a moment I will list all the hop ups that I have added, its quite a few for such a small vehicle!!!

 

 

 

 

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Oh no. Oh god.

I recently removed the Hobbywing 1/16 brushless system (which it looks like you're using?) From my Grasshopper and I was about to sell it 'cos I don't have a use for it. Now I'm thinking I might have found a use...:lol:

Looking good so far and can't wait to see what you do with the body. Seen some awesome customs on Facebook groups.

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Looking good @Busdriver 

I'm more than happy to help out a fellow TC'er so don't worry about it ;)

 

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On 8/21/2020 at 2:20 PM, Busdriver said:

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When I get a moment I will list all the hop ups that I have added, its quite a few for such a small vehicle!!!

 

 

 

 

you're not kidding, heck i bought the kit just to have the Manual and realized i'll need the lil' dude and the body😉

your  build here is fun.

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Good question!! Dithering as usual. Need to program esc and learn how to use a Lipo charger( my first) . I’m going to use the kit body to start with  as the shelf body is much more complex than I thought. Stick with the popcorn for the time being, pizza’s never on time🤬

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Esc programmed. Thank heavens for program cards. Far too wet to try out but it seems really quick. Just have to work out battery charging regime now.

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