One more F350 for the pile...

If I see one more picture of an F350 BOX on TC, I'm going to throw up... woop... there I go... I mean really... how many pictures of the box can one be subjected to. At least BUILD it and show a little genuine appeal in the paint scheme or something!

I needed to put one together in order to design some hop-up parts, so here's another built to the pile. Though not doing so good this year, I'm a fan of the Oakland Raiders who wear silver and black. So, I painted this Metallic Black with Metal Flake Silver. I didn't like the stock dampers which didn't seem to do anything anyway, so I replaced them with oil filled threaded dampers. While I was at it, I used some aluminum rod ends and aluminum knuckles. On the first test drive, I tipped the thing over (and stripped and repainted it since I can't stand scratched up bodies on my shelf). So, I tried our aluminum wheel wideners. Too much width. So I ended up replacing the stock wheels and tires with TLT aluminum wheels and stock chevrons both of which are a little wider. They helped widen the stance a little and I personally like their look a bit better than the stock F350 wheels and tires anyway. In lieu of a 4 channel radio which I'll use once the MFU comes out, I am using a Futaba 3TPDF 3 channel radio which works like a charm since you can select the buttons and settings for the 3rd channel (I opted to have it replace the bottom button next to the throttle so I can shift and throttle seemlessly with the same hand). I used a Novak Rooster and our own brand clear case high torque metal servo for the steering. Considering I don't really like driving the RC's, this was one of the few I've had capture my attention span more than 10 minutes. I ran 2 packs through it and had a bit of fun, especially with the shifting. Now time to make some hop-ups! :)