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Tramps 6x6 midnight pumpkin - Super - 07-14-2016

Holy Smokes Tramp

Did you build this from scratch? Its awesome!





RE: Tramps 6x6 midnight pumpkin - Miksolo - 07-14-2016

I was expecting something actually related to a Halloween pumpkin. Am I crazy? ;3;
It sounds like a bunch of laughing troublesome trucks!

RE: Tramps 6x6 midnight pumpkin - Tramp - 07-14-2016

Thanks super Blush

As you know I'm pretty fickle when it comes to hobbies! I go through phases, recently I've been going through a Radio Controlled phase, (probably why I'm a little quiet on here) Currently I have X11 hobby grade cars, (in working order)
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And in the background I've been working on the 6x6 as a project. Unfortunatly it's not scratch built, I don't have the skills necessary to do the gears or the axles, so instead I used complete axle/motor combinations from a Tamiya midnight pumpkin

It started off as one of these
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It was good on its own, but the more I looked at it, the more I thought I could improve it by adding extra wheels. So I did, I added a second driving axle behind the rearmost making it a 6x4

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This was ok, but it wasn't ideal, it wasn't as fast as before, it didn't wheelie like before and it didn't climb overly well, also the chassis was a bit of a bodge - the rear axle fitted to a plate the joint wasn't very well thought out and itdidn't allow it to work very well.

To be honest after this, I sort of put this project on the side line for a bit, then earlier this year I decided to revisit it. I bought another axle to give me 6x6, I had to use another identical straight 'live' axle to give me a common drive ratios for the motors, unfortunatly they dont make axles like this with steering knuckles so I had to deal with steering a straight axle. I decided to try something like on a komatsu dumper truck, an articulated design

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This was a bit trial and error for me as I didn't know if it would work or not, but the only way to find out is by doing it, right? So I made up a chassis, I used steel plates and welded them to make a solid frame,

The rear chassis
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The front axle and front chassis
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I cut some holes for the servos and made some temporary links up quickly
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Because the axles were made for a specific chassis, they didn't have the right mounting points I needed, so I had to make these plates up so I could use a 4-link arrangement,
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It starts coming together
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things were ok but I had to make technical adjustments to get things sitting right,
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About this point It had if its first run (the first video), it was only 6x4 as I was a motor short for the front axle, it ran pretty well considering.



And now

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This is it as stands now, it has all the motors fitted and the electrics loosely fitted, the second video is in my mum and dads garden, it was a functional test before I got any more involved with it, really, it did rather well & I was pleasantly surprised, I've still got lots of work to do on it, but it may the moment it certainly looks like something worth spending my time on!

Thanks for your interest super, I don't usefully share my hobbies across different forums, but if you(& other people) are interested, I'more than happy to share!

RE: Tramps 6x6 midnight pumpkin - Super - 07-15-2016

LOL...well all that is scratch built to me. Quite the collection of R/C cars. I was amazed to see how fast these things our until my Grandson brought his over and it was flying. Those suspension systems are amazing and so real. Have you seen the R/C cars that use the gasoline weed whacker engines?

RE: Tramps 6x6 midnight pumpkin - ActionChugger - 07-15-2016

Dont get me started on RC!!
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RE: Tramps 6x6 midnight pumpkin - Super - 07-15-2016

Well that certainly looks like a picture taken in the mall and not your living room AC. At only $1200 I would think you already have one of each model. Is that one of the gasoline powered 2 stroke R/C cars, I know they are huge with massive tires. Are aware that Evans shoes match the box? You gotta buy it now.

RE: Tramps 6x6 midnight pumpkin - ActionChugger - 07-15-2016

It was near my house, my old RC race track hang out many many moons ago. Evan did not want to leave unless he got something.
I am still looking for something suitable for his age. Oh and that truck has a 29cc motor.



RE: Tramps 6x6 midnight pumpkin - Tramp - 07-15-2016

Ha, yeah super, some of these RC's are mega quick! All mine are 1/10th scale and electric, all except the vw beetle which is a nitro engine (around 3cc) action chuggers will be twice the size of any of mine, and the engine would be comparable to that of a weed whacker. I like the petrol engine ones but I prefer the electric ones, they are much cleaner and less temperamental, I hardly use my nitro one & when I do it's such a hassle to get it going! As for the prices, well it's another thing expensive hobby!

RE: Tramps 6x6 midnight pumpkin - Nigels - 07-15-2016

Pah! That's nothing you should get R/C tanks, they are far more fun Big Grin

RE: Tramps 6x6 midnight pumpkin - leylandvictory2 - 07-15-2016

(07-14-2016, 10:22 PM)Miksolo Wrote: I was expecting something actually related to a Halloween pumpkin. Am I crazy? ;3;
It sounds like a bunch of laughing troublesome trucks!

no. i think the midnight pumkin is a nickname for the monster truck. When I first heard Big Foot, I thought the show is talking about the mythical beast instead of a monster truck!