R/C truck

Mrfish55 · #1 04-20-2009, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by nazerine

damn these expensive hobbies.....

LOL you got that right, If I told you what I spend on toy trucks I am sure some nice people in white coats would show up and haul me off to a padded room. When this thing is finished it will have cost me more than my tank! http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18816

banditpowdercoat · #2 04-20-2009, 12:12 PM

I once tallied up my RC's, well over $10k!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Savage is a pretty custom piece too, with Carbon Fiber and Billet..

Just a couple of them.....

Pescador · #3 04-20-2009, 02:16 PM

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LOL you got that right, If I told you what I spend on toy trucks I am sure some nice people in white coats would show up and haul me off to a padded room. When this thing is finished it will have cost me more than my tank!

No kidding when I used to race 1/10 off road it was insane, racing against factory drivers with full sponsorship, using new motors, tires, and batteries every heat.

Now I just run for fun, cars, trucks, a couple sailboats, Villain Deep-V, and now heli's.

Here's some

bignose · #4 04-20-2009, 09:01 PM

I'm suprised how fast this truck is. When I get it turned properly I'm sure it will go faster. For some reason the truck isn't shifting properly and it seams to want to stall out when I'm on full acceleration, or braking. I'll get this truck figured out yet.

Nice trucks, if I had that many I think my girlfriend would kick my ass. Mrfish55 I couldn't see pictures of your ladder truck because I wasn't a member of that board.

Mrfish55 · #5 04-21-2009, 03:18 AM

Heres one of it sitting on top of my old 180, ladder extends 6feet.

Showing some of the lights (over 130 LED's and 8 different flash patterns)

Not quite finished yet, this is 3 years in the making.

bignose · #6 04-21-2009, 04:04 AM

excellent work Mrfish55 was this a spur of the moment "hey I should build a fire truck!" type of build?

Is the truck fully functional (extending ladder, outriggers)?

Borderjumper · #7 04-21-2009, 04:06 AM

the firetruck is awesome!

Heres ours.

The bottom one hasnt even seen fuel yet and I havent gotten around to painting a body for it, but it will happen!

Mrfish55 · #8 04-21-2009, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by bignose

excellent work Mrfish55 was this a spur of the moment "hey I should build a fire truck!" type of build?

Is the truck fully functional (extending ladder, outriggers)?

Thanks. I looked around and could not find anything commercially available so decided to build my own, It is modeled after and scaled down from the local departments truck, Six months of research and drawings and now approaching 2 1/2 years build time, when complete it will be fully functional with scale hydraulics $$$$$$$$$$$. The ladder has over 350 pieces of brass in three sections and will function just like the real deal. Why can't I find a normal hobby