R/C truck

bignose · #1 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 · #2 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 · #3 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

bignose · #4 04-21-2009, 05:03 AM

I bet you learned alot building that truck! Kinda like your first reef tank.

Here is a picture of the revo 3.3 that I traded for my old FW equipment. It's a little beat up but I like it.

I'm running 30% nitro becuase the previous owner ran it. I'm guessing the nitro is for performance. Does it really make much difference?

brizzo · #5 04-21-2009, 04:08 PM

Man oh man I need to take some pictures of my savage. Seems you guys must drive slow on grass and never bash your trucks

Where does everyone play with their trucks? I'm a big fan of going to the local gravel pits and doing hill climbing. I need to get reverse one of these days instead of climbing the dirt mound when my truck gets stuck.

I'm also surprise nobody is running 40 series tires either! My truck has some monster 40 series with beadlocks

lastlight · #6 04-21-2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrfish55

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

This sounds fascinating! Can you post a video of it doing a few things?