Hi all,
My wife thinks it is time I stop buying RCs, I say it is time I post something on this section of the forum! ?
I discovered the hobby two and half years ago, bought a few Traxxas, upgraded them a LOT, was disappointed with the final result, discovered Tekno, sold my Traxxas stuff and rebuilt a full Tekno lineup!
This one is the last build, a tribute to my Slash Ultimate, who never got the Raptor body and which I end up selling because it never delivered to its promise.
Objectives of the build:
Technical choices:
I can tell you this thing not only is a blast to drive but is also tough!! Zero worry and 100% fun!!!
My wife thinks it is time I stop buying RCs, I say it is time I post something on this section of the forum! ?
I discovered the hobby two and half years ago, bought a few Traxxas, upgraded them a LOT, was disappointed with the final result, discovered Tekno, sold my Traxxas stuff and rebuilt a full Tekno lineup!
This one is the last build, a tribute to my Slash Ultimate, who never got the Raptor body and which I end up selling because it never delivered to its promise.
Objectives of the build:
- Build a strong basher that retains a scale look
- 1/8 scale
- reliable and fast around homemade tracks
Technical choices:
- Get an unbreakable body:
- They are ugly but they are tough! There is no way an SCT body will survive the punishment of a heavy 1/8 scale SCT!
- I found a way to make it look a bit better, by getting the unbreakable body in white and by using markers to highlight the details. We will see how this survives the passing of time
- The EB48.2
- The EB48.2 uses the shorter towers that allow to fit the body mounts and nicely fit under the hood. This is essentially an MT410 with buggy arms
- Arms are longer than SCT, but that actually only highlights the aggressive stance of the Raptor
- Rather than modifying one of my rigs, which would have been very costly with parts tike towers and shocks involved, I just bought a used EB48.2 and refreshed it!
- The chassis came in so thin, I decided to strenghen the chassis with some M2C goodness and added braces as well as AllRacing front steering plate.
- the bumpers are from the SCT410 / MT410 and are made even more durable with that piece of foam mod
- I used my usual trick with chassis protection
- Electronics are very straightforward:
- Castle Mamba Monster X, because it is great!
- Cheap $33 - 4076 motor 2000kv from ebay, it is too good to be true. Was planning on upgrading it. Still on the fence since it is giving me absolutely no reasons to do so
- Savox 2274 - awesome servo - brushless, quick and strong
I can tell you this thing not only is a blast to drive but is also tough!! Zero worry and 100% fun!!!