Oh - and its now got a carbon propshaft too. Surprisingly light at only 6 grammes. It has three main advantages - lighter truck overall - lower center of gravity - and less rotational mass in the drive train, the acceleration of which steals available power from the motor (or the wheels depending on which way you look at things!).
Saturday, 26 June 2010
Bluetruck is reborn...!
Bluetruck has had its second makeover. Another New Bright Motorsports truck turned up on eBay and so I couldn't resist it because it looked pretty immaculate. Mine for a tenner. So the shell's off it already and straight back on to one of my pair of TL-01B Baja chassis (Ram Truck is no more!), with all the original Bluetruck running gear re-fitted. I bought a new set of Carson wheels and F-350 tyres for it just to make it as mint as possible, at least for as long it lasts looking like this...
Oh - and its now got a carbon propshaft too. Surprisingly light at only 6 grammes. It has three main advantages - lighter truck overall - lower center of gravity - and less rotational mass in the drive train, the acceleration of which steals available power from the motor (or the wheels depending on which way you look at things!).
Oh - and its now got a carbon propshaft too. Surprisingly light at only 6 grammes. It has three main advantages - lighter truck overall - lower center of gravity - and less rotational mass in the drive train, the acceleration of which steals available power from the motor (or the wheels depending on which way you look at things!).
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I really like what you've done with your TL-01B. It looks absolutely fantastic. That truck body sits on there so well! Very nice work indeed :) I rebuilt my Baja Champ not so long ago, but kept it as a buggy. This has inspired me now to think a bit outside the box with a spare TL-01B chassis I've got sitting in my projects cupboard.
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