Kyosho Kid

iTrader: (12)

wth?!?! i gotta put it together?? no RTR?!? geez!!! lol
looks a lot like a crawler with that diff case lol.
where does the motor go???
it looks Tamiya-esqe is some ways.

ARPY

I concur, very "Tamiya-esqe." More show than go. The driveshaft angle looks terribly problematic.

RC nut

Yeah the I hobby vids are all they have at this point. I'm ready to run it just waiting for the motor. I have to order everything I need here where I'm at No LHS around. They are a very small U.S. based company. Darren always picks up the phone when I call and is vary personable. http://www.thundertechracing.com/

Yes they use some Tamiya parts and I don't care for the Tam stuff ether. Their stuff always struk me as toyish. I have spoke with Darren at Thunder Tech about this. He has said they have plans to use their own Axle housing and internals design in the future along with a few other parts they are farming out. As to the drive shaft angle it works freely through the entire suspension cycle. Not to mention when the enitre weight of the truck in on the tires that angle will not be their. I thought about using some short turnbuckles between the tubes and the hime joint for added adjustability to the 4 link.

Cain

iTrader: (294)

The body I think with some painting can be made to look good.

I wish however they would have gone with something better than those tamiya plastic shocks based on the price of the vehicle.

Looking forward to some vids.

reenmachine

iTrader: (26)

Agreed, but Tamiya plastic shocks actually work pretty well, and it means that a whole range of aftermarket shocks, from Tamiya TRF to 3racing, will fit.

Tekin Prez

We drove these trucks on the track Thundertech had setup at IHobby in Chicago. It is a very realistic truck and that was the goal. We had a blast and were smiling the entire time. It is not a basher or the easiest to drive, this is scale race truck.

Thundertech is a US company that has been around for awhile. They had a 10' x 20' booth at the show and hauled in the track. If you have ever met Darren he is full of energy and has really put his heart and soul into this truck. As another independent company that competes with mass produced products we wish them luck.

Jim Campbell
Tekin
President

ThunderTechPres

Hello All:
I am here with you now, & I am happy to be a new member of this forum. if anyone needs me I am listening now & my door is always open. I will do my level best to answer any questions that you may have.

Thank you,

RC nut

Let me be the first to welcom you Darren, Glad to see you made it to the forum...

ThunderTechPres

Thank you.
With so many forum's out there in the world, it is easy to miss one. I see that I was missing the party all along.

Hi Jim. You sure did have some nice things to say about me, do I owe you cash now? If so, keep talking & send me a bill.

ThunderTechPres

Hey RC nut,
After having the weekend to work on your build, any updates yet?

ldivinag

that's probably it aint at "ride height"....

drop the battery in there and set on the tires and i think the rear will sink to the RH... making the driveshaft angle look "normal"...

abailey21

iTrader: (37)

Darren, you are the man

ldivinag

darren,

congrats on putting this thing out.

congrats on getting something so close to scale as a CORR truck as possible (tires... no chances on getting a scaled down 37" BFG BAJA tire? lol...)

and congrats on the triangulated 4 link for the rear axle... really impressive. i didnt see that on your website, until the pixs here on this thread.

this may just have bumped the associated Sc10 out of the running for my next purchase.


btw, did i mention i'd like a scale looking tires and wheels??????

RC nut

I finally have everything installed, the motor took a wile getting here. I need to do some tunning and ride hight adjustments. I also had a servo issue and had to replace the new one I had that was no good. The CC Sidewinder 4600kv is more that enough motor to run the truck so I'm having to setup some expo in the radio to keep things manageable. I was goofing around in the house lastnight after getting things to work right with the radio. I was runing on the carpet and the truck was torque lifting the frontend with full throttle from all the traction and I put down some cool posi burnout marks on the tile floor... the wife didn't like that to much but it put a smile on my face . I then took it out side and did a few passes in the freezing cold on the grass, very scale handeling, gotta slow down for thoes turns... although I think the front shocks don't have enough dampening as they seam a bit too bouncy. I should have it out in the dirt the next cupple of days. I don't have a track where I'm at so I will have to come up with somthing that will do. Rest asured I will have some vid this weekend to post.

RC nut

You mean like this...



Or maybe this...