I am guessing that is a risk Neil is willing to take :whistle:

Small correction to Bill's email.

Bill@rcalloys.com

Its not a 5th scale unless its atleast 27in long in my opinion. Thats what most base 5th scales are without the measurement of the bumpers. My FSR 1/5 MT was 32in and they concidered it a 5th scale. All depends on the person really.

I am looking at trying to go to 27-29" w/this idea. We shall see. It would be a fall project in any event.

The more I contemplate the idea, the more I am warming up to the idea of doing this:yes:

You should take a look into FS-Racing. Their stuff is cheap and In my opinion its quality.

Chassis I plan to use "chassis came with my 1/5 FSR mt", "solid as a rock"- http://www.fsracingusa.com/fs112125chassis.aspx

F-150 1/5 Body I plan to use "already have one but need another"- http://www.oversizerc.com/p/452928/f...l---black.html


The chassis I linked gives you plenty of room to move the front and rear assemblies back and forth to compensate with the wheelwell alignments. My 1/5 FSR MT was 32.5in long with a short bumper with that chassis and it wasnt even stretched along the chassis as long as it could be.
I would also like to get another set of rear and front center dogbones and cups. Their extremely reliable and their hardened steel.

Thanks for the link....it looks like the F&R ends will bolt right up. Maybe even the center.. I enjoyed making my own chassis before, but, with this one already done.....I may skip that part all together.

Interesting idea taking a truggy as base for a 1:5th scale. I quickly fitted two truggy chassis plates together. Mounted half offset crimefighter truggy tires to extend width and took some measurements to compare them with popular 1:5 scale cars.

This is about the maximum length i got with 2 chassis plates: Wheelbase 700mm / 27.56 inches. Width 430mm / 16.54 inches. Obviously too long.
http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/atta...1&d=1237508134

I then reduced wheelbase to baja 5 length: 570mm / 22.44 inches.
http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/atta...6&d=1237508134

Compared to a baja it is still too narrow. Baja: 460/480mm opposed to 430mm. This can be corrected somewhat with wider wheel hubs. Truggy wheels (145mm) are smaller in diameter than 1:5 scale baja tires (170mm). To be able to use 1:5 scale tires would probably require custom made wheel hubs. The chassis would need a top deck to strenghten it and might need to be narrower to fit a baja body. At least one custom center cvd is required ... cutting an original one in two halves and lengthen it with a metal tube should be an option either. Shocks would have to be adapted to carry more load.

All in all i would say it can be done. Having this much space on a chassis to fit batteries is almost a dream come true. Wheight will most certainly exceed somewhat the weight of a Savage Flux which leads me to believe one might even have enough power with a Neu 1515 (around 3KW peak).

In all actuality it may end up a little short of the 1/5 scale I want, however, we shall see

Thanks for your comparison

Where could I get wheel extenders to use w/truggy wheels

Mugen MBX5T uses extended wheel hubs or look for King Headz Wheel Hubs +12.7mm.

very interesting, im curious to soo who goes through with this and how it drives.

Thanks...I was thinking of using a mbx-5T as a base vehicle seeing as I have a mbx-5 and love it.

I will need toget the biggest shocks that will fit in it to help as well as some chassis braces to make it stiiff enough

You could use half offset truggy tires to increase width even further. A friend of mine drives an MBX5T which is as wide with standard offset tires as my Mantis truggy fitted with half offset tires.

I'll build one once CC puts out their 8-12 cell controller.

The 1/5 scale that I made from emaxx parts I ended up using two 7XL and two ESC. I like the idea of a single motor.

Good luck mag.