Project: Something a little different

[Dagger Thrasher]

Hey guys,

Just thought I'd fill you all in on my latest project. Unfortunately, I've decided to scrap the LiteSpeed Speed Record car that I was working on, because of various reason which I won't go into here (to do with how the event was being "run"). Anyways, I've started on something completely different, and I though you guys might be interested; it's going to be a brushless (and British!) Schumacher Havoc:



The Havoc isn't a hugely common truck, so for anyone who doesn't know much about it, it's a seriously tough 1/8th, 2WD "Stunt Truck". I managed to pick mine up for £120 with only about 6 runs on it, and have stripped it right down, cleaned her up, rebuilt her and of course removed all that nitro rubbish. I just can't get over how overbuilt this thing is though...I've never built such an insanely beefy truck! Seriously. The transmission is all hardened steel with exception to the spur (nylon to act as a fuse if needs be), with no pansy slipper clutch and a massive, steel ball differential. The chassis is 4mm-thick 6082 aluminium, and all the suspension components are huge and made from glass-fibre infused plastics. There's loads of M4 hardware. The machine also uses a lot of CSC...similar to carbon fibre, but uses glass fibre every other layer so it's a bit heavier, but even tougher (more impact resilient). Even the rollbar is 6mm stainless steel! Here's some more pics:







Anyways, I'm just going to turn this into an overpowered bashing machine. I'll CAD-up a custom motor mount, and I'm looking at perhaps running the Castle 1515 1Y motor when it's released, on 5 or 6S LiPo...maybe a big Zippy-H pack, or I might spend a bit more. I'd like to use a 1515 2.5D, but it doesn't look like CC will be releasing that wind and I can't really stretch to a proper Neu. It'll use a new MMM that I have sitting here, unused, though how long that'll last is anyone's guess right now.

I'll post more updates as they come, though they might not be for a while...I'm not super-wealthy right now lol. Thanks for looking.