Project: Cold Fusion...it's almost finished!

[Dagger Thrasher]

Hey guys!

I haven't posted here in a while, but I thought it was about time I did. Some of you might remember that a while back (about a year ago or so), I posted about my project Wild Dagger which I was hoping to turn brushless one day. It's designed for out-and-out handling, speed and looks.

Well.

I've done a LOT of work on the truck recently, and as I've been able to get a job...it's nearly ready to roll. Here are a few pics, although I'll try and get some better ones soon:

This is the truck with the chassis half-assembled, and with the suspension fully extended due to there being virtually no weight on it:


Front: (that's a sweet tin weighing the suspension down lol)


Side:


And with the shell on:


She still has some work needing doing...namely the chassis is waiting on some custom cross-braces made from Delrin to arrive. Once they get here, she'll be fully built. I won't go into all the specs etc, because I could be here for e a while lol!
As for power...well, this is the good bit. I already have the batts; they're two 8-cell 4500mah Elite stick packs, soldered end-to-end. LiPos would have been nice, but would have needed a chassis re-design and most importantly, would have been too expensive. Maybe one day! As far as motors and speedos go...well, I just ordered two Mamba Max 5700 systems from Mike (as recommended by Shawn Palmer himself)! The batts will be hooked up in parallel and will then split off to each controller in order to keep the voltage to each controller the same...and it'll also mean that the rear motor will be able to suck some serious current with less voltage drop when it's accelerating. I did some calculations using Brians *excellent* calculator, and it could reach a theoretical 55mph! I'm scared.:036:

Hopefully the truck will be running by the end of next week, and I can't wait! Like I say, I'll try and get better pics when all the gear arrives. Thanks for looking.:027: