My BL Savage

Originally Posted by azjc

its better to have second thought before you sink some money into the project than later...Good luck with your endevour.......

Haha thanks. This new design that I am working on should be much better (imo). Much more simple. Not only will it be easier to work on, but it will also probably cost much less to get machined, which is a big plus!

Well my new design is almost finished! I'll probably have the whole basic drawing done tomorrow. It is a bit.. unconventional and different than anything I've seen on a Savage, but you all will see that soon. I'm also switching to running 2 6s Zippy-R 4800 mah packs as my Dad is going to buy my Thunder Powers from me, so that has affected the layout of everything considerably.

I need to start looking for a body for it though, as it is going to be 30mm longer than the FLM extended LCG TVPs. (70mm over stock, I think?) The Savage XL body is a little bit too short, it would probably fit if I didn't have to fit it around the LST shocks, but there's no way I'm taking off those beefy things. So does anyone know of a body that isn't 1/5th scale, but long enough to fit this large of a truck?

[Maxxman]

Originally Posted by E-Traxxer

So does anyone know of a body that isn't 1/5th scale, but long enough to fit this large of a truck?

I rekon a genesis sized body would work since its wheelbase is 60mm longer than the stock savage (397 verses 336.5) and is also 7mm longer, in wheelbase, than the XL which you said was a bit too short. Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Maxxman

I rekon a genesis sized body would work since its wheelbase is 60mm longer than the stock savage (397 verses 336.5) and is also 7mm longer, in wheelbase, than the XL which you said was a bit too short. Hope this helps.

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Genesis. Thanks, that should help a lot!

[Maxxman]

Originally Posted by E-Traxxer

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Genesis. Thanks, that should help a lot!

No problem, glad that helped I've got one coming for my flm savage, not quite as long as yours though. Good luck with the project.