Building the BATTLE TRUCK..

[TDC57]

Check out the new toys.. LOL.LOL

My Landmines!. (My boy (12) told me I'm the coolest DAD!).. When he saw them and my daughter (8) just rolled here eyes and said (whatever keeps you happy).. I’ve got some great kids!.. Hopefully they will make great parents one day!












My Bomb shelter / fire pit I test all my stuff in.. LOL.LOL





After it’s first explosion.






Builders Note:
They lied!!! These don’t engage at 3lbs as clearly stated in the product description! (bastards), they fire off at 8lbs. This is a big problem especially since I only put out 5lbs per wheel now.. OOoo well it’s nothing some lead weights on the inside of the rims wont solve. The pisser is, I’ll have to add a total of 12 lbs to the tires (front and rear) every time I use the land mines!.. That sucks.. / or IE it’s not worth spending $120+ plus for a landmines.. (FYI) Don’t Do IT!! please learn from my mistake!..









A quick shoot of the arsenal / film props. (FYI) I'm borrowing a shotgun & a pistol from the neighbors… so I apologize for not having them in the shoot. Still looking at all this and the town built, it should hopefully top my first video!.. Bottom line, I’ve got two ways it will turnout!, Either way cool are a fricken disaster, either way you get view it, so it kind of win – win for you!..

[TDC57]

SSOOOOOoooooo after consuming large amount of alcohol tonight I was able to gain the confidence required to cut up my body to accommodate for the grenade launcher and please note!! I still have the skull eyes glowing HHooo, HHHoooo, HHhhooooo.. WHO’S THE MAN!!!

And I finally got my shocks all worked out! (What a huge pain in the A$$), after trying several combinations, I finally ended up with this one:

Front:
Original XT8 rear shocks with 2 springs (front XT8 & rear XT8 Blue) and 5/8” of spacers. Believe it or not this combo works great with the weight! And still gives me plenty of suspension clearance.

Rear:
808 rear shocks. Purple springs, with the spring cup tightened all the way down and using ¼” spacers. Again, this combination gave me the best results.

Builders Note: (PLEASE!!!)
Never attempt to run this shock setup on your Truggy!! It’s SSsoooooo wrong it’s pathetic!! But for my needs it works great!..

I was able to repair my rear smoke system, got to love JB weld!.. LOL.LOL

And I also completed up the wiring (again) for my rockets (wish me luck!) This has not gone well!! But I'm feeling like maybe tomorrow is my DAY!! (Hay!, I can dream cant I) LOL.LOL



Have a great weekend everybody!, I’ll post RD (research and development) video of the grenade launcher, landmines & rockets before the end of the weekend. If all goes well (it wont) but if it does, I’ll be filming next week!..

Shaun.


P.S.
I still need volunteers to shoot at the truck during the filming ( Any takers) ???
I also need a NEW NAME for the Truck!!! As prevesloly pointed out “Battle Truck” is boring!!! So if you got PLEASE pitch them!...


Thanks Guys…

[TDC57]

IE:
Can you Say BAD ASS!!!

[What's_nitro?]

Holy crap dude! If you put any more stuff on there you might as well forget the body!

[Sylvester]

id call it the Xray Xterminator 3000.
haha

[Arct1k]

Armagedon

[What's_nitro?]

Annihilatrix? Rolling Thunder? Battlestar TDC57?

[brushlessboy16]

Just needs armor like the TIV

[What's_nitro?]

I love that thing. I think I'll put 3000 pounds of armor on my car and move to Kansas!!!

[TDC57]

Hey guys thanks for the great suggestions:
• Xray Exterminator 3000
• Armageddon
• Annihilatrix,
• Rolling Thunder
• Battle star TDC 57


I'm liking them, but about:
• Nitro Killer
• The Beast
• Foobarbed (from Tango and Cash movie)
• The Monster


Please keep pitching them!!
Hootie, hit a grand slam with (if you cant beat them shoot them)
Ryu James, Nailed (Fillmoore Beaver)
Linc, got (Muff mountains)
I’ve, got (Major Poot Tang)

Who will name the ultimate prize (the Build)

FYI..
I’ll give a $20 gift certificate to RCM to whomever comes up with the ultimate name for my build..

Have a great one everybody..

[TDC57]

Hey guys,
Here is short video of the grenade launcher and It works great!.. Yeaaaaaa. (Sometimes it’s good to be me!)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz_YQCc34n0




OOhhhhOOo.. FYI… The Landmines (SUCK!!!).. I’ll use them because I paid for them, but DO NOT BUY THEM!!! At least for your RC props.. Paintball there cool, but for what I had hoped, versioned (they suck!) .. I’ll be more than happy to sell them to you after the town scene is completed..



P.S.
Tomorrow will be the rockets and landmines (as pathetic as they are)..

[TDC57]

Well the weather was not conducive to rocket testing , but I did have some great success with the grenade launcher , I wish I could say the same for the fricken landmines


Testing video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJW9q7ewzmE


Thanks for your time everyone..

Have a great week..

[rschoi_75]

The grenade launcher is sweet!

[BL_RV0]

Second that. Really sucks to hear about the landmines.

[TDC57]

I think I got the land mines worked out (?) further testing still needs to be completed. However the rear net is going NO WHERE FAST!!!! I’ve got some great failed video I should post of disappointments and unforeseen mishaps (IE) I now owe my neighbor a new side window (long story).. got to love the RD phase!!!

Have a great one everybody!..