Alternative to BIG TIRES.

[ZANDOR]

"That" site is geared toward children, it seems. Can you show me your hub adapters?

does that make ovail queen and homewrecker... chimo's..

 

[RAMTech-RC]

I just used 5/16 hex stock. I still have to amke bushings to stiffen up the plastic a little more. I'm using torsion bars instead of the RS hubs.

 

[phootbag]

How do you plan on making your tracks? Material, design etc... The way I cut the sidewalls off the maxx tires seemed to have worked very well. I glued them end to end with slight overlap and put teeth on 'em. Time consuming but effective.

 

[RAMTech-RC]

I'm just using the Radio Shack ones. I'd never be able to make them with glue. I quoted real tracks from Goodyear, but they were way too expensive, at $100 each. And I had to buy 100 at a time.

 

[phootbag]

I locked the front and rear diffs on that Radio Shack Mattracks truck. The turning radius went up to about 20 feet or so, as I knew it would. My solution is to make the rear tracks steerable as well as the fronts. If I could buy a few parts from Radio Shack this will be easy. However, If I can't I'll need to fabricate something. If you were to do this, how would you do it?

Check out the conveyor belts at Mcmaster.com. They have some good belts and way cheaper than Goodyear.

 

[RAMTech-RC]

I would do it to an E-maxx. The rear stear kits are available and cheap enough. That Radio Shack truck portion won't last more than a month. I'm sure those trucks will be cheap in a few motnhs anyway. My local guy said he already has alot of returns. Imagine some mother buying one,a dn then finding out she needs antoher $40 to make it run.

 

[phootbag]

I'd like to see your adapters you made for the tracks. If I found an Emaxx for cheap enough I'd do it.