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by **swabio-ACT** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:09 pm

Well,

being a very long way from the mighty ZRX..... as I am currently living in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia....... I decided that I needed another expensive hobby to get into to occupy my time.....

Well actually I bought my son a Nitro R/C Buggy for his birthday... and we had so much fun.....(read.... I had fun, and he got sick of m using it more than him....) that I decided that I needed my own toy..... so went to the local r/c shop and treated myself to a 1/10 scale nitro powered Monster Truck..... a Revo 3.3 from traxxas!

Am having an absolute ball with it.... although the cost of going fast.....and the resultant tumbles and flips result in the local hobby store doing a roaring trade in parts

anyways... here it is!

: A boot of fun... Revo 3.3 and Bazooka!; photo-001.JPG (152.22 KiB) Viewed 9272 times

by **Glen** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:21 pm

Very cool mate. Nitro cars are sensational

by **swabio-ACT** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:06 am

Glen wrote:Very cool mate. Nitro cars are sensational

Yeah it is keeping me out of trouble.... kind of!

by **swabio-ACT** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:36 pm

Hmmm I am no RT Screenprinting artist...... but I have been messing about with photoshop..... and have mashed together a bit of a plan for my next body on the Revo....

by **swabio-ACT** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 3:19 am

hmmmm next toy ?

by **swabio-ACT** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 3:22 am

Udate...... I have broken a few things trying to get the hang of it, and driving it a bit hard..... but hey, it is fun! And what better way to learn how to fix it than break it

Sooo I managed to strip the reverse gear in the first few days..... still not sure how I managed that, but oh well, out came the optidrive and in went a FOC......

I have bent a few bits and pieces such as toe rods and push rods...... so decided that I'd see what the LHS (hobiland) had in stock.....

So for the last couple of nights I have been furiously unbolting, rebolting (serveral times when I mixed it up.....) and upgrading the following.....

RPM True Track rears....
RPM A Arms
RPM Axle Carriers
Ti toe rods for the front
FOC
Removed Opti-Drive
Installed: Telemetery (RPM and Temp - awaiting voltage....)
Teckno Rear wing mount (originally put the OEM traxxas one in, but didn't like it..... too low and not overly robust)
JConcepts Rear wing (still to be drilled and mounted.....)
Close ratio gears
50wt in the shocks.... gold springs rear, green front.....

I also had to replace the slipper clutch pads....as the original pads fractured....

Here are some pix of it......

I am going to get a Revo platinum syle body and have been messing about with Photochopper! Apologies for the not so mad photo chop skills but here is my basic intent on a Custom Paint job.....

These were pix pre current mods.... only had the Traxxas wing at this stage......

Well, that is it for now, but hopefully will get back to the track tomorrow, and will also take my DSLR so should get some decent pix (maybe

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by **MadKaw** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 10:59 am

Pft, Nitro.. Electric all the way... Brushless and lipos (3 cells if it can take it) are the go (and cheaper to run and faster, they just sound shit)...

Its all good fun though :kuda: