Traxxas Summit TONKA FPV BUILD

[Coyote]

Looking really good :)

[Zeeflyboy]

Awesome lol

[FlightyFishcake]

nice work dizzy! What colour will you be going with?


I just got done fitting my body... it's a tad smaller than a tonka so the end result looks like a monster truck lol. Quite cool though still methinks

Great MT look!

[FlightyFishcake]

A bit of time managed to get into the metalshop and bent up these yet to be finalised but would look good yellow powder coated i think :D



dizzy ;)

Looks great, roll bars are neat.

[Dizzy]

cheers guys a couple of updates for one, roll bars welded and looking good,  bars in for powder coat but will have to wait till bank holiday is over to pick them up. :+

I was not happy with the Summit plastic mounts so decided to hard bolt it to the chassis using 6mm s/s studs worked a treat too much firmer and fits in nicely with the roll bars bolted using the same size bolts.
I ordered wing mirrors they arrived, but hated the looks so ordered a better shaped pair last night  :D

dizzy  :)

[FlightyFishcake]

Where did you get the wing mirrors from? Thanks.

[Dizzy]

Where did you get the wing mirrors from? Thanks.

FlightyFiashcake I like your mean machine hehe,   Look for overtaking mirror's my first set was from a supplier at Amazon i got some from e bay in the end  :)

They are oversized but simply stick on your existing wing mirror but since they have a frame there easy to modify :)

dizzy :)

[Dizzy]

Powder coated roll bars are back  :D



i decided to wrap all my electrics in flexible conduit to keep things tidy under the body.


all important bits are hung off the back and enclosed in fan cooled alloy cases  :)

All above are mocked up my supply of small fixings needs replendishing before the final assembly  ;)
slowly getting there  :D

dizzy :)

[chris-s]

Looking good.

Chris

[Miles]

Cool Dizz :) Where'd you get those alloy cases from? :)

[Dizzy]

Cool Dizz :) Where'd you get those alloy cases from? :)

Hi Miles e bay they are electrical  project boxes about a fiver each  :D

Cheers Chris its slow progress but getting there  :D

dizzy :)

[Coyote]

Getting there :)

Your not going to enclose a Vtx inside an alloy sealed box are you Diz ?

[Dizzy]

Getting there :)

Your not going to enclose a Vtx inside an alloy sealed box are you Diz ?

No coyote well if i forget to drill the holes for the cooling fans it could turn into a small working microwave LOL the boxes are really to make the important bits tamperproof  ;D

dizzy :D