Bigfoot 18 Wraith
 

Hey guys wanted to share my Bigfoot 18 tube chassis using Axial Wraith axles and transmission. John Boyer made the chassis and a friend of mine made the body...After I got everything together I sent it out to Mr. Boyer, it was a loooooong 6 months after that but it was well worth it. I can adjust the shock mounts up or down so I can use any 100-120mm shock, and he made sum very nice custom shock/link mounts. Here are a few pics of how it looked when Boyer was done....


http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/...Bigfoot184.jpg
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Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
 

Very nice. Me likey..
I was just thinking it was time to build something this winter that had monster truck tires.. Hmmmmm.

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Not sure if I'd classify that awesomeness as a wraith. LOL

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I have since made a few changes...picked up a Viper VX4 3900 system to use and changed the gears to 32p gears and a 12t pinion and 60t spur...I realized I wanted a little bit more speed so I changed the gearing agin recently to 17t pinion and 54t spur..the difference is night and day, much better performance...I also changed the wheels and tires..the RC4WD beadlocks where too heavy and the Wraith stub axles were too short and I couldnt thread the wheel nut on enough to keep it secure so I picked up sum TXT wheels and added the ZRP wheel mode to make the TXT wheel look more realistic..I am ordering Proline Powerstroke shocks to replace the HPI shocks (way too stiff)..Here are a few pics as it sits now...

motor and electronics...

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wheel mod...

http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/...9-06221529.jpg
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How it sits now...

http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/...psad5ce727.jpg
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Here are a few vids I took of the truck in action...

RC Bigfoot 18 Monster Truck - YouTube
RC Bigfoot 18 Monster Truck part 2 - YouTube
RC Bigfoot 18 backstage at Hampton MJ 2012 - YouTube
Bigfoot 18 at JMW Motorsports park - YouTube

Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
 

The shock mounts! the lowers are so right.

Cool rig, lots of cage work!

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Very cool. "thumbsup"

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Very sweet!

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Love it!

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Damn! That thing is sick. I love the body man did your buddy vacuum form it?

Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
 

Thanks for the compliments guys!

The body is an HPI 1/12 desert truck body that he cut up and glued to match Bigfoot 18..I have the all blue body coming soon too

I love the way he did the lower shock/link mounts too..He built it so I could actually run it...Very easy take down too...

Im looking at sum of the Vanquish products for upgrades...lots of nice stuff there..

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That came out awesome!
I live looking at the pics an seeing Wraith parts hahaha.

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Thanks man...I loved the wraith when it came out and immediately thought it could be used for an MT lol....eventually Ill get a stock Wraith and make a crawler/scaler....Im actually doing another Bigfoot tuber with the Wraith axles very soon.

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Cool old school monster truck, but I'd try to mount the battery lower or at least on it's side to help with CG.

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Great truck. I wish I had one of those chassis!

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That is so cool, i want one :mrgreen:

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Hey Gavyn, as you can see, I made my way over here as well.
I really like the way that came out. Bigfoot series trucks will always be my favorites.

Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
 

WOW!!! Looks very scale.

Any problems with flipping over due to the batt being up in the air?

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Thanks guys..its a really fun truck to run too..I have a replica motor im gonna add at sum point and I need to make the sponsor plates and fuel tank.

No problems at all with the balance of the truck...the way its designed all the weight is in the center and the battery doesnt add much to it.. I think ive acutally only flipped it once lol

Glad u made it over too Andy...Everything was a perfect match on this truck and gotta love Bigfoot lol..

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I think I might order the Vanquish Products steering setup...I dont like the "play" I have in the lower tie rod with the current setup...Is anyone running the VP steering?

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Sweet! It wouldn't take much to make the track for that. A little dirt, a few old die cast cars and a hammer.