Twin Force (not a crawler)

[BigBoy]

This must be one of the only Twins around here that is stock...A lot of you have killer looking TF's, maybe when I'm done with my TLT I might look into making this a crawler. As of now I want to water proof it so I can go muddin with it. It was like a virgin in this pic.....After 5 runs it now sits with the rear pinion and ring gear smooth as silk. I have a set of helical gears on the way!

[snakeman]

Mine was stock until about 1 week ago. Now its a pile of parts slowly coming together as a crawler. I did have a blast with it in stock form though. Kind of hated to modify it, but........

I would like to build one with a tube body, twin axles, e-maxx tranny, brushless. Set it up with a stiff suspension and put some maxx size swamp dawgs on it. Kind of model it after the icelandic racing jeeps. You know the ones that climb quarry walls. Would be sweet as a mud and sand runner too!

[jimbobmarley]

so thats what they look like

i forgot how high up they sit, makes me just wont to get a scale shell make it higher, More torque and take it mudding

o yes and water proof although the stock box is pretty good with a fan wacked on top

[Will]

do they still sell those i cant find them anywhere

[FrankyRizzo]

Tower says disco'd

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXGAJ3&P=7

Too bad nice truck.
Check Ebay

[BigBoy]

Tower quite carrying all Kyosho products but you can still get them at any Hobby Shop that carries Kyosho, or Kyosho America.

[FrankyRizzo]

How the hell did that happen??

[BigBoy]

New gears came in today. Only took 7 days...not as bad as I thought.

[Will]

just found out my lhs has them in stock and they are going on sale so i might have to go pick one up

[FrankyRizzo]

Originally Posted by WillRRoberts

just found out my lhs has them in stock and they are going on sale so i might have to go pick one up

Let me know what they go on sale for.

[snakeman]

Originally Posted by FrankyRizzo

How the hell did that happen??

Kyosho was distributed solely by Great plains, which is the main supplier for tower hobbies. Great Plains and Kyosho "went their seperate ways" and now Kyosho is starting their own distribution center here in the US. It is based out of SoCal now, so holpefully the costs of parts will go down some.

http://www.kyoshoamerica.com/# Is their website. I got a phone number off there and ordered some parts I needed directly from them. There was a flat rate of $7 for shipping, not bad for some stuff but for the small parts I ordered, it sucked. They have a dealer map on their site listing current dealers. They are always looking for more, so tell your LHS and maybe they will get set up.

[Will]

Originally Posted by FrankyRizzo

Let me know what they go on sale for.

you got it franky i have to go over there soon to pick up some supplies for my tube chassis and place an order for some 2.2 moabs(maybe) so i will see how many are left

[jimbobmarley]

there is always www.rcmart.com they still have them

but i wouldn't get a twin force - but the TWIN FORCE SPRINT - comes with esc etc for the same price...

only problem is i have only seen it on kyosho.jp.com website :neutral:

[BigBoy]

I have seen the TF Spirit on the Kyosho site but where did you see it for the same price as the kit?

[snakeman]

Don't think they are going to bring it over any time soon (spirit).

I got mine from Tower right before they quit selling them. Got it for $219 + shipping so $239 isn't that bad. If your going to crawl it I would suggest the helicut gears for the diffs. I wish I had from the start.

Also, there is a one-way bearing on the front output for the transmission so when going forward its 4wd, but in reverse its 2wd. Easily curable, just order a drive cup for the rear output and put it on the front (I have one I'm not using anymore). you will need to grind a small flat spot for the set screw to sit though.

Jeff

[JohnRobHolmes]

so the diff uses a one way drive cup like the mad force eh? that could be very useful since nobody makes one way pinions anymore....