pics and description of vulture tuber

[vulturebikes]

blue claws finally 3 oz of bb in fronts, 2 oz rear, venom fireball, lipo, custom tig welded brake line tuber chassis, behind the axle steering linkage, hi tec 245, 4link rear. stock shocks for now 50w. Pinion coming and paint/skins, moving upper rear links down in front and up in back for better climbing, high bellly for lots of clearance on the lava here.
cheers, Wade

[Taylor]

that looks wicked

[kasper]

Thats looking very good great build

[JatoTheRipper]

That is weird looking, but still cool. Nice work! I can tell by the Losi beauty rings that you have been putting that thing to a lot of use!

[Wild Snapper]

Cool rig man I like it.

[flexmonger]

Can we get some flex shots? Tell us how bad the torque twist is, and what shocks are the front?

[JOOTZ]

tuber looking wicked, how is your handling now ?

[vulturebikes]

Originally Posted by flexmonger

Can we get some flex shots? Tell us how bad the torque twist is, and what shocks are the front?

stock shocks, flex is reduced from the original, which is nice cuz the tires dont fall into big holes now. The whole rig is balanced better and will carry a wheel over holes if I drive just right. No torque twist, With the front shocks vertical, the range is ruduced and damping increased, it is amazingly stable. I killed the center diff lock (stock) yesterday at my friends house, he carried 2 p/u loads of bassalt to his house so its just jagged rock and holes, lots of underhang and sharp edges. I could have used a lower gear, I just had to try to punch it over stuff that I crawled with the stock motor(hmm, torque master mini in my future?). luckily the lhs should have my metal diff upgrades in today. On the natural rock outcroppings near my house I was really stoked about the performance, I love not hanging up on steering linkage on big roll over drop ins, Blue claws are amazing and the narrower belly rarely hangs up now.
cheers, wade
rock shots to come, hard to drive and shoot pics at the same time

[vulturebikes]

now i'll see what breaks next. Motor gets hot with the 13t pinion. I tried some rc4wd rock crushers, they don't stick very well but they go OVER everything, also not gear ratio happy. Brown santa please bring my pinions!
cheers, Wade

[vulturebikes]

I fixed my u -joint with some drilling and 1/16" tig rod and a couple of zaps from the welder we shall see. Nothing broken today! Sunny day with some fun rock action, enjoy.