Blizzards

[snapon boy]

That's a bummer. Sounds like you have a new body. Team blue groove has some nice repop bodies

149 r/c worx team driver

[Blowout]

Yep I got one. But might wait and see if I get the blower for it.

[snapon boy]

The blower kits are super cool!

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[Blowout]

He don't live more then 40 minutes from me going to try and meet up with him and try and get some ideas going for a new plow

[snapon boy]

Cool can't wait to see pictures of what you come up with! I'd have a plow if we got snow.

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[Blowout]

Well after some money saving I got mine set up. Had a little snow to try it and it works great

[snapon boy]

Those blowers are super cool

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[Blowout]

It don't like the heavy wet stuff but what snow blower does. I got a little left on my deck that's going to be gone tonight if I can figure out where I am going to mount the lights on it.

[snapon boy]

Maby on the top of the cab or on the blade.

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[Blowout]

Mounted them on the cat. Thought about on the blower but then when blower isn't on no lights.

[whitrzac]

Speed cat is up and running again.

5110kv, 5s.

[snapon boy]

We're still hoping for snow

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[QuesoDelDiablo]

Had mine out for some fun the other day, never driven it before.

Is it just me, or do these things have terrible slow speed steering control?


I don't care for the stock stick radio configuration, I want to see if I can get it so each track is controlled by it's own stick..

[dr frankenstyle]

I was lookin' for a funny pic' for the day3 giveaway and found these. Back when I built it, it snowed right after I got the chassis together but before I even decided on a body .... so I cut up a cat-litter jug, just to keep the snow out.



I called it the TIDY-KAT. ba-dum-bum



It hasn't snowed enuf yet this winter ... and it's s'posed to be 60-ish on Xmas.

[SilmarilS]

[dr frankenstyle]

We finally got a little snow, night before last, just over 2 in. of fluffy/sticky stuff. SOOo I got the old 'kitty down off of the shelf ..... and spent yesterday afternoon cleanin' her up and getting a new steering servo in and getting the nitro engine loosened back up. It's been a couple of years since the old "litter-jug" look.
Here's a shot from this morning ....



I call her " 'Nessa's Ice-Box " If you've seen my other builds, you know that I like to twist-up Old School style with some modern tech' into something a bit unusual.
It's runnin' Traxxas waterproof servos and the radio set-up from the boat (off-season) in a sealed rcvr box. I use a TRX EZ-start wand hooked to a Kyosho electric starter on the GS.



I split the body at an angle so it flips open for fueling and general access. I need to do some proper styrene work, but the cheesy sheet-metal works for now. I used the starter wand to hold it open, so it kinda blocks the view. I can take better pic's if needed.



It was giving me trouble staying in "forward", so I rigged the trans forward only now. Just gotta make sure that I don't need to back-up.



I've thought about swappin' her to electric, but I do love nitro's.



This thing makes me wish we got more snow.


Thanks for checkin' it out and for the likes.

[snapon boy]

I've got the batteries charging now!

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[dr frankenstyle]

Originally Posted by snapon boy

I've got the batteries charging now!

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As soon as I thaw a bit more I'm re-fuelin' for more.

[dr frankenstyle]

Well, there's not much snow left for now, but I tracked up the yard almost everywhere before it melted. That is until the starter gears shelled out again after the 9th or 10th fuel-up. It barked and backfired and that's all it took ....



... to bust the side out of the internal gear. This is the 2nd time it's happened in less than a gal. of fuel. Kyosho discontinued the starter, and now the gears, so it was time to figure out something else. I've had Revo's for years and the EZ-start has worked fine the entire time. And you can still buy 'em new, dirt cheap .... soooo I pulled the EZ' off of my Revo 3.3/Summit hybrid and bingo, the shaft on the GS-15R is the same as the 3.3 (well, .087mm smaller .... close enuf).
It had about 5mm between the EZ' and the back-plate from the old GS starter, so I dug out the stick of 1/8 x 1-1/2 aluminum and cut out some adapter plates ....



....and drilled and tapped one to mount to the engine back thru the old back-plate and one to fit the EZ-start. That allows me to mount it at any angle ....



and position the starter where it fits. It sits further from the engine, so I had to move the fuel-tank. I may swap to a Revo tank for more capacity, but for now I bungeed it to the roll-bar.



That just made more room without spreading the body as much. It all fits better this way ...



... with easy access. Ready to test-run tomorrow.



We're supposed to get more winter weather later this week, maybe it will be some more snow.

[snapon boy]

Very awesome information and upgrade

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