Mini Giants
 

hey can u guys who have mini giants posts pics of them b/c i want to build one and i want to see how they look and handle thanx guys


Nate

Re: Mini Giants
 

Check out a couple movies of it crawling here:

http://stlouismtb.tripod.com/rc_s/MOV04427.MPG

http://stlouismtb.tripod.com/rc_s/MOV04431.MPG


Here is my Custom Venom Mini Gaint:

http://stlouismtb.tripod.com/rc_s/DSC04423.jpg


Mods:

6.6:1 Gear reducer on top of tranny, 100:1 Final Gear ratio

Axle mounted steering servo

Canileaver Suspension

Soft springs on shocks

Bearings

Locking Steal wheel nuts, Don't laugh! It's a Mod on this truck, LOL

SPY ESC, Futuba Radio Gear

Modified Wheels

Custom battery pack

Cut tires

Oh, and the Grave Digger Body I airbrushed on a Losi 50's pannel van. Really makes the truck, IMO.

You can put this truck together for under $200. And it is just about unstopable as long as you can get a tire on it. There is more torque than you ever need!

http://stlouismtb.tripod.com/rc_s/DSC04443.jpg

Re: Mini Giants
 

hey thanx nice truck can u post more pics of it i can't get videos takes too long sry and anyone else got some pics for me if so show me u'r stuff



Nate

Re: Mini Giants
 

can we see some body off pics of that :mrgreen:

Re: Mini Giants
 

Here's mine as it was... Then I got the modding itch again and its again dissassembled and out of commision:

http://img19.exs.cx/img19/2452/IMG_424.jpg

My clearance:
http://img19.exs.cx/img19/7526/IMG_0424.jpg

http://img19.exs.cx/img19/1160/IMG_426.jpg

http://img19.exs.cx/img19/706/IMG_428.jpg

http://img19.exs.cx/img19/5559/IMG_430.jpg


http://www.rcpics.net/img/41049 (lo res 2.68mb)

http://www.rcpics.net/img/41052 (hi res 12.1mb)

You realize too, there is about 5 or 6 posts about VMG's simply on this first page of the Small Scale forum?

Re: Mini Giants
 

where did you get that dakota body?

Re: Mini Giants
 

Here is my MiniG as of this morning I still have to make aluminum electronics tray, body mounts and such but I'll get to it. everything is just there for now like the wires.... when done I'll polish it and put it all back together....

http://img126.exs.cx/img126/787/Mvc-002s.jpg

http://img126.exs.cx/img126/7043/Mvc-001s.jpg

Re: Mini Giants
 

MG, Have you been able to try out the new tires yet?

Re: Mini Giants
 

Never got around to ordering them yet. I will try to this coming week but I want to make a different chassis for those size of tires so that I won't have any rubbing issues with the bigger tires. something like a clod chassis for the MG. I'll let you know as soon as I get them..

Adam

Re: Mini Giants
 

nice trucks guys keep um comin



Nate

Re: Mini Giants
 

TeamFSU, sorry, forgot to respond. The dakota body is from pro-line. Its just a HPI micro body. They also have a GMC sierra body.

Re: Mini Giants
 

Whats the wheel base on your trucks?

Re: Mini Giants
 

can you run 2.2 rims on this?? ans what kind of tires are you running toys?

Re: Mini Giants
 

2.2's won't bolt up directly, though you could probably modify it somehow to work. I'd recommend against it because even with my tires (they are 2.2 buggy tires) the truck seems really bogged down and gets hot pretty quick (that's why I am trying to attach the gear reduction unit to it).

Re: Mini Giants
 

so what tire and rim choices do you have from?

Re: Mini Giants
 

Pretty much you can bolt up the mini-t wheels/tires with some minor mods or you can attach the chrome mini giant wheels. There are some obscure traxxas tires I picked up from my LHS (they only had one set) and through measuring, they should fit some of the aftermarket mini-t wheels.

Re: Mini Giants
 

Three quick VMG movies:

http://stlouismtb.tripod.com/rc_s/MOV00057.MPG

http://stlouismtb.tripod.com/rc_s/MOV00061.MPG

http://stlouismtb.tripod.com/rc_s/MOV00063.MPG

Re: Mini Giants
 

hey i like those little videos i just really like u'r truck but guys get u'r vmg's pics and post um in here so i can see wut u got thanx


Nate

Re: Mini Giants
 

hey can you show some closeup pics of the dogbones. and i know you cut them in 2 and use a metal tub to extend it but how do you attach the tube to the dogbone??? JB weld?

Re: Mini Giants
 

I can't get the pics for a few days because they are back at college and I am home for turkey day, but yeah, I just cut them in half, than slathered JB weld onto the rod end of the dog bones and when I inserted them, I wiped off any excess that came out the top. I just picked up some mini-t CVD's today though. Hopefully I can get some better driveline angles out of it.