FAN FRIDAY FEATURED BUILD BY ANDREW DYKIEL
Andrew’s build info;
This whole project dubbed “Thumper” started out as just a bare chassis I had received in trade from a friend of mine and fellow RC’er.I had a vision in my head of what I wanted the outcome to be and drew up some ideas on a piece of paper and next thing I knew I had a plan of what I wanted this to turn into. I built this truck in about 4 months, basically from start to finish just in time for its maiden voyage at the local G6 Competition, I was helping host. I started building back around Jan-May 2017 and May was our comp lol. I ran Thumper through the competition that year and it performed flawlessly. Unfortunately, the build did leave my hands and changed hands a few times over several years but as fate would have it, Thumper found its way back home to me and here is where it will stay.
Thumper is built with a lot of stock parts I had laying around but also a lot of custom-made parts and upgraded parts from Axial and here is a quick list of everything.
- SCX10 front and rear axles
- ax10 trans with all metal internals
- 32t pinion with a 56t spur gear
- Custom made aluminum 4-link front and rear link rods with Traxxas ends
- Axial Racing alum steering link setup with a stock Axial 180oz servo which I waterproofed myself
- Aftermarket knock-off king off-road 110mm shocks with faux reservoir
- Custom built Aluminum battery tray and chassis plate
- Stock Axial 27T motor
- Hobbywing 1080 esc with xt60 connectors
- Tamiya F350 hardbody which that I custom hand modified the bed area to fit the cage in the rear
- Custom body mounts I made from PVC sheet i milled out on my mill
- 9 PitBull Rock Beast XL tires with PitBull Foams
- 9 Aluminum Beadlock wheels
- Custom made LED Headlights powered by a 9V battery
- LED lightbar on the roof is a new addition just recently
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