02-03-2007, 10:51 PM
Hi!
As everyone knows, Micro Scales have a real tendency to be a bit brittle to your typical abuse...I found that out about three minutes after I bought my first Mini-T! "Great platform for fun but...how to make it more solid?!" I thought to myself.
Anyhow, after getting a bunch of alloy and mounting a Mamba 8000(came in the original sale from a member at XMW) I said "let see it go!"
![[Image: mini-t.jpg]](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/CowboySiR/mini-t.jpg)
Well, that lasted until I did a bit of underground car park bashing and hit a concrete pillar doing 35mph...
![[Image: mini-tdamage003.jpg]](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/CowboySiR/mini-tdamage003.jpg)
So right around Christmas last year I decided to buy another roller off eBay with a CF chassis and a bunch of other alloy to reinforce some other areas...it also came with the original stuff so I built a mostly stock roller, sold that and funded half the cost!
![[Image: mini-tupgraded002.jpg]](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/CowboySiR/mini-tupgraded002.jpg)
I don't know if it was a good or bad idea but I also switched to a mid discharge 3 cell li-po...more on that later.
From there I tried a bunch of different modifications and went and worked on the highest stress area of the truck...the front end. Her are photos of my 1/10th scale wheel mod(didn't last long...tires blew off the rims at speed) and my various creations to solidify the front end from bending/breaking. The alloy one is version1 and the one piece CF is the creation i use now:
![[Image: Mini-Twheelconversion008.jpg]](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/CowboySiR/Mini-Twheelconversion008.jpg)
![[Image: mini-tworks002.jpg]](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/CowboySiR/mini-tworks002.jpg)
![[Image: mini-twurks2004.jpg]](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/CowboySiR/mini-twurks2004.jpg)
As it stands now, I've pretty much replaced/repaired everything you can think of on a Mini-T. I've even broken the Magnet/Rotor stacks in the Mamba 8000 on a particularly bad crash backflipping at the skatepark. It runs a Mamba 6800(replacement motor from CC) a new three cell li-po from ThunderPower and has my other Spectrum RX. I've got the top speed marked at 54mph by the local Law Enfocement...they saw me playing one day and had to hit with their radar equipment!
Keep an eye out for my upcoming modifications...I have a thought to change the screw size holding the front end together and a BigOlBumper to add a little more shock absorbing....since I can't seem to keep any of the off the shelf alloy in one piece.(I wonder why,lol)
Here it is in all it's glory...roller and full build:
![[Image: Mini-Twurks3004.jpg]](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/CowboySiR/Mini-Twurks3004.jpg)
![[Image: mini-Twerks001.jpg]](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/CowboySiR/mini-Twerks001.jpg)
Thanks for looking.
As everyone knows, Micro Scales have a real tendency to be a bit brittle to your typical abuse...I found that out about three minutes after I bought my first Mini-T! "Great platform for fun but...how to make it more solid?!" I thought to myself.
Anyhow, after getting a bunch of alloy and mounting a Mamba 8000(came in the original sale from a member at XMW) I said "let see it go!"
Well, that lasted until I did a bit of underground car park bashing and hit a concrete pillar doing 35mph...
So right around Christmas last year I decided to buy another roller off eBay with a CF chassis and a bunch of other alloy to reinforce some other areas...it also came with the original stuff so I built a mostly stock roller, sold that and funded half the cost!
I don't know if it was a good or bad idea but I also switched to a mid discharge 3 cell li-po...more on that later.
From there I tried a bunch of different modifications and went and worked on the highest stress area of the truck...the front end. Her are photos of my 1/10th scale wheel mod(didn't last long...tires blew off the rims at speed) and my various creations to solidify the front end from bending/breaking. The alloy one is version1 and the one piece CF is the creation i use now:
As it stands now, I've pretty much replaced/repaired everything you can think of on a Mini-T. I've even broken the Magnet/Rotor stacks in the Mamba 8000 on a particularly bad crash backflipping at the skatepark. It runs a Mamba 6800(replacement motor from CC) a new three cell li-po from ThunderPower and has my other Spectrum RX. I've got the top speed marked at 54mph by the local Law Enfocement...they saw me playing one day and had to hit with their radar equipment!
Keep an eye out for my upcoming modifications...I have a thought to change the screw size holding the front end together and a BigOlBumper to add a little more shock absorbing....since I can't seem to keep any of the off the shelf alloy in one piece.(I wonder why,lol)
Here it is in all it's glory...roller and full build:
Thanks for looking.
I am the Stig.