thnx for the info SN96, bnut i just found out that my dad left the connector cable for the camera at a friends house, and he is not ready to willingly go retrieve it, so, i dont think i have any images anytimg soon so i guess ill just try to show you what i have through some for of silliness…
i also have some rubber tracks and 4 wheels ecspecially designed for the tracks, 2 of which i attached to the back suspension system and will also attach 2 to the chassis for idler wheels
I forgot to mention that if you are going to use thumbnail links from imageshack, you do not need to add the tags. The only time you need to add these tags is if the link does not have them, otherwise you will wind up with tags that show up with your image like you have above.
Anyways if your building a tracked vehicle and are only using one or two engines then you have to have a gear box. No other way around it.
Also I dont think your going to have good results with that RC car end. First of all the 4WIS is going to just screw up your treads. Not to mention the rear has built in tow in which will casue the wheels to no track correctly with the treads. If you going to be doing something of that scale, I would just buy an already proven design.
that is a pretty nifty device u got there, whered u get that pic from?
anyway, i guess all that goosh means that my design wont work , hmmmmmmmmmm, i think ill just buy a bunch of antweight parts and build a tinny little version of what was once going to b a giant beast, or ill just make a smaller version of my original design…hmm descisions descions
Looks lika a Kyosho Nitro Blizzard chassis. I’m looking for the electric version. Very hard to find everyone is out of stock. Let me know if you find a source and I’ll do like wise.
i can barley find anyplace that sells them nvm one thats in stock, i only found one store that was in stock but it was nitro and they didn’t ship over seas(it was in europe)
Flash Burns, thats what ur lookin for, idk if they’re in stock, but they are expecting a new shipment mid-april (this info is at the bottom of the screen) its cheaper too
i think i may but one of these things, but then wheres the fun in trying to build your own?
ive also been interested in this vehicle
ultimate hobbies ultimatehobbies.com//index.html carries them and are expecting a new shippment in the next month or two. so says the woman i talked to
I just talked to Jesse at UltimateHobbies and he informed me that if an internet order is placed prior to 02/28/06 shipping is free and the price for the Kyosho Blizzard EV will be 159.95 instead of 189.95. I’ve seen one up close and they are pretty trick. He expects them in by end of march. Also doesn’t know how many he’ll get, may only be a dozen or so units. So act quickly if interested. I’m going to get one as they are the ultimate tracked vehicle in my opinion. For those that don’t want to spend that kind of money or need that level of sophistication try Tamiya’s line of tracked bot platforms at
Kind of hard to come by, but if you can get one, the Matilda chassis is very nice. Very versatile and robust. Used for several military projects. Probably also very expensive.
This pic dosn’t do it justice, since there’s no scale. The thing’s about 4 feet long.
25K per unit to be more precise. Though I often have money than cents (lol) I can’t see paying that kind of money for a tracked vehicle. On second thought my tax dollars have probably bought a piece of one. I wonder if they’ll let me borrow one for a while. hehe
They can’t quite take out a tree, but they are very robust. The one I worked with (picured previously) was somewhat souped up, but you could ride around on it just fine. Fast little booger too.
It was used as a mobile reconissance platform. The white saucer is a high-accuracy GPS. The black thing on the back end is a deployable video pod. The four vertical motors in the center are drills that could plant sensors in the ground. It was a cool project.
For that much money, you could buy a car and outfit it with a couple of drills and a video pod, lol.
I think that my next project is going to be sort of like the Lynxmotion Johnny 5.
I want to use the Blizard as a mobile base with a couple of feet of aluminum tubing attatched to it.
Then, from a base on top of the tubing that’s on top of the Blizzard, I’ll mount the Humanoid torso.
This way, I’ll get a bot that’s the height of a child that can drive around the house, and open doors, and do other such tasks, not being limited to the ground level.
I might also hang an arm underneath that flying base so that it can reach things that are on the ground, or above itself.
i have a qesution about the special offer on the Blizzard EV, for the lower price of 160, do i have to call in to get that or does it atomtically figure it in? please respond ASAP
o yea, i called them at ultimate hobbies and they told me the new order would be 159.95, but they didn’t say if it would cost that much if i back ordered one
, hmmmmmmmmmm, i think ill just buy a bunch of antweight parts and build a tinny little version of what was once going to b a giant beast, or ill just make a smaller version of my original design…hmm descisions descions 
