rcluke

hey guys, my brother is getting a Tamiya Blackfoot Xtreme for christmas, and i was wondering what it is like in all aspects of running, building, hop-up's, ect,

Any help would be greatly appeciated,

thanks a lot, rcluke

rcluke

cmon guys, one of you must own this truck

paintstikker

Hopups for it are mostly alloy, but Im not sure, because I dont really think I need much for my daily basher, except a new part once one breaks. I would replace the steering knuckles though, mine broke pretty easily. Im not much for aluminum, but I bought some for $10 shipped from the UK. It handles pretty well, but since it is 2WD, it wont climb over too many things without getting stuck. Make sure he gets a good battery, because it will go faster in my experience.

Building is straight forward, I finished mine in about 4-5 hours, and another hour with painting, stickering, etc.

rcluke

thanks a lot, where abouts in the uk did you get them from ?,

thanks rcluke

paintstikker

Im not sure, I got them off ebay. Ill go check.

rcluke

thanks

paintstikker

Well, its this: http://stores.ebay.com/RC-MALL

Sorry, but I said it was the UK, but its Hong Kong. I have seen them on ebay from the UK, though, just do a search. Shipping was only 2 dollars for me, so I didnt mind.

guver

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I like the 4wd version of it (twin detonator) I mostly upgrade the speed and dogbones and tires to make a 4wd stadium truck out of them. Bearings are also a nice upgrade. The TD is dog slow when new and increasing voltage speeds it up quite a bit. I think the blackfoot uses same gearing.

aircruiser

My dad had one and said they just rolled. He said the plastic body got murdered from the top heaviness so he got a bigfoot body instead.

guver

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Yea, I remember the TD being a bit top-heavy as well. The blackfoot would be even worse with it's heavier body.

rcluke

well it can't be any worse than the LB lol,

whats it like to drive, ? does it understeer, ect?

guver

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It's probably real similar to the LB, slow. The td doesn't understeer any, but is 4wd. I'd recommend it over the blackfoot because you get a whole nother axles,motor,shafts system for the front end and a lightweight body.

dickster

Well, I am still trying to shoe horn a 19t motor into ours. I have now ordered Tamiya pinions as the Robinson ones do not fit well - the grub screws fail the spur gear. This seems to be a common problem with pinions, you would think they would be a std design.

Hopefully it will fly on a 20t pinion.

Lunchboxer

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paintstikker

Lol, It's not THAT slow, comon!

xism

the twin detonator is way to downgeared. a car in that small size with twin 540 motors, could got away with a gear ratio at around 10:1 and still have enough power. but 16-18 ?! why is that? its geared like a farmer tractor or something lol :P

eddiebelanger

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it geared to pull you car when you break down..lol

paintstikker

Lol, I dunno about the TD, I just have a blackfoot...

dickster

I can recommend a 19t motor in one of these! We are now running a Chameleon Pro with the std 18t pinion and its great. Any ideas on how to fix the tyres? Tamiya do not rec that they are glued and they keep coming off!! (we have rubber bands on the hubs).

paintstikker

Tamiya usually says to not glue any of their tires, so they cannot be blamed for trany failure, or such. I always glue them anyways, especially since I don't usually use silver cans.

Lunchboxer

Not like Tamiya tranny ever fail........... [&:]

C.A.R.

Hey RCLuke,

We have a lot of experience at the shop with the Blackfoot Extreme; it's a great truck for a beginner. You will find the standard truck is fairly rapid; especially off-road. But, as stated, it will get stuck more often than a 4wd. It's a great all-rounder, with a great body on it and the ability to do wheelies as standard (warning: this can destroy the gearbox with a mod motor)

I would not recommend the Twin Detonator or the Double Blaze (the Double Blaze is currently out of production, because the Tamiya people broke the tooling!) Both Trucks are geared badly; and although they have such a lot of power to offer, they get boring quickly. The gearboxes are a bit dodgey with a really low turn motor too, so watch that, I'd say 19T max.

Definately get a Blackfoot, the second most fun chassis in the Tamiya range at the mo. (Second to the Lunchbox/Pumpkin)

Chris.

dickster

Interesting, I may do that then, I am just worried about the trans. The rubber band method is pretty good with std power.


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RichieRich

The Xtreme uses metric pinions if I remember correctly. Here's a link to pictures of mine: http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_m...d=17967&sid=18