Mini Monster Trucks

[Peterbilt]

Mini Monster Trucks deserve a thread. Here it is.

[JonDax]

So where can I get one?

[Anthony]

you whould have to be more spacific about "mini-monster trucks"
like who makes them so that we all know what your talking about and anyone else that comes
all that is needed is a link:cool:

[Peterbilt]

well i would think that a person would be smart enough to realize that if i didn't have a link to some, either;

A) None Exist.
B) Some Exist and i have not yet found them.

This thread is also for people who did build a micro monster(i know people who have)or for people who are building micro monsters(i know people who are). This is for them to show their creations, and if i find a mass produced miro monster i'll immediately tell yall.

[Anthony]

i did not know that they had to be hand made
sorry

[Peterbilt]

thats ok, i'll start lookin to see if i can find mass produced ones

[Anthony]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5776.shtml
heres one but its not really an r/c truck but its mini
in progress of finding others
i also saw some one that made a mini clod im looking for that site now

[Fetztang]

go to exoticken.com he builds these kits so you can turn a canned heat + a juggy junior into a monster truck with suspension or without


http://www.projecttwin.com/minipajeropics.htm


woops pic dont work go to www.projecttwin.com/minipajero
i think that should work


edit 2 : nope it dont

[Anthony]

umm that link does not work :confused:

[ProjectTwin]

Here is the link (http://www.projecttwin.com/minipajero.htm) he was shooting for.

That's my Mini Pajero.

I'm going to re-build it sometime soon hopefully.

Jason

[NitroRookie]

Are you talking about the Patriot Mini-Monster trucks or something completely different.

[ProjectTwin]

Here is a link (http://www.projecttwin.com/images/minituber) to an old one I was working on.

Jason

[Possumbot]

nitro- they're talking like micro rs4 or smaller rc monster trucks.

[Anthony]

how much did that cost? i really like that

[tadium54]

find a link to JAnderson. he made a few i think

[L96780]

I want to build a mini Ripper but need help choosing moters. It is going to have 2.2 truck tires on it: A stock motor, stock micro rs4 motor, or a modifyed micro rs4 motot?

[mr.big.rc]

im now starting my own little monster and would like to know how you atach the chassis link deals to the gear box and front stearing box.i couldnt see the pics good enough to tell.i was thinking about using camber links or tie rods?thay have to move dont thay?any help would be great

P.S. mine will be almost all custom,im not going to buy a chassis i got a good idea of how to make a plastic chassis.:D i hop i will have it done in a month or less

[killer_d76]

:ö: when i read this post, i said to myself, "this things are cool!", lucky enough, my kid have a 1/24 Mini 4wd Monster truck (by Tamiya) collecting dust on the shelf, with my 5yr old son go signal, we started to do some surgery with the kit, we used an old Futaba 2channel AM reciever, an old 148servo, and a quantum reverse powered by 6pcs. AAA 1500 batteries, and an old Tamiya Plasma Dash Motor. what we did was, remove the stock battery holder, and remove all the excess plastic to smoothen the chassis, i cut a piece of thick plastic into a fat "T" shape to be used as a front suspension arms, and we shaped a thick plastic into something like a hub carrier to hold the front wheels (front wheel axle was cut in half) , and some tamiya mini-4wd FRP plates as a steering link with some ballcups and allum. ball studs(?) to connect it to the steering servo (whew!..i wish my camera is working now) we also used a 1/24 size Isuzu MU to cover up all the electronics!, oh, all the electronics sits on top of the chassis and fits perfectly ;) , as of now, the mini-truck doesn't have any spring or shock damping system, it relied mostly on it's soft tire to absorb small :D bumps, accelaration was great, thanks to stock low gear ratio on the kit, but top speed was a bit slow for my taste, but for a 5yr old kid, it's more than enough!!, great thing about this kit is it's sealed gears, no worries of breaking gear teeth while having fun on the dirt ;) how does it handles?.. great!, with proportional steering and speed what more can we ask for?.. a shock damping!, that would be first on the list, but i'm working on a simple damping system where servo would be mounted on the axle, and still on the drawing board is a 1/24 4WD twin motor Mini-Monster Truck, a small version of the Tamiya wild dagger. -æ

[MMTM]

I built on of those also based on the article in RCCA. Here are the pics of my truck.

http://www.knology.net/~MonsterPirate/images/jugg1.jpg

http://www.knology.net/~MonsterPirate/images/jugg4.jpg

JASONINAUGUSTA has one modded with a custom 4 link chassis like a fullsize Clod. It Very sweet!

Here is a link to his Mini monster page http://www.projecttwin.com/minipajero.htm

[killer_d76]

:ö: hey that thing looks sooooo cool, but isn't that Auldey race tin doesn't have proportional steering and single speed only?, that's the reason why i chose to use the Tamiya wild monster as a base chassis, so i could use my old Rx/Tx , servo and esc, i'll post some pics too soon, but my truck is not as good looking as yours :(! happy mini-off-roading! :D -æ

[WhoKnowsWho]

I'm going to order one of these this week to see what it is like...

http://www.rodkrapong.com/car-bigfoot.htm

I think I remember reading somewhere that they use two motors... not sure. Either way, they look cool, and use the electronics from the Tyco Canned Heat, or Audley as know elsewhere. I'll post results in this or some other forum.

[mr.big.rc]

it works like tank.it has no "stearing".it uses a motor on each side if the truck.

[killer_d76]

:ö: check out the pics of my mini-monster truck, it's at mini-zracing.com under mini-z science!, it works really cool, co'z i used an old 1/10 R/C scale electronics, so controlling the truck is not much of a difference from a 1/10 scale, except it's size that is!, a small rock the same size of a golf ball is too big for a 1/32scale! :D -æ

[kitty]

Originally posted by mr.big.rc
it works like tank.it has no "stearing".it uses a motor on each side if the truck.

I've been told that it does have steering. It utilises the original Race Tin magnetic turning system. There are a few pictures here and there from Thailand where they are extremely popular (both the regular Race Tin and the Bigfoot versions). There are some pictures on www.rodkrapong.com. That's the main page that's in Thai. I think they are in the Gallery. You have to hold your mouse over the links to find the one that says gallery. It shows some pictures of guys going through a small tabletop obstacle course and they have to have steering to be able to navigate it.

For what it's worth, I know the owner of rodkrapong/carmoworld and I'm helping him with translation of more pages into English. I also am working on a deal to start importing a number of products that he sells, including the Race Tins (regular and Bigfoot), the Bensu cars (aka OEM Bullets), possibly a few other types of cars and most likely hop-up parts/kits, tires, wheels, bodies, etc for the Race Tins. I probably will be selling them through one of the computer parts web sites that I work for.

[killer_d76]

:ö: kitty, that's cool!, but the most important thing "for me", is a porportional steering, i mean you can control the steering on how much angle your tires to turn, which varies the car turn radius, so you can negotiate well on corners or turns, i believe that magnetic steering function is like an electric motor but the difference is, that instead of the usual electric motor, you have placed something(a turn limiter) to prevent it from revolving such a usual e-motor does and keeping it from a fixed angle, and to make it possible to turn from left to right, is you just reverse the polarity (similar to reverse funtion on an ESC) to make the motor, in your case, a steering magnet to move from left to right!, one more thing, i understand that Auldey race tin have single speed only?!.. not good for off-road IMO, may result for loss of traction or wheel spin that is!, i didn't mean to insult or offend you kitty, actually that is just my own opinion or that's just how i see an Auldey race tin, please correct me if i'm wrong, but your web site is really cool;) plus the feature that can translate it to English?! nice job! ;) , have you heard of Mini-z by Kyosho?.. they function like a 1/10R/C but it's a 1/24scale cars! that thing was my first choice for my Mini-Monster Truck project but there are certain a problems encountered, so as to achieve a 1/10rc functionality/driveabilty, i've installed a.. what else? a 1/10 electronics on a 1/32scale Monster Truck by Tamiya!:D -æ

[WhoKnowsWho]

killer_d76, I remember reading about a mod someone did to get around the proportional steering problem. I don't know how well it worked but he installed some sort of switching relay on the controller and a knob. So small knob turns sent short quick signals to the car to make it only steer a little bit, and large turns made it turn more. I think it might end up being easier to install micro servos and such though! :)

[killer_d76]

:ö: yup! your right, it would be much easier (as for me) to install a servo rather than placing a switching relay ( i'm not that good when it comes to electronics ;) ), hey guess what? yesterday i was walking around the Mall to do some shopping and to my surprise, Auldey race tin (cars) and those little monster truck(rodkapong) are available here and it's everywhere!!! do you think it's cheap for $2.oo for the truck, and $4.50 for the race tin cars?!, isn't that, those little truck are supposed to be radio controlled?, i mean, no wires should be sticking out of at the back of the truck to your controller? and the truck should have it's own power supply, rather than having it powered by your controller thru wires?.. i am just confused :confused: -æ

[Heavy Throttle]

Time for Traxxas to make an electric "4wd Mini-Maxx". :D I would buy one in a heart beat...

[vsnakebytev]

Yeo Me !!!!!!!!!!!

I am looking into making like a 1/28 - 1/18 nitro monster! I have the lay out the plans just am confused on a way for a 4 wd set up. I am confused at this, I have anb idea but no way to make it so o well i'll wait for a manufacturer.

[WhoKnowsWho]

You could have pulled two rear end assemblies from another mini car. Setup some sort of aluminum chassis and attached it with rods, ala Clodbuster.

Or even made some sort of belt driven setup like the HPI car. That would have been strange.

www.carmoworld.com has a small bigfoot truck, not too fast but it is 4wd. Could be modified pretty well.

[hitstuff II]

I'm so happy I found this forum, I am 95% done with my mini mt, it is 18 scale, it is 4wd and has 4 wheel steering, it uses dual motors (mounted at each axel) and it has 4 touring car shocks (I need to find some softer springs in the future). The truck is mostly made out of 1/8 inch thick lexan, the chasis is made like a ladder chasis with two vertical sheets of lexan, the whole thing is stiffend by 1/8 inch thick fiberglass. The car also has dual ball diffs (I used brp diffs) and on them I mounted some tamyia tires, for now I am using 2 small (probably 180 sized) electric motors, from old toy cars, if I'm happy with the performance I will get a mini z or micro rs4 motor. Now all I have to do is solder the motor wires and do some radio checks. Btw I am using a six cell AA 1650mah batt, I have no digi camera but I will try to scan some pictures of the finished product.

[killer_d76]

:ö: wow that's cool histuff II!, can i ask how do you make the steering work?, being 4wd that is!, do you make it steer like those big earth movers?, like it has a joint in the middle and bend the whole body to left to make it steer towards left?,.. i have another project but it's still on the drawing board, a 4wd Trophy Truck ( a 1/32 copy and inspired by Ivan Stewart most Exotic Trophy Truck!) and to steer the front wheels, i have copied and modified the universal joint used on a 1/82 4wd Hummer!! i'm not kidding man, and you read it right it's 1/82 and it's 4WD!!! the motor he used is the same size as the electric motor used on pagers and cellphone as a vibrator, check it out at this site, http://www.micmo.de .. and you'll see lots of off-road "micro" trucks and submarine even, which is just slightly bigger than your finger! this German guys are great! and the controls are amazing! they are using a protional /standard size stick type FM radio transmitter! ( i seem to sound like the Guy on a Home TV shopping?! :D ) , but on my project trophy truck, i'll use a handmade 20trurn 130size motor, an Futaba MC330CR,a Futaba Mini-servo and 6pcs. batteries, same size as the batts used on a wireless phone!, and a shredder AM micro RX!, man i'm so excited with this project, and give it a test on the track i made for my first truck!, well if you'll ask about my first truck, it's great!, i've just upgraded my old electronics to a Futaba MC230CR (hehehe looks better than the old one :D) and a 6 pcs. wireless phone batteries, and a homemade 30turn 130size motor on a ballbearing can, with neodydium magnets(?) and boy with that motor! this thing is fast! though not as fast as Mini-Z or the Micro RS4, but compared with the speed (of the truck)using stock motor, this thing is 20x faster! but greatly reduced my runtime to 10 minutes only!, but i always have another freshly charged battery as back-up to continue terrorizing our backyard!! :D !! hey good luck on your project too! ;) -æ

[RC-addy]

didnt i see a mini monster project in RCCA about a year ago?:cool:

[killer_d76]

:ö: hey ! i have an updated pics of my mini-monster truck on this site!:
http://mini-zracer.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3672&pagenumber=4 ,.. hope you like it! ;) -æ

[ProjectTwin]

1/18 scale mini-monster (http://www.radiocontrolzone.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=97916)

Jason

[kitty]

Oops. I forgot that I'd posted in this thread and just stumbled across it again.

killer_d76: If those prices are in US dollars, that's a really good price! Check out the bulletin board at rodkrapong/CarMoWorld (same place). There are tons of pinoy guys on there and talk about a lot of mods. There's also an Auldey BBS on Yahoo that's mostly in Tagalog.

No offense taken by your first post, bro. Lack of propo sucks but the mod I mentioned is more for looks and fun and not racing or real bashing. You can take parts off the 1:10 Auldey to use on them and make them fully proportional, though. And they're pretty inexpensive where you are. There should be a few hops in Manila that sell Auldey stuff. Oh yeah, also check out 9turbo.com (http://www.9turbo.com) and Talingchan Circuit (http://www.geocities.com/talingchan_circuit/Html/taling01.html) for even more stuff. They're both in east Asia and are great guys. You guys over there can get lots of really cool stuff cheap!

[hpiguy]

Here's a link to Usagi's post on tinyrc.com. about the new Mini Z he's seen and photographed in Tokyo at the hobby show.

TONS of pics in this link of the new truck so enjoy:

http://www.tinyrc.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2107




And a bonus link of a tiny Kyosho R/C boat too:

http://www.tinyrc.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2300

[b_madd]

hitstuff i started designing one then i read your post and thats how i designed mine. im having problems with how im goin to get my suspension and drivetrain working. could you post a pic or describe it for me?

[rx78gp03s]

thanks gawd i found this forum!!!!!!!!!!
its like i'm not being noticed here in the monster truck forum.
but any ways, my truck is in progress right now. its about 60% done. all the tranny and diff work is done!(and thats the hard part) now all i have to do is figure out how to get cvd'sor uni joints on there. but i have a plan hehe. anyways, here's the link to my site that'll show my truck more in depth.
http://rcricer.myftp.org/goliath.htm

[amazeing]

i have everything worked out for my mini monster. i'm still deciding on wihich diff's to use. i'v looked at the maxx diffs, and tc3 diffs. what about the tamiya hummer diff's. can somone give me a price guide for differentials.

[killer_d76]

:ö: uhhmm sorry to disappoint you guys, but this is not a monster truck, but hey, its fully proportional! ;) -æ

[killer_d76]

:ö:

[randominsanity]

i no this isan rcca site but did anyone see that mini monster 4WD Micro RS4 mt in xtreme rc?
:confused: :confused: it had a phantom stock motor, etc etc etc

[jeepboy109]

have u guys ever heard of a new bright pt cruiser? its 3 sp[eed with steering im puttin in a 540 stinger airtronicks radio system and a msc im also putting long flex shocks on the bach and mabe 4wd ing it its all in the cusomizing baby!ill get pictures up soon

[WDGuy]

you seen that on rcrock.com .

[jeepboy109]

no i didn't me and my neighbor just started doing it! its turning out great but i will check ou www.rcrock.com! thanks!

[jeepboy109]

i can't find it could u give me a a link to the exact site?

[Stocker452]

Here is a pic of a micro monster on another RC forum. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE ANY IDEAS FROM THIS IMAGE IF YOU SEE ANY GOOD THINGS. IF YOU MUST AT LEAST GIVE CREDIT TO DAVE AT XRC!

[sawhit4]

thats a nice truck. Does he have cantaleiver (probably spelled that wrong) shocks? i was thinking about trying that on my mini monster truck but i dont think i could.

[sawhit4]

where do you get lexan bodies that small? and where do yall get axles?i see some good axles that arent out of another cheap rc like Projecttwins mini?thats for the help

[WDGuy]

I would trade my T3 for that truck, that thing is cool as heck.

[sawhit4]

my mini monster truck is close to being canceled.Im 13 so i cant drive myself to get the parts i need to finish it. my dad used to care but doesnt really now. he wont take me to get parts when i can use them and wants me to "take it slow" i dont know about yall but i think when someone can use the parts and has the money to buy them you should let them. I was planning to make this one to use untill i could afford a regular size one. It looks like that aint gonna happen unless i walk to my lhs which is about a 30 min. drive from my house.it looks like im screwed.later

[WDGuy]

lets see some pics of the progress.

[sawhit4]

im working on pics my dad has a digi cammera but neither of us know how to use it or post pics. i got the link bars im gonna use made today.so its sorta back on track

[sawhit4]

do any of yall know of a cheap rc monster truck thats bigger than the canned heat but cost about the same ammount?thanks

[WDGuy]

What do you need it for?? There are the tamiya 4x4 non rc trucks.

[sawhit4]

i dont think that will work i need the gearbox and steering assemblies to make my mini rc monster.i was goin to use the canned heat but i think its too small

[sawhit4]

are the jugg jr. and all the other cars in the mini 4wd series rc?or are they the kind you turn on the let the go

[WDGuy]

The trucks are not rc, but you could use the tires and body. The canned heat would probably work for the electronics and steering setup.

[sawhit4]

i got a cheap rc from my toys r us ive got it gutted and the parts hooked to my chassis.now i have to wire it

[davey]

Originally posted by Stocker452
Here is a pic of a micro monster on another RC forum. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE ANY IDEAS FROM THIS IMAGE IF YOU SEE ANY GOOD THINGS. IF YOU MUST AT LEAST GIVE CREDIT TO DAVE AT XRC!

Hey I saw that truck on the wild hobbies website.
http://www.wildhobbies.com/news/default.asp?cmd=view&articleid=1065

It looks like PTI Racing will be producing Dave's truck as a kit. Dave must have hooked up with them. Apparently the news was released at the Visions Hobby show in vegas this past weekend.

I have that issue of XRC it was in and it is awsome. Major articulation. B3 buggy shocks and cantilever suspension. Wayyyyyyy coooool!

[davey]

Originally posted by davey
Hey I saw that truck on the wild hobbies website.
http://www.wildhobbies.com/news/default.asp?cmd=view&articleid=1065

It looks like PTI Racing will be producing Dave's truck as a kit. Dave must have hooked up with them. Apparently the news was released at the Visions Hobby show in vegas this past weekend.

I have that issue of XRC it was in and it is awsome. Major articulation. B3 buggy shocks and cantilever suspension. Wayyyyyyy coooool!

I found this video clip of it in action.
http://www.one18th.com/showtoy.php?id=1215

[CRSMP5]

does the team losi mini t count??

[Devillish]

iam working on making a 1/18th MT like in that RC racer mag. But iam using aluminum for the chassis and probably will use dual motors and oil filled micro shocks if they dont cost to much. So far i have spent 8 bucks on it since i had the TC3 stuff already. I got the wheels, need tires. Iam gona use a Dakota body. I really just need to get a micro ESC and figure out how i wana set up the steering.

[killer_d76]

:ö: my mini-truck creation! ;)

http://community.webshots.com/user/killer_d76

-æ

[[]-[][]D[] MT]

hey if you guys are looking for bodies prama makes lexan bodys for slotcars. just thought that might help

[Herpetologist]

test

[NewToNitro]

Im working on a 1/18 monster similar to the one in RC Driver. Mine is the same idea just a few minor changes.

[minijosh]

have u guys seen the new tamiya tlt-1? 1/18 scale 4x4x4 and runs a 540 motor. then venom-racing has a 1/20 scale 4x4 truck rtr. they run the 380 size motor. go to both websites and down load the videos. I want one but don't know which one.

[cbr74]

Actually... the stock Mini Giant motor is a 280 can... but it'll accept a 370. Here's my pair with my MGT for size reference:
http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Apr/2004454184600071411516.jpg

[shibby6]

hey does n-e-1 know the diameter of the wheels and tires of the tamiya juggernaut jr.?

thanks I'm trying to make my micro rs4 into a micro indoor monster truck and all I need now are some tires and these look perfect only if I knew the total diameter

p.s. in milimeters please

[shibby6]

btw I would like the total width too!

thanks

[watsong1]

http://duratrax.com/cars/dtxd11.html
i reallty dont think i would want anything smaller. I put a waterproof ESC from LRP electronics with a Traxxas waterproof reciever box and a Traxxas waterproof servo this little thing damm going through any puddles and the puddles are getting bigger all the snow is melting the deepest i have taken it was through was almost 3 inches deep and about 6' long and it came out the other side asking for more

[watsong1]

here is the Waterproof Duratrax MiniQuake i call it the MiniV
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[Bob83]

Thanks I like it..........