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mistercrash · 12:34 PM

For now, it's just trying to come up with a nice electric conversion that looks factory made. I really want the LST, when will I be able to get it is unknown

We just bought a new and bigger house and we are still unpacking from the move three days ago

Lots of work to do around this house but I still want to squeeze this truck in.
As for the three piece bottom plate, it is no different than the stock truck, the XXL uses a rear and front skid plate and a middle one that are not touching each other as far as I know. They all look separately secured to the chassis rails. What I show in the last movie are three bottom plates that overlap each other to form a flat bottom. This is because the center plate would be lower than the stock one. At the same level with the front and rear plates. The center plate also houses the batteries so the lower it is, the better for a low CG.
With the help of a band saw, the one piece chassis rails should be fairly easy to make with a bit of planning. The hard part might be to find the raw material to make them at a reasonable price. I still don't know how high the stock chassis rails are, if they are 1.5 inches high or less, I should be able to find material to fabricate at a good price. If they are higher than that then I might have some difficulties.
Thanks for your feedback, I appreciate it.

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mistercrash Guelph, Canada, eh! Offline Posts: 1,083 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada	03.20.2010, 12:32 PM For now, it's just trying to come up with a nice electric conversion that looks factory made. I really want the LST, when will I be able to get it is unknown We just bought a new and bigger house and we are still unpacking from the move three days ago Lots of work to do around this house but I still want to squeeze this truck in. As for the three piece bottom plate, it is no different than the stock truck, the XXL uses a rear and front skid plate and a middle one that are not touching each other as far as I know. They all look separately secured to the chassis rails. What I show in the last movie are three bottom plates that overlap each other to form a flat bottom. This is because the center plate would be lower than the stock one. At the same level with the front and rear plates. The center plate also houses the batteries so the lower it is, the better for a low CG. With the help of a band saw, the one piece chassis rails should be fairly easy to make with a bit of planning. The hard part might be to find the raw material to make them at a reasonable price. I still don't know how high the stock chassis rails are, if they are 1.5 inches high or less, I should be able to find material to fabricate at a good price. If they are higher than that then I might have some difficulties. Thanks for your feedback, I appreciate it. No brain, no headaches. Last edited by mistercrash; 03.20.2010 at 12:34 PM.