Snowmobile

[BrianG]

pullinteef, How does it hold up durability-wise? In the vids, it looks "heavy", like it sinks too much. Even though it's just a 9L, I bet you had no problems with temps.

Looks like I'll be getting one of those (nitro one) if I can scrape together enough for the asking price. It's the nitro one, so I too will be making my own motor mount.

Will a Medusa 36-80-2000 motor fit on there do you think? That motor on 4s or 5s should move it nicely if it can handle the power and not sink with the weight.

[pullinteef]

There's a few parts that will break for sure. I was in communication with the distributor guy in Rochester and he helped me out with some spares. It rolls over pretty easily and then breaks some of the struts on the front suspension, also a T-bar type piece that is the mainstay of the whole rear suspension broke more than once. It's actually pretty nicely designed, but not like driving a 1/8 buggy as far as durability. I'll take some pics when I have a chance. Yeah, the 9L actually worked great and is still working after JB welds of the rotor and can :) The guy also hooked me up with a great rider figure that really makes it look awesome, though it raises the COG quite a bit, making it even easier to overturn.

[nitrostarter]

Seems like those things might be some real heat monsters with all that free spinning track....

[redshift]

Nice clean layout there pullinteef!

Although you obviously missed their own warnings-

"Studding the track is dangerous, these machines run at 3000 rpm’s and will certainly injure someone if they touch the studs while running."

DANGER!!!!

And then under 'helpful hints' they go on to suggest-

"Track Studding. There are many variations of studding, this example is a good one for the stock track supplied in your kit. The suds are No. 4 self tapping screws, phillips pan head, 3/8 “ long. Due to the clearance in your drive sprocket and the rear side Idlers the screws need to be placed 1/2 inch from the edge, minor adjusting may need to be made, since there are many variations of drive sprockets."

I remember stories about weird mishaps, like some dude put 60 sheet metal screws in his Tamiya Frog tires and proceeded to tear it up on his frozen swimming pool, and put one (or both?) eyes out with flying screws lol.