> ACADEMY SB-V2 4WD Electric Truck Concept Vehicle

[BenG]

http://rcforum.co.kr/news/thumbnail/1/1097256055.w720-h401.resampled.jpg

This is a Academy/MRC's new concept vehicle 4WD electric truck.
The kit will be tested duing this weekend.

Stay tuned for more pictures and and information which will be available next week.

* This is only Concept Kit

[woOdy]

WHY??????????????

[jim76]

trying to cash in on the truggy popularity for those who don't do smelly cars?

[BenG]

lol, it does look nice, with yellow wheels and all.

Feel free to smack me now:D:D:D

[Chrislong]

*smack*

[DCM]

So, lets put one extra chassis brace in, slap some pig ugly truck wheels on there, and et'voila, a holy pig ugly mess.....

**SMACK SMACK SMACK**

[BenG]

*ow ow ow*

Ok, I have come to my senses, thanks.

:D

[xx4-nutter]

whats up with every one today, all seem arsey .. :eh?: :cool:

it looks like a good starter , cant be that expensive can it ?. id like to know how it went :). didnt a few people race these sb sports a while back, the likes of cockerill and such ?, they didnt look too bad at some of the york meetings i saw them at when people used to run them. is it just fads people go through or is it that people like to be different to others and run things car wise no one else has ?

Garry D.

[DCM]

cause the car would eat itslef to bits on all the metal parts, and what wasn't metal, was as floppy as a floppy thing on a rather windy day!!! it was excusable on the SB Sport, but should of been solved with the V2. The V2 was still born as it was sooooo long in coming, and then it was only a little stiffer than the previous car, and it still ate it's metal parts.

[Garry]

Its becuase Academy spent too long making plastic warship kits, they forgot what metal was.

If they were to make a motor, they'd try a plastic one. :lol:

The FRP touring car was ballistic in low-grip conditions though.

[Elliott Hopkins]

For a while I considered the SB Sport as a purchase because of the low cost and cool shell.

Oh well.

(strokes bright red Dark Impact).

Elliott.

[Elliott Hopkins]

It's not 4WD, its 2WD. No shaft!

4WD MT? Never seeeeenn one of thooose before ... HPI have very sadly proven there isn't a market for them. The HPI RS4MT rocks.

Elliott.

[DCM]

The worst bit of it all is the fact that, once you have fortified the SB, it is a good car, but you basicaly buy the kit for the transmission and suspension.

[jimmy]

Its 4wd, there are front drive shafts.
I assume there is no centre shaft since it wasn't ready for the photo..

[Elliott Hopkins]

I'm just not funny am I? I'll be quiet. :)

[jimmy]

;););)

[Mr Spock]

Quite correct, Captain.

[Chrislong]

Well with those big tyres, the extra leverage will make it eat its own steel really quick.... I mean so quickly, if you stare at the car long enough, it'll just be a pile of floppy plastic.

*smack* :D

[AndyM]

*smack* :D


yoo like the whole *smack* thing dontcha Chris?

;)

the car/truck thingy looks like an SB with big wheels on

i wonder how it drives?

[DCM]

Probably like an SB with big wheels, roflol, as bugger all else seems to have changed....

[AndyM]

na, its the same, just has a couple of purple supports in the middle, nd battery slots at each side :wtf:


o, and the big wheels

[Garry]

It looks like theyve used 2 top and bottom decks to extent the chassis/wheelbase. Probably a prototype before proper length carbon decks were made.

[Cain]

Hey everyone.

This vehicle was something Dave G put together over here in the USA as a fun vehicle to see what it would be like.

This is based on the SB V2 Pro which is SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER than the SB V2 Sport. The issues with the SB V2 Sport have been corrected here, with the only things that are extremely minor being us AE diff lube instead of the included stuff to improve the life of the diff.

This is just a concept, but has generated lots of interest as over here most of the tracks do double duty for 1/8 scale and take a big beating, so much so that usually the only electric class that can handle it is the truck class.

Figure in the benefits of 4wd, the rough track handling of stadium trucks, you have a winner there for those who want it. Add in lipo and brushless and extreme runtimes await.

As for the HPI MT, the issue with that vehicle was they went with a belt setup. My buddy had one, and either you caught something up in the belt, or running the inner body made everything just way too hot.

[annie_himself]

I don't see why everyone is so hot-headrd about. Its a electric truggy, the chassis is stretched and I'm sure the arms are also. And its only a prototype. Chill.

[jimmy]

here here! :)