Yesterday, my daughter and I took my Traxxas Stampede RC truck to a sand volleyball court. It was alot of fun. Here’s a vid of my daughter driving my truck in the sand.
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Fun in the Sand
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009Small doses of my offroad fix
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009With everything that’s been going on, Carrie is making me scale back my offroad plans for the Jeep. Right now, we are using it as the family car when we have to take everyone (including the dogs) out of town.
That being said, I picked up a used Traxxas Stampede. It’s a fun little truck that I got used, and has had some mods done to it. Thus far I’ve not gotten much of a chance to play with it. The first time out, I blew the motor. After installing a new motor and correcting some wiring issues, I’ve played with it a bit more. I’m going to hold back on playing with it too much until I get a new set of tires.
The tires that are on it are a very nice tire, called Badlands. My problem is that alot of my RCing involves pavement, which wears these tires down very fast. I’m planning getting a set of Masher 2000′s for normal playing, and save the Badlands for a softer terrain.
Thus far the only mod I have done to the truck (with the exception of replacing the motor), is the RPM wide front bumper. Future mods include upgrading the suspension and eventually replacing the motor and electronic speed control with the setup from a Stampede VXL.
Here are some pics:
Here’s the truck after unboxing.
Some Poser/Flex Pics.
Some Poser/Flex Pics.
Another Poser/Flex pic that shows the new front bumper.