Finally got a quiet weekend (kids with Grandma, my woman is at work, my team does not play untill monday night). So I put in more work on The Funky Gecko.
original build thread:
http://traxxas.com/forums/showthread...HE-FUNKY-GECKO
So far the front-front melded chassis has been dyed black and is doing well :
the Tekin RX8 is boxed and waterproofed:
and the body is all prepped:
But as I mentioned in my prior post the chassis is much longer than I had anticipated (actually 1:6 scale) wich is pretty neat - it allows me more space for the boxed Tekin, a second rx box (for future electronics) and a larger motor if I choose.
But my body was still 1:8 scale and when I fitted the new body - It was too short!! In the back was the exposed rockers, axle and rear springs. I was thinking of how to cover up the rear (plastic box, cut and stretch the body, re-do and shorten the chassis etc etc) then I thought "Why?", Its The Funky Gecko - just make it funkier. P-FUNK . (Thats old school Parliament Funkadelic for you young cats.):
And so instead of covering up the rear I left it exposed and grafted on a partial roll cage with LED "off-road" lights.
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11-14-2010 04:38 PM #1
project 002: PART II: THE FUNKY GECKO WITH PERFECTED REAR STEERING (4WS)
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11-14-2010 05:09 PM #2
the project is still not completed yet - I am still linking the lights/wires/ fitment and details, but here is a preview
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11-14-2010 07:05 PM #3
hey noir, congrats on ur project, looks kind of like mine right now.
lol thanks for crediting me with the idea of the two front end summit:
http://traxxas.com/forums/showthread...olted-together
i started building mine this weekend and went on to post that it was coming along. So i hadn't yet seen your gecko threads so naturely mine when together a bit different sure u'll be interested in how i did it. get her running and a vid up soon, i'll try and do the same.
interesting body.T8 sensored/Xerun-150a/custom chassis/fit body
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11-18-2010 04:35 PM #4be prepared for a long chassis. The front end is designed longer than the rear. I attempted to make it as close to stock as possible and still maintain the rigidity of the frame but I still came in two inches longer. 1:6 scale rigs have few bodies to choose from and I really wanted to keep the 1:8 gecko body that I had planned for it.
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11-14-2010 07:14 PM #5RC Turnbuckle Jr.
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I'm totally loving this machine can't wait to see it running around.Will it climb walls like a gecko?LOL
Mountains cant stop me
they have tried
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11-18-2010 04:31 PM #6Yea it does look "machine-like" . I am not certain if it will climb walls yet but it is showing its true 1:6 Originally Posted by jamann
"chameleon" side
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06-01-2011 01:36 PM #7
Thats so cool!
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05-12-2013 09:25 PM #8
just to let yall know
THE FUNKY GECKO LIVES
UPGRADES ARE PLANNEDLast edited by noir 522; 05-12-2013 at 09:29 PM.
proj 002: The Funky Gecko
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