Driving my 70% completed King Kong RC CA-10 farm truck. This thing's a blast, even if it's not very fast!
Key specs:
Transmitter: Spektrum DX-6i 6ch 2.4ghz DSM2
Receiver: Spektrum AR-600 6ch
Battery: 1x Gens Ace 5000mAh 2s 50c hardcase lipo(Will soon be 2 of these running in paralell once I figure out how to mount the other one on the truck)
Motor: Castle 1406 5700kv brushless sensored motor
ESC: Castle Sidewinder SV3 sensorless brushless
Pinion used: 14t, included with kit
Steering servo: Hitec HS-77 low profile, 70oz-in and 0.14s/60º
I still have much to do on it, but it's just so damn fun to drive that I can't keep myself from throwin' a charge in the battery and headin' out!
Yes, I realize the steering servo is weak and slow. I chose it intentionally to make the truck steer in a more scale manner. My radio is a fairly old one and it lacks the ability to slow a servo down in software, so I had to do it in hardware. These trucks in real life lacked power steering and had a deep gear reduction in their steering boxes, so they were slow to turn.
They're not ready to run. When you buy one, you get a box of parts, and you need to furnish the motor, receiver, steering servo, et-al yourself. All you get is the truck. Well worth the build though!
Background on the truck this is representing: Starting life out as an International KH-11 farm truck, the US sold plenty of them to Soviet Russia during WW2 as part of Lend-Lease. Russia built clones domestically, known as the ZiL 150(Or ZiS 150). Production ended in the mid 60s, and were used both by civilians and by the Red Army for pretty much anything one could conceivably use it for. China produced clones of the Russian clone, which was called the CA-10 and did not go out of production until 1986. North Korea is known to have produced at least one clone. These workhorses featured a 90hp gasoline burning flathead inline six capable of propelling the vehicle to a startlingly high 25MPH, and examples can still be seen in rural expanses of Russia and China working as hard today as they did back in the day. For all their failings in regards to modern accoutrements and highway prowess, they make up for in being nearly indestructible and incredibly easy to service!
