 TITLE: The Piglet
OWNER: Jester
BUILD THREAD: Click Here
The Specs
Length: 22.5''
Width: 14"
Wheelbase: 17.5"
Height: 13"
Electronics: 2 Novak Rooster Crawler ESC, Sprektrum DX6i, 2 Hitec 645 servo's
Motors: 45t integy motors front and rear, 8 tooth pinion front with a 9 tooth pinion in the rear
Wheels and Tires: Weld racing Cheyenne beadlocks (narrowed), Moab XL's (also have 40 series mud slingers)
Axles: Clod buster axles with Thunder tech racing alum knuckles
Shocks: HPI Savage shocks
The Ride
This build was based on Clayton Kraatz Evolution Warthog. I have been a fan of the Warthog for many years now and was impressed with the amazing tube work. I had come to the conclusion that I must try and reproduce the Warthog in a rc version, but after many failed attempts of trying to build a Warthog in a 2.2 class I almost gave up... Enter Ecoli (Chris)
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I had seen some of Chris's early tube chassis work and liked what I saw, after telling him what I wanted he agreed to give it a try. It was up to me to provide the pictures & blue prints, after a stop over at the Evolution shop I ended up with two dozen pictures of the BEAST. With so many pictures at different angles of the Warthog I sent them to Chris.
The next month and a half a new creature was born, " The Piglet ". This mini monster is 1/8th the Warthogs size and just as cool, 70-80 feet of 3/16 tubing was used and was brazed using Silver solder. It may be smaller then the 1:1 but is just strong, in fact is can support a 218lb man!
Both the Warthog and Piglet have four wheel steering, amazing amounts of flex, insane power and are driven by wild men. The Piglet is not just a Rock Crawler, it will be used for rock races, jumps and speed.
The Piglet performs perfectly for its size and is a force to be reckoned with. Hope fully the Piglet will get to tour with the Warthog at up coming events.
I can not thank Chris (Ecoli) enough for making this possible, with out his amazing tuber skills the Piglet would still be a pile of bent tubing sitting in my work shop. |
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