e88: Project Tamiya Mudblaster hits the Skate Park! 

OMG! Just installed the double wishbone suspension on my Blackfoot and it is amazing! Just bashing around around the back yard it truly transforms the truck. No more donkey kicks on big bumps, the truck just takes flight. I have three ORV's and was just going to convert one, but now I'm considering the lot!

Cool jumps! The wall side touching jump is a great shot! And for you Alberto, fixing and improvement of the damaged part is not a big deal!

Another splendid vid Mr Ampro. Thanks as always for sharing your RC experiences. It must take up a lot of your precious time filming, editing and posting videos, as often as you manage to do so. I think re the component failure, she'd have failed a lot sooner and more dramatically without your developments and improvements. When I think of the frequency of component failures I suffered back in the day, on stronger cars than the Blackfoot and even in recent years on big ticket cars, it frankly beggars belief. You've done well to develop such a reliable platform for regular use and abuse. Please do keep up the good work for as long as you are willing and able. All of your efforts are greatly appreciated by many people.

Nice footage! Love that body and the brace! Might have to get it for my Monster Beetle some day if I wanna go jump on tarmac. Never jumped and landed on tarmac like you did without something braking so don't blame 30 year old Tamiya plastic ;-) It was nice to see though that all Ampro parts held up! Thumbs up for your parts and the nice slo-mo jumps!

Perhaps consider printing the new motor plate in metal like you did for the rear shock mount braces? Or just fab one out of a bit of aluminum plate. I'd be worried the nylon wouldn't hold up to the heat and constant rotational hits when you start, stop and reverse. I could see it ovaling the screw holes quickly.

I need a Blackfoot like that

Do you know if they make anything today to widen the wheelbase on the tamiya trucks? My Monster Beetle can flip easily if you turn sharp. I just thought if there was a way to just bring he wheels out a bit, it could remedy this situation. Your thoughts?

I never realised a skate park would be such a great place for an RC car. I think it is!

When you come awful the jump you're supposed to get off the throttle and it will not show up the dog bones or your gears in the gearbox

oh noez.. (you didn't do it Tamiya did!) they created the frog that was a mechanical nightmare and not such a great performer either, wasn't moving. "oh hey lets put jumbo wheels on it and call it the Blackfoot and Monster Beetle!" causing super gearbox problems, of course. the front end with its aluminum hangers and 4 plastic upper lower arms "stabilized" with the steel rods, what can I say? I hope that guy was fired. the actual space frame red chassis, I LIKE, kind of a shame they didn't make brackets for making use of a FOX gearbox and rear suspension arms/shocks (the whole pod!) and something similar up front. the shared shock on the FOX front end makes it kinda floppy side to side but transfers weight to the rear outer wheel for getting around really good. I'll kinda blame/credit FOX/Falcon for giving birth to the RC10, later the stadium truck blitzer beetle RC10T and the Losi versions... or long story short I'm just not a fan of the Frog or all it's ill conceived babies. the transmission issue could have been near solved with making the side plates from sheet twice as thick, and something entirely different created for its front suspension. serious, maybe 3D printing to put FOX front rear stuff onto a Frog frame would be an awesome kit and "new RC car"? might turn peoples heads who know the old Tamiya stuff.

Would you mind giving the part numbers for the shocks you’re using? Almost looks like fronts on the rear....thanks

Man, I want that rear suspension.

That was great! fun spot .... you never see motor fall out that was weird ...I bet somebody used blue thread lock on the plate bolts or motor screws and it seeped out onto the plastic because if it does that tamiya plastic then cracks apart from it sitting on it it destroys it.

Nice video. What kind of tires are those

Where can we get the AMPRO decals?

Looks like it is pretty well balanced, landing smoothly most of the time. Edit: I ordered most of your stuff for the ORV including the body mount braces, I was wondering if the cross bar for the body mount is included or did you not release that part yet? My order has not arrived yet but I'm looking forward to building my Blackfoot. The MIP diff is also still at the German customs office, hurry up postman!

Oversprung + underdamped = 80's Tamiya :)

Nice job Dude: the Black foot body suits it perfectly i'd like to buy one and put a Monster Beetle body on it but these trucks aren't cheap !

I hope you bug the bolts out of them $1000 cars. Fun video to watch..

Never thought I would ever see a hard bodied tamiya in a skate park! I cringed when I saw the title, but it wasnt painfull to whatch after all😊 Nice vid!

Nice video! Yeah a skateboard park is a cool place for RC cars but yes, as you said you have to watch out for people at the park! I like to bring my Lunchbox to those. In you experience, how tough are the gears in this type differential? I have a few Frog style chassis and on the Monster Beetle I have the counter gear chipped teeth and the car could be used. Maybe just brittle old plastic? When I saw the title I thought I was going to see a Tamiya Mudblaster with a Subaru body!

seeing as you have both trucks... what do you think the chance of making a stock blackfoot body fit on a king blackfoot chassis? Also, a 3d printed king blackfoot grille would probably sell good. fyi

Don't know if it helps your ratings, but I can't stop watching this video!!!

Ahh that's a relief, could have been much worse! I have an original Boomerang and every time I take it out something seems to break even just running it up and down the street. I guess the plastic got brittle over the years. It's gradually turning into a rerelease lol. I only got it a year ago though so I have no idea how it was treated up until then.

Would have been cool if you could of compared a similar equipped ORV with the stock rear suspension.

I do miss my Blackfoot whenever I see them in your videos! I feel about the ORV series, like Carmine feels about the King Cab..... WHY, I can't tell you! Nice day at the skate park. But then, any day out RC'ing, is a great day!!!

you can get the mount and insulator on eBay for 8 bucks

To bad there isn't an aluminum motor plate

Love it. Great vid. That brace on the body is a great idea for pickup bodies. My Tamiya Toyota Land Cruiser body cracked in the same place that you showed. A brace like that would have saved it (probably). I do a similar thing to you with the body post holes but use some spare lexan (or PET from packaging) stuck on under the body with car number plate (licence plate) double sided tape. It also stops the body rattling around on the posts.

Wow I've never seen a black Ford jump so smoothly in my life I have one right now I've destroyed every piece in the front of it I was very interested in upgrading it to the specs of this level how do I get in contact with you to purchase these items

How can I get a AMPRO decal?

In the air it looks ace ;)

Gorgeous Thing!

That was one tough truck

How do I get a AMPRO decal?