Monster Truck Madness – Losi LMT is Getting the TLR Treatment
Hey guys and Happy Thursday!
Just a sluggish information day in the r/c monster truck world, eh? In case you missed it, Losi announced a limited edition TLR Tuned LMT.
The major specs that differentiate from the RTR model, save for the apparent that this is a builder’s package that wants electronics and tires to be completed-
– Carbon Fiber Chassis Plates
– TLR shocks
– TLR impressed Servo Saver
– Low CG Battery Tray
– Wheelie bump with flag mount
– Longer wheelbase
– Universal physique mounts
– Aluminum Upgrades to incorporate entrance spindle and carriers; rear toe blocks and 4-link bars
Before discussing the precise truck, this being a launch is cool in and of itself. It’s not precisely on a regular basis you see one thing geared toward the stable axle monster truck racing crowd on this scale, from certainly one of the largest gamers in the r/c world. Another instance of how mainstream these sorts of autos have gotten.
The precise launch right here is fairly slick. I believe when you tally it up, there’s proper round $800 {dollars} in hop-up components right here, so even at the value of $600 you getting lots of stuff you’d in any other case want so as to add ala cart.
I notably recognize that the axles now have bigger bearings to raised accommodate the energy and RPM that’s being thrown at them, as I upgraded my unique LMT to a setup using these. Now you may get them, together with axles sporting machined components at essential spots, proper from the field.
The shocks are actually mounted on to the backside hyperlinks which give a extra tunable setup that has lengthy been the most popular efficiency oriented setup for these sorts of vehicles.
The low CG battery tray is a really good possibility half too. My private racing LMT was modified with certainly one of these a couple of 12 months in the past and it made an enormous distinction in serving to to make the truck much less prime heavy in the air.
The really feel and vibe of this package is very a lot that of one thing you’d get from a smaller batch aftermarket builder, which has lengthy been route the stable axle monster truck racer needed to go to get one thing like this. Now, that builder is Losi direct.
I hit the pre-order button fairly shortly after the truck was introduced. I had been searching for a second truck to race in my native membership’s Pro Modified division, and whereas I had deliberate on doing an Axial primarily based shaft truck….this modified my plans instantly. My unique Rotten Apple LMT is going to have a brother very quickly.
The trickiest factor about this launch shall be discovering a physique to make use of for it. The wheelbase is stretched to fifteen″, and that’s a protracted truck. I’m planning to make use of a JConcepts Chevy Snoop physique for it, however we’ll see the way it appears after I get mine constructed up.
And constructing mine up, I’ll do. Look for my construct particulars and impressions of the TLR Tuned LMT simply as quickly as my pre-order arrives, which in line with Losi ought to be mid-April. After that, it’s going to be a protracted Summer battling mod Clods, SMT10’s and different LMT’s! I can’t wait!
Until subsequent time, hold it on all 4’s.