[Chilly Duncan]

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Armageddon is one of the most powerful R/C hydraulic dump truck available today. Highly detailed base on European style dump truck. Engineered specifically for the tough demands of transporting gravel, sand, asphalt, snow, wood chips or rocks. Created for the customer who requires reliability and high production in bulk earth moving or construction projects. CNC machined metal parts, fully assembled, ready to work! Massive power through 1000kV high speed brushless system.

Features:

• Hard plastic European style front Cab
• Full metal 2 speed transmission (Planetary gears)
• European style V shape dumper
• Full electronic sound system (engine start, idle and more)
• Transfer case (billet alum)
• Scale fuel tank (billet alum)
• Super scaled leaf spring suspension setup
• Scale rims (billet alum)
• Remote lockable rear axle (locking differential)
• Hard plastic rear axle housing
• Steel scale drive shaft
• Realism front cab latch
• Retractable steel ladder
• Molded functional fuel tank (filled with hydraulic oil)
• Automatic trailer gate (do not attempt to open it by hand)
• Retractable steel ladder
• Rear light guard (protect against rock)
• Scale light bucket (fit 3-5mm LED)
• Recommended payload: 16kg/35lbs
• Maximum lift power: 42kg/92lbs
• Rear dump is powder coated white
• Scale fire extinguishers and spare wheel/tire
• Cylinder maximum thrust: 109kg/231 lbs
• Brushed driven motor
• 1000kV Brushless motor-driven micro hydraulic pump
• Basic 6 channel 2.4Ghz radio
• Basic 60T 540 motor
• Gray/Black (Front Cab) and white (dump) color finish
• Powder coated finish (dump)
• 30 days limited warranty
• This product is professionally pre-assembled

Specs:

Length: 687mm/27inch
Width: 186mm/7.3inch
Height: 262mm/10.3inch
Weight: 8kg/17lbs
Theoretical load: 15kg/33lbs
Load total mass: 23kg/50lbs
First gear 1:16, second gear 1:4 (Transmission)

What's included:

• 1x 1/14 4x8 Armageddon Hydraulic Dump Truck

What else do you need:

• Battery and charger
• 1x Hydraulic Oil - Part # VVV-S0014

Retail Price: $2999.99
Map Price: $2599.99
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[rccardude04]

As a racer, I have to admit that the amount of unsprung mass on the front axles looks terrifyingly inefficient.

And these cab-forward bodies are ruining the semi-trucks now too!

[Sorry I couldn't help myself. Take it for what it is guys. ]

-Eric

[SuburbnHooligan]

cool. not my style, but cool

Originally Posted by rccardude04

And these cab-forward bodies are ruining the semi-trucks now too!

[Sorry I couldn't help myself. Take it for what it is guys. ]

-Eric

oddly enough, iv been saying that for decades. never have liked that style of truck.

[fastharryDOTcom]

for 2500 bucks...and a plastic cab to boot, I would have expected, if not some more detail...and least some licensing so you could make it look like a real truck brand..


To be real honest, I would have put all that work and craftsmanship into a Cat Dump....known worldwide.

[andystoybox]

HAHA to the cab forward truck. At least this one looks like it can haul it's own weight.

As for the $2500 bucks, I would figure that it would come with a better warranty than 30 days. My thinking is they know what flaws it has and can't really trust putting a better warranty on it.

All in all, it's still a nice truck for the money. Just don't expect to sell more than the one sample.

[rccardude04]

The fact that they actually put a warranty on it I find impressive. Usually you see electronics warranty but that's about it. If the warranty is on the whole thing... pretty cool deal really. If you actually use it for 30 days straight and nothing goes wrong, it's not likely it has anything legitimately defective. Besides, for a small company to have to worry about every product shipped out beyond 30 days would be pretty stressful.

Someone should go ahead and price out a Tamiya 1/14 scale rig, with an 8-channel radio and sound unit, etc. and see how much that costs. And the feature list on this thing is a little deeper such as the metal transmission parts and 4-wheel steering. It's a crapload of money, but seems about inline with what I would expect to dump into a Tamiya semi.

Compare to a B4.2 kit that someone like me would reasonably set up for racing every weekend during the winter: $300 kit, $320 Tekin RS Pro, $319.99 Spektrum radio system, $100 LiPo battery, $100 transponder, $100 steering servo, $100 charger ... $1339.99 for a 2wd, plastic, mass-produced car not including build time or any support equipment beyond the minimum required to run the thing on a test drive. $2600 doesn't sound too awful to me in that comparison!

Besides, it's got a freaking hydraulic pump!! You know you want a hydraulic pump...

-Eric

[andystoybox]

Originally Posted by rccardude04

Someone should go ahead and price out a Tamiya 1/14 scale rig, with an 8-channel radio and sound unit, etc. and see how much that costs. And the feature list on this thing is a little deeper such as the metal transmission parts and 4-wheel steering. It's a crapload of money, but seems about inline with what I would expect to dump into a Tamiya semi. Besides, it's got a freaking hydraulic pump!! You know you want a hydraulic pump...

-Eric

They were XB versions sold for $1k. I would think that I could add a Gardentrucking.com dump kit and box for a whole lot less than $1.5k.

[fastharryDOTcom]

Originally Posted by rccardude04

The fact that they actually put a warranty on it I find impressive. Usually you see electronics warranty but that's about it. If the warranty is on the whole thing... pretty cool deal really. If you actually use it for 30 days straight and nothing goes wrong, it's not likely it has anything legitimately defective. Besides, for a small company to have to worry about every product shipped out beyond 30 days would be pretty stressful.

Someone should go ahead and price out a Tamiya 1/14 scale rig, with an 8-channel radio and sound unit, etc. and see how much that costs. And the feature list on this thing is a little deeper such as the metal transmission parts and 4-wheel steering. It's a crapload of money, but seems about inline with what I would expect to dump into a Tamiya semi.

Compare to a B4.2 kit that someone like me would reasonably set up for racing every weekend during the winter: $300 kit, $320 Tekin RS Pro, $319.99 Spektrum radio system, $100 LiPo battery, $100 transponder, $100 steering servo, $100 charger ... $1339.99 for a 2wd, plastic, mass-produced car not including build time or any support equipment beyond the minimum required to run the thing on a test drive. $2600 doesn't sound too awful to me in that comparison!

Besides, it's got a freaking hydraulic pump!! You know you want a hydraulic pump...

-Eric

This guy^^^^^^^^^^ is way to logical and sensible to be posting on Internet Forums...

[rccardude04]

Originally Posted by andystoybox

They were XB versions sold for $1k. I would think that I could add a Gardentrucking.com dump kit and box for a whole lot less than $1.5k.

Now that's a good deal. But does it have a Hydraulic Pump??

I'm not convinced that's really an apples to apples comparison anyway. The Tamiya kits are amazing. Nobody will argue that who isn't a little off their rocker. But Tamiya has a well-established manufacturing facility for RTRs and has been around forever. They're also probably employing about as many workers as some small full-size auto makers. Of course they'll be able to beat a very small, new, company on price per unit.

Every Tamiya I've seen is generally a 4-channel unit anyway. So when you add the dump, do you have to buy a radio as well?

I'm just saying... It's not really all that far out there in terms of price if you break it down...

lol fastharry.

-Eric

[packhntr]

The mini hydraulics are very very expensive!!! that is a good chunk of the pricetag by itself.

[Lille Buller]

Originally Posted by fastharryDOTcom

for 2500 bucks...and a plastic cab to boot, I would have expected, if not some more detail...and least some licensing so you could make it look like a real truck brand..


To be real honest, I would have put all that work and craftsmanship into a Cat Dump....known worldwide.

Let me guess, youre from the us?

The truck is an MAN, and just about the most common in europe for semi-offroad use.


That been said, my god, a cat truck would be cool!

[Lille Buller]

Better pic