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Step 17New/Old Treads
Notes about Kyosho Blizzard treads
The newer version of the Blizzard has tread "paddles" on every OTHER section of the tread. The older version has these paddles on every section.
Why should you care, you ask? Well look at this video fitted with the newer treads, as compared to the older treads on the intro step.
New Style Treads
Bouncy bouncy! I even cut the tread paddles down to try to get rid of it, but it's still quite bouncy. The reason is that the peddles are basically little steps that the tank has to climb over. While this works great for snow, on flat hard ground, it's not the best system.
Old Style Treads
The older style treads, with paddles on every section, works much nicer on flat surfaces, since it's riding on those paddles the entire time. I looked into Kyosho's spare parts site, and they do not sell or produce the older style treads anymore :( So while shopping for your Nitro Blizard chassis, look for the older style treads - if you are looking to run mostly on flat and hard ground.
Picture of the tread comparison below
The newer version of the Blizzard has tread "paddles" on every OTHER section of the tread. The older version has these paddles on every section.
Why should you care, you ask? Well look at this video fitted with the newer treads, as compared to the older treads on the intro step.
New Style Treads
Bouncy bouncy! I even cut the tread paddles down to try to get rid of it, but it's still quite bouncy. The reason is that the peddles are basically little steps that the tank has to climb over. While this works great for snow, on flat hard ground, it's not the best system.
Old Style Treads
The older style treads, with paddles on every section, works much nicer on flat surfaces, since it's riding on those paddles the entire time. I looked into Kyosho's spare parts site, and they do not sell or produce the older style treads anymore :( So while shopping for your Nitro Blizard chassis, look for the older style treads - if you are looking to run mostly on flat and hard ground.
Picture of the tread comparison below
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Jul 31, 2011. 6:02 PMbayyagg
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Tamiya 1/18 scale tank tracks and gears is cheaper and accessible in any hobby shop!
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Feb 22, 2011. 9:36 AMSky Woulf
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I wonder if you could pull off the sprokets (drive) and subistute some left over parts from your gear reduction setup to run dual chain treads on each edge of the road wheels?
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