Absolute KAOS!!

[BoostFreak]

Originally Posted by Devil Inc

Looking good so far

Thanks man i love input from ppl if the like or dont like.. Or what needs to be changed...

Originally Posted by cb44v

This is a nice looking build. More please

Awesome glad you like it!!!

[BoostFreak]

Time to get it wired up... Man this took some time to get it done as clean as I could... Like I said class 1 rig so I didn't want to see and wire on the rig...

I got some 1/8" & 1/4" braided wire loom from http://www.cabletiesandmore.com/ExpandableSleeving.php... Like $0.23 a foot so it pretty cheep...

Wired up the tekin fxr and cc bec... The ESC is zip tied to the rear cross member and the bec is in the "gas tank"... After I got all the wire trimmed up I then put the braided loom on b4 making my final solder connections...

As for the servos I'm running them off the bec so I used a hey Ok distribution block for my ground and power then just ran the signal to the rx....

But this is what I came up with....


What you guys think? Is it hidden enough?

[TriggerMan]

Nice job on the wire management. I particularly like the wire loom material. I'm going to keep an eye on this build.

[BoostFreak]

Originally Posted by TriggerMan

Nice job on the wire management. I particularly like the wire loom material. I'm going to keep an eye on this build.

Thanks Tigger took along time to do the loom like that but its worth it for sure!!!

Been supper busy with work lately haven't had much time to work on it... I'll be back at the grid soon tho...

[BoostFreak]

With scale nationals coming up im trying to work my butt off on this thing... I will hopefully have the front bumper wrapped up by tomorrow...

As we all know I'm pretty anal when it comes to building stuff... Take too long. Here's another scrap brass bumper I'm working on.

Top to the bumper...


I used these to give me angle on the bumper so it wasnt square..


Face to the bumper...



Got them soldered together..

[BoostFreak]

At this point I knew I wasn't gunna like it so I drew some line for a cut out.

All cleaned up..


Once I got the 1/2"x4 1/4" cut out I tried but contour a piece of bass with a bend in it to fill the hole... Didn't like that either. So I contour a 1/8" piece of rectangle stock to give it more depth and a push bumper look to it. After talking to Dev on the phone and emailing him pics seeing what he Thot.
Then proceeded to use the first piece for a skid plate..



This piece was super hard to contour and conform to the bumper... After some serious contouring and more bending to give it a little more horizonal for pop up I started to solder it on...




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[hotwheels000]

Those pics don't do the bumper justice, show them the cleaned up version oh, and, GO HAWKS

[BoostFreak]

Originally Posted by hotwheels000

Those pics don't do the bumper justice, show them the cleaned up version oh, and, GO HAWKS

Your right!! GO HAWKS!!

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[BoostFreak]

Got the bumper cleaned up, it was still really boxy so I decided to cut some angles in it. 1 to make it not as boxy and 2 for some clearance on turning radius.

Cleaned up...



Cut angles...
Front view 2 different angles..


Side view same looking angles...


Boxed in to hide the inside of bumper..


Cleaned up..




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[sam63]

Looks great Marcus! Makes me want to try my hand at building some cool bumpers too.

[Androtaz]

Love that bumper..Good job. What a clean looking rig. I' m really digging this. Guess I have to try and make some bumpers as well. Doesn't take a lot to plant a spark, its the follow through...lol. Keep up the good work!

[BoostFreak]

Originally Posted by sam63

Looks great Marcus! Makes me want to try my hand at building some cool bumpers too.

Thanks Sam! You should do it!! I would love to some more awesome brass bumpers.. There light and also fairly cheap if you build them your self... You going to Nat's in ut?

Originally Posted by Androtaz

Love that bumper..Good job. What a clean looking rig. I' m really digging this. Guess I have to try and make some bumpers as well. Doesn't take a lot to plant a spark, its the follow through...lol. Keep up the good work!

Thanks andro... I'm always trying to plant the spark... I mean I am a ginger and all.. Lol nah just try it well worth it in the end!!

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[ngward79]

That's one of the cleanest wiring job's I've seen on an RC ! Nice fab work on the bumper too !

[rockhugger]

Originally Posted by BoostFreak

As for the servos I'm running them off the bec so I used a hey Ok distribution block for my ground and power then just ran the signal to the rx....
What you guys think? Is it hidden enough?

Do you have a link to this or a picture? I've been looking for it and I can't find anything on his website. Thank you

Your rig looks very nice and clean.

[BoostFreak]

Originally Posted by ngward79

That's one of the cleanest wiring job's I've seen on an RC ! Nice fab work on the bumper too !

Thanks bro! I'm having to redo some wiring now due to some change up... I hope I can keep it as clean as b4...

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[BoostFreak]

Originally Posted by rockhugger

Do you have a link to this or a picture? I've been looking for it and I can't find anything on his website. Thank you

Your rig looks very nice and clean.

I don't have a link off hand.. I would just pm him and ask him... It was something that hotwheels000 and I started using from him... You can get them in different lengths depending on how many things you will be throwing power at from your bec... Here is some pics for reference...


I always throw some shrink tube around them also to keep it a little more hidden and tight together..


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[sam63]

[QUOTE=BoostFreak;4627837]Thanks Sam! You should do it!! I would love to some more awesome brass bumpers.. There light and also fairly cheap if you build them your self... You going to Nat's in ut?

That's the plan, we need to get this voodoo dollar back to you guys somehow. On second thought maybe we just leave it in UT

[BoostFreak]

Originally Posted by sam63

That's the plan, we need to get this voodoo dollar back to you guys somehow. On second thought maybe we just leave it in UT

Oh no I don't want that thing back!! we will have to leave in down there!!!



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[BoostFreak]

Got the bumper mounted... Had to stick it out farther then what I initially planned due to turning and tires colliding with the bumper..

Pain in the butt to get those 2 holes drilled to the chassis holes...


Front shot...



Once I got it mounted then focused on the front body mount.

Drilled some holes in the body then into the bumped..



Tapped the holes in the bumper to make sure everything was line up the soldered brass nuts on to it to strengthen it..


Put together..



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[BoostFreak]

Next major thing I need to work on is the drop bed. But when I first wired up this rig I didn't think about that and put the ESC on the rear cross member and all the wires too for the bec.

Decided to make a new esc plate... Seen Dev do this on a couple of his rigs so I tried my hand at it..

.030 lexan bent to shape and a little extra for some strength..

Just drilled a couple holes in the chassis to secure with some 3mm screw's and nuts..


Then the nasty part came of rewire all and to get the bec wires under the x member and to the fuel cell.



Only thing left for wiring is possibly shorting the battery wires when I get that established

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