Brushless (of course) F-350 Hi-Lift
 

No, the truck's not here yet, but when do I ever start a build thread when I have all the parts? :lol: My F-350 Hi-Lift is getting a Novak Crawler system, JR digital steering servo, FM receiver and a memory in my R-1. So all that stuff is worth $350, and I haven't even seen the kit yet.

I've also whipped up some custom wheels for it, something I feel is appropriate for a big Ford truck. You'll see them a little later once I start building.

At least I got the Novak for free:D Start the hate train rollin'.

You suck... here I was all exited to see somone with a Hi-Lift build :-p can't wait to see it when you get it!

Got my both my Novaks for free;-) I can't wait to see what your crazy mind comes up with goat.All I know is you need to do the famous paint scheme you're known for.Can't wait!

WHY...WHY!!! HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME!??!?!!?!?!?1? ARHGHGHHGHhhhhhh :lol:

There is a F-350 Hi-lift build thread from a guy from like Norway or something on Scale4x4. Very detailed, he shows pic's of the new axles side by side with tlt axles and alot of other pic's with his thread.

any chance you could post a link, i cant find it.

Heres one http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6744

how did u get a novak for free!

Micro was the Beta tester for the novak system. Werent they supposed to get rid of the locked rotor detection? Mine still has it.

This is gonna be one hella fun rig!

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showt...t=letter+novak

You might say the whole thing was my idea :lol: I was sandbagging the response back from them, as I was under a veil of secrecy at that point. Didn't want to spill the beans too soon.

John, the LR protection is still there, but I found it only kicks in when your pack gets low.

The rich get richer... JK Guess it pays to know your sh!t, and know who to fling it at! You think Tamiya will incorporate enough balls into the 350 for a brushless setup without grenading the tranny? Can't wait to see the write up on this one.

From what I've seen of it, the tranny uses mostly big-rig parts, and those are plenty burly. They're designed to haul around a heavy-arse tractor-trailer rig, and a lot of guys put some heavy loads (ever weigh a Tamiya RC tank?) on those trailers with no trouble at all. The 3-speed in the Knight Hauler (ran a borrowed trailer a few times) and the Mog (brushless 8-pound rig) are both holding up just fine. I'm not worried about the tranny at all.

The first thing to give will be the wheel hexes. After that, probably axle shafts unless you adjust the slipper. And I intend to use the slipper. One more thing to play with :)

BTW, Paal (Wild Trial) on Scale4x4 has a video of his chassis running. It's posted on the thread linked above. Don't expect much articulation from this thing; even with the softest suspension setup, it hasn't got much flex. But it crawls pretty well, and he's got a great crawl spot (Norway).

man!!...microgoat you had me all excited there for a minute......oh well, i cant wait to see what you have up your sleve for this one

you are such a tease.

it needs more flex!

Yes not much flex as stock build.......If it's a hard core
crawler you are after, this is nothing for you,,,
But as a scaler it's pretty cool.

Looking forward to se your buildup Stu.....Can't wait.

Flash, any brushless needs one ESC per motor. The ESC reads the motor's position, so multiple motors are out. A Clod would need two (or in your case three) Crawler systems.

So a 4 chnl. radio at a minimum, right? 1 chnl. for each throttle and 2 chnls. for frt/rr steer. Note my 6x6 will not be crawlin'. I intend to upgrade my NN crawler to brushless.:twisted:

You could also y-harness the two esc to one channel, that's the way i have my bl clod setup, to mambas to ch2