Crawler Innovations "Top Shelf" Ultra 4

[Almighty Malach]

Those tires make the rig now. And badass sequence of that climb, it looks like it just launched right up it.

Originally Posted by Del Monte

Wow!

I think I found the tire combo for my ultra rig

Better buy double

[casperssammy]

i love ultra4s and i love rc ultra4s haha

[Nova's Ark]

RC Drifting "Top Shelf"

[Archangel]

I always wondered what that would look like and how well it would work. Thanks for posting. It looks about as bad as I imagined.

[ngward79]

Sweet rig ! Way more sensible and capable than mine.

[Nova's Ark]

Originally Posted by Archangel

I always wondered what that would look like and how well it would work. Thanks for posting. It looks about as bad as I imagined.

Originally Posted by ngward79

Sweet rig ! Way more sensible and capable than mine.

Sweet rig yourself! & thanks.

[Nova's Ark]

6 months later and this little rig is running strong. I swapped the savox steering servo out for a Hitec WaterProof version. I also changed the tires back to 1.9 Rock Beasts and Deuce's Wild Foams. The tire & foam combo work amazing for general use. The Rock Beast cleans out much better than the Mad Beast (IMO).

In an effort to avoid failures during a competition, I installed some RRP goodness:



Installed:

[Nova's Ark]

If you have ever been separated from your rc group, while in the woods at night, with nothing but the lights of your RC car to use, and you had to stop driving the rc car and carry it, to make sure you have enough battery to power the light to illuminate your hike back (this happened to me)...

or

Attended a RECON G6, forgot your personal head lamp, got separated once again from your RC group, and your trying to find course flags from 30 feet away in the dark using only your standard pathetic RC car lights (this also happened to me)...

Then I highly recommend:




I went ahead and bought (Yes I paid for them, I am not sponsored) four MORE light bars at the RECON G6 in Missouri. Top Shelf received the first light bar and wow what a difference! I'm only running it on 9 volts! They can handle 12.6 volts

Although these light bars are spendy, as the saying goes... you get what you pay for and these MORE LED light bars are top quality.

Couple pics out on the rocks:







A quick shout out to the chassis builder Casey C. and kudos to him for an excellently built chassis. The small details and solid link geometry separate the pros from the rest. I am so thankful this rig resides in the C.I. garage.

[Nova's Ark]

I'll be getting good use of the MORE light bar this weekend:

[MORE]

Originally Posted by Nova's Ark

Although these light bars are spendy, as the saying goes... you get what you pay for and these MORE LED light bars are top quality.

Couple pics out on the rocks:

Looks great Eddie!

I have yet to see a pic of my lights without blinding JJ Abrams level lens flare.

I can't wait to see what else you have planned.

[chevotafun]

Wow this truck is very cool
and that light bar is wow holy bright

[Nova's Ark]

Thank you once again to my tire sponsor, Pitbull Tires for my new set of 1.9 Growlers. I didn't waste anytime getting them installed on Top Shelf. These tires are the same basic size as the proline TSL SX XL 1.9 tire and I'm using the Deuce's Wild SX XL foam in the rear pair. The front pair has a proto type dual stage closed cell foam.



..Uploaded from the lab @ the C.I. Compound...

[Nova's Ark]

More pics from tonight's test run:










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[Shinjari]

Those look sexy on there! How did they perform?

[Nova's Ark]

Originally Posted by Shinjari

Those look sexy on there! How did they perform?

I ran two battery packs tonight. One at a local park on various terrain and the other was on the rocks at the CI Compound. The first pair of proto front foams were too big and had too much rebound. I installed a smaller inner and that helped. I hope to do some more testing tomorrow. The Deuce's Wild pair in the rear are working perfect. Pitbull makes great tires, and this one is just another great option. The 1.55" version of this tire is awesome and I know this tire will surprise me as well once the foams are dialed.

[Nova's Ark]

Time for something new...


Naked picture courtesy of FreqEsKinz.




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[Harley]

Such a beautiful build....

I'm ready to see whats coming with the Freq E skinz reference in the last post!

[doublej]

Deff some of the cleanest tube work around.

[Richterat83]

Love this chassis! And epic build

[Nova's Ark]

Thank you for the kind words guys. Casey did a great job on this rig for sure.

Next update from FreqEsKinz:


I'm excited to see what we come up with.



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