nerdnic's TFL Bronco

[nerdnic]

This is my TFL Bronco C1508. I basically fell in love with this truck after seeing some of the videos and posts here on the forums. I ordered the kit from HobbyKing because it had free shipping and was the cheapest place ($550) and it came with a motor and ESC. [Here is the link] It was out of stock in the US warehouse so I purchased it from the CN warehouse and expected to wait 2 months for it to arrive. To my dismay, it only took 5 days to arrive! Definitely the fastest I've ever gotten anything from CN.



I was so excited to get it running and threw it together as fast as I could. I wheeled around my yard for the first time but something felt.. off.



My only other experience with crawling is with my Redcat Gen 8, which I really enjoy. But something about the suspension on the TFL was not good. It was super bouncy and felt awful. I wasn't getting great articulation and I kept flipping over left and right.

After a few hours of reading over build threads I discovered that I'm an idiot and didn't put oil in the shocks.

After recovering from my embarrassment, I fixed up the shocks and tried my next run. But still, it just didn't feel right. The stock springs are really stiff and even with heavy oil, I really wasn't getting any dampening. The springs would uncompress with almost no resistance and the truck bounced around on the trail.

I opted to swap out the stock shocks with a set from Redcat (same ones on the Gen . They were way cheaper than any other name brand shocks and I've had good luck with them in the past. After getting them mounted up and finally loving the way this thing feels. I've got it ridding in about 60% droop and it performs as expected now.

I ordered a Nathan Drake NECA figure and his hands grip the wheel and cage



This thing is a blast to drive and I just love the way it looks on the trail.











Things I still want to do:

1. Add some rock sliders - the fiberglass body is getting banged up a lot.
2. Weather the body
3. Add 3d printed scale accessories - cooler, high jack, propane, etc
4. Cover the rear so the battery isn't exposed