CEN F450 Journey and Mods

[durok]

It can be a bummer when ya pick something different up and it just doesn't immediately come together.

I bought the Associated DB8 Nomad 1/8th scale buggy, and have had it for a few years now - total of about 4 packs run through it - don't really enjoy driving fast anymore.

Also picked up a Tamiya M-08 for a Lancia Stratos body that I bought like 15 years ago, still haven't trimmed or painted the body.

...and a Traxxas 4-Tec 2.0 to eventually try to make into a vintage moonshiners back-road runner - maybe with a McAllister stock car body?

Always have ideas in my head - the trouble is putting them into actual play!

[HumboldtEF]

Originally Posted by AK KRAWLER

A couple things I’m not too sure about and it may be a transmission thing, or something else I don’t know, as recently, most of our rigs are crawlers.
Even with the Crawlmaster Sport motor, this rig has little to no rolling resistance when the power is off. Is that a overall gearing thing, or is there something I am missing something?

Thats entirely on the gearing, when a rig is off thats all there is to it.


Looks like a fun project, glad to see the stock brodozer tires gone

Originally Posted by AK KRAWLER

Okay, I’m a bit frustrated and think I’m going to shelve this truck for a little while and refocus on another project. I messed with the settings on the BRXL this morning and was not able to squeeze anything more out of the drag brake, or Holmes Hold. I am sure it has its place, but it is not getting the end result I want.

I really dig the rig, just need to think about it a bit to figure out how I want to get there.

I never give up, so there will be more to come on this one for sure.

What about swapping in a crawler 2 speed? maybe you can get some low speed controll/drag brake and have a higher speed 2nd gear?

First thing that comes to mind is the TRX4 2 speed. I feel like it had a bit bigger of a difference between gears. But there might be better options out there.
EDIT: I forgot about the lack of portals (less gearing down) so I guess thats still on the fast side for a crawler.

[Bananaclip]

The gears are most definitely the culprit. I run the BRXL and I never use the Holmes hold. Just way to much lock up. I’m also a big fan of the torque master expert. I’d go as far as saying they are what I buy for all my builds. The fellas were suggesting a different trans with lower gearing and I suggest the same. Best of luck getting the build dialed in.


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[ferp420]

the scx10 3 gear trans are really cheap i use 2 one as a forward motor mount gear reduction unit other as a t case
sometimes i use the 2 speed wraith trans if im not getting the low end or high end i want out of the single speed

i think the 2 speed option would be awsome on this truck

[AK KRAWLER]

All good points folks.
I will likely look into swapping a transmission in. Not sure which one or how I’ll mount it, but I’ll keep you all posted when the time comes.

For now, I think I’m going to just hit the EASY Button and drop in a 3300kv HW AXE 550 combo I have sitting on the shelf.
To keep it toned down if I need to, I can just program it the the highest power level through the ESC and Transmitter.

[AK KRAWLER]

I installed the HW system and it works decent, 3300kv is WAY too much for this truck

On the ESC, I set forward to 37.5%, reverse to 25% and drag brake to 125%.
Then I set the throttle EXP to -35% on the Transmitter.

Startup is decently slow and I can change up the power settings for different driving conditions.

All in all, it’ll get me by for now. That is till I figure out what I actually want to do.

[ScaleLifeNewbie]

How’s the F450 going neighbor?


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[AK KRAWLER]

Originally Posted by ScaleLifeNewbie

How’s the F450 going neighbor?

Hey there neighbor

I have collected a few parts for it, but the wife and kids have been keeping me busy with fixing their rigs, as well as staying busy with RV, 4-wheeler, home and yard projects now that summer is finally here.

I hope to be able to work on it a little here and there, but it will be a slow process.

Thanks for checking in.