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10-06-2008, 09:01 AM | #1 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tax Nation
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| High speed trail and Pro Mud truck
01 Ford F150 (Super RS4) cad designed chassis, cut on waterjet... TLT axles... straight axle in rear with cvd's and wideners in the front giving a 1/2" track width difference front -rear Trans :undecided Tires/wheels: Imex Super Swamper knockoffs for trail, Panther Cobra for mud Motor: Unsure...35t at this point. Battery: 2s lipo (trail) 4s lipo (mud) I think the front end may be a problem, when the chassis was cut it was ment to be a protruck and was setup for pede front end. I may have a new inner frame rail cut. On to the bad build up pics: |
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10-06-2008, 09:09 AM | #2 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Minot
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Nice!!!! |
10-06-2008, 09:40 PM | #3 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: buckeye,AZ
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cant wait to see some video of this
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11-19-2008, 07:22 AM | #4 |
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I feel down on getting photo updates... I test drove the truck with a Traxxas slash motor (12t) and it was a blast. I upgraded to the brushless and promptly destroyed the gears... New gears are ready to go as soon as I can figure out where to mount a waterproof box. As you can see I went to a new design for the inner frame. Its also now cut from 1/8" instead of 1/16" |
11-19-2008, 08:18 AM | #5 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Minot
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It looks light and fast. I want to see some video for sure. |
11-19-2008, 10:20 AM | #6 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tax Nation
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With the Brushed motor I was still able to use it as a crawler... I think this Brushless will Cog too much at low speed.
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11-20-2008, 11:39 AM | #7 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Monroe, NC
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Lets see it throwing some mud nuggets! Justin |
11-23-2008, 02:50 PM | #8 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: 540 Mabuchi Motorola?
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does it have flex in the chassis>/? it must fly! |
11-26-2008, 06:11 AM | #9 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: buckeye,AZ
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it looks bada$$, got any updates |
11-26-2008, 09:28 AM | #10 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Monroe, NC
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Do you personally have a weterjet? Or do you farm it out? Justin |
11-26-2008, 09:41 AM | #11 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tax Nation
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| Not a BIT of flex in the chassis... Ive designed a few so I have it pretty well figured out. With 2 cell lipo it only does about 20mph tops but it will pull the front wheels off the ground even in mud. Quote:
Sorry I havent had any updates, I have been spending my free time getting the AX10 BTA's up and going, now that that job is done hopefully I can get back to my builds. | |
11-26-2008, 10:17 AM | #12 |
~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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version 1 looks mighty familiar....... and bad ass. |
11-27-2008, 07:15 AM | #13 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tax Nation
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| gee I wonder why??? Too bad it wouldnt work as a mud truck. I had to go back to the drawing board and redo all the inner frame. Figuring out a way to get the front suspension mounted and remain uner the body was a pain. |
12-02-2008, 01:56 AM | #14 |
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12-02-2008, 07:11 AM | #15 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tax Nation
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too cold!!! Theres a decent coating of snow on the ground but not enough for any good runs yet... we are supposed to get another 3" wednesday so I should be able to get some vids then
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