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11-13-2011, 10:01 AM | #1 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vermont
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| Tedo's W.E. Rock Moonbuggy
Hi guys, I have always loved the Moon Buggies. Picked up the tube frame from a member here. Not going to be any specific themed buggy (monster, maxxis, etc). Here's the list: __________________________________________________ _________ 2.2 Ecoli Campbell chassis. R1 portal axels rc4wd R2 Heavy Duty tranny rc4wd 90mm Ultimate scale shocks at 80% droop MMP w/ 13.5 power plant 4 wheel steer Still deciding on wheels (love the TSL's but they are kinda big still) __________________________________________________ _________ Here she is before a complete tear down and rebuild. (I was running 110 shocks at 100% droop... was still sitting pretty high). Last edited by tedo; 11-14-2011 at 08:57 AM. |
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11-13-2011, 10:23 AM | #2 |
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sweet rig man heres mine My sons Truggy/Buggy thing. |
11-14-2011, 08:56 AM | #3 |
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Got a little more done over the weekend. I stripped all the paint from the frame to the bare tube color, then lightly applied a thin coat of silver primer. I like the natural tube color. Here's the new height with the 90mm shocks. I still think these tires are a tad too tall. I am liking the width of these axels compared to the width of the frame: It's going to be a pain to hide these electronics. Most all of the wires will be hidden with the interior and driver. The body panels are old. They are from the first time I built it up for a shake-down weekend run. I plan on concealing the esc with a hood of some sort. Any ideas?: |
11-15-2011, 08:28 AM | #4 |
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Looks good. Why do your front tires look like they've got positive camber to them? Maybe it's just the pics. When I built these frames, most of the tires were around the 5" tall range, hence why the swampers probably look a little tall on there. For the electronics, what I've seen most guys do is use a half interior for the main part, and then hide additional components in the rear under a 3D motor. If you look in the 1.9 section at Mad4Rnr's build, he did a great job of hiding everything. |
11-16-2011, 07:35 AM | #5 | |
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Got a little more done. Got the driver in. Still going to make a dash and planning on making a "dummy motor" plate to go over the rx box and battery behind the driver. Ran it a little in my basement, and she is definitely a scrapper. Very impressed. I thought I would lose some performance going from my 110 shocks to the 90mm, but nothing really noticeable (yet). Now the driver is in, I am okay with the size of the tires... the driver definitely adds a little perspective and scale ratio. | |
11-25-2011, 08:07 AM | #6 |
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Well, got a few more things completed to hide the electronics. Made a cover for my ESC which also doubles as a dashboard. Made a rear engine from parts I had laying around. This covers the battery and receiver box. Simple and effective. I am in awe how great this buggy performs. Hopefully it will be nice out this weekend and I can snap some pics and get some video. The last couple weeks I have been too busy to snap any because I am just having too much fun watching this buggy perform. The winch will be replace by a functioning one this winter, got this one in a bundle trade.. Considering how tight this tube frame is, I think I did pretty good at concealing everything. Would love to hear some feedback. Love the stance: |
11-25-2011, 08:19 AM | #7 |
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loking good i'm not real crazy bout plastic motors(thats just my opinion) and just a thought you mite look at some vid on you tube (any labeled walk around) of this style 1:1's they r mounting their winches directly on the axles to one side with some crazy,wild lookin tube work- i think looks awesome!
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11-27-2011, 12:03 PM | #8 |
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Well, Vermont graced us with mid 50's today. Went out to run the buggy. I really love this thing. She crawls so good. |
12-03-2011, 05:46 PM | #9 |
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Sweet buggy! good job on hiding the electronics, i started building one got 75% complete and started new projects ,this gives me some motivation to pull it off the shelf and finish it up.
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12-03-2011, 06:11 PM | #10 |
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Looks good. Just needs thr monster energy drink logos.
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12-04-2011, 08:05 AM | #11 | |
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Yeah definitely finish yours up. I had a lot of inspiration from the numerous Campbell buggies here on rcc in years past! | |
12-04-2011, 08:09 AM | #12 |
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