10-24-2012, 03:16 PM | #1221 |
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| re: Guido: Scale TTC Bronco 2015 Scale Nats Updates
Thank you Sir it was great to meet you as well! |
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03-22-2013, 10:59 PM | #1222 | |
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The reason I quoted this is because this is why Guido is so great, because the guy that built him is right here with him, with an attitude so positive it makes everyone say "Hell Ya". Keep it up man! I love that you know the more "like a 1:1" they are the harder to drive and in reality almost less competitive in todays RC's, but you keep than son gun goin just the same! Way to go bud! Good read as always ^ Mighty Last edited by Mighty1; 03-22-2013 at 11:02 PM. | |
05-15-2013, 06:16 AM | #1223 |
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Awesome rig each build ...I loved this rig in the Scale Nats 2010DVD that Brett made I have a peek all the time.... Well done man.... |
07-15-2013, 03:19 AM | #1224 |
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07-15-2013, 08:09 AM | #1225 |
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Still a work of art! Awesome! Jay |
09-10-2013, 09:11 AM | #1226 |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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Thank you guys for the kind words. It's been a blast getting to know so many people through the life of Guido. That said, there's a TTC coming up put on by The Crawl Space so it's time for some small changes. Nothing major, some paint changes and some tweaks..... |
09-10-2013, 10:29 AM | #1227 |
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Did you ever finish up your axles ? I know you got the front, but ran out time on rear.
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09-10-2013, 12:06 PM | #1228 | |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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I kept running the AXR10 rear end through the winter until I blew up the pinion bearing and then I parked it. After the Vanquish Currie axles came out I was waiting for XR10 tubes to come out. As I was doing this teardown for paint I realized that I really should build a rear end. That will be a project for SW Scale Champs in May. | |
09-10-2013, 08:36 PM | #1229 |
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So u going to show pics of paint or what?
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09-10-2013, 10:58 PM | #1230 |
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I see green!!
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09-11-2013, 09:40 AM | #1231 |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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I just never liked how paint turned out on this last rebuild. I finally decided to do a teardown and paint the chassis "Metallic Mica". I like this ALOT better. It brings back the evil in the front end. Only problem was that now it was so dark I don't think pictures would turn out worth a crap. Time to bring back the green. The paint is still evolving so we will have to see what happens. Last night I put all the electronics back in and plugged in a battery. A huge plume of smoke came out from under the floorboards. OH CRAP!! Afer a quick unplug and some analysis, I determined that everything is ok except for one thing. I will have to route power to the front steering servo directly to one of the BECs now. I must have damaged something in the RX because with the servo pulling power from the BEC through the RX, the RX now shuts down. Not bad considering how bad it could have been. I also spent most of last night trying to get the front steering and suspension right. Holy crap, this Wraith knuckle setup is an absolute pain in the ass to get to work right with the coil springs and panhard. The tie rod is ALWAYS either hitting the frame side track bar mount, the diff cover, or the pitman arm. I can't get full steering with full suspension travel no matter what I do; making one work always means sacrificing the other. I fought this before NWSC and ended up sacrificing steering because I figured the rear steer would make up for it, but that is not always true. I am so fed up with this setup right now....... I am going to get rid of the coil springs in the rear for this weekend's TTC to see if it helps with handling. I don't want to but I'm about ready to get rid of the coil springs up front also....even though that would be the easy way out. |
09-11-2013, 10:14 AM | #1232 |
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Coil overs on Guido!:eek: hopefully you csn get everythibg sorted out. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2 |
09-11-2013, 10:37 AM | #1233 | |
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I fear that the wheelbase, rear steer, and tire size have all gone beyond the capabilities of the very hard to adjust coil spring suspension design. I feel like I've painted myself into a corner where I need to lose some scale to get the rig to work well or give up on the hope of making him perform better. I may just try it for this weekend to see. I don't know. This same thing happened to me years ago with The Duke as it evolved into The SuperDuke and I ended up getting rid of the front coil springs to make it perform better. | |
09-11-2013, 10:51 AM | #1234 |
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Where do you find the coils falling short? Articulation - rebound - adjustability? |
09-11-2013, 12:07 PM | #1235 | |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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On the front end it is also limiting how much I can move the axle forward to address the steering linkage interference problem. If I move the axle forward the coil springs hit the chassis panhard mount, if I move the axle back the chassis-side spring mount is not lined up with the axle-mount. I can only make small wheelbase changes without having to re-fab the coil spring mount position on the chassis. Also, the front coil springs force the axle-side panhard mount to be in a position where it interferes with the drag link in articulation and full steer. If I move the axle forward until the coils hit the panhard mount it helps the tie rod hitting the pitman arm but that makes the drag link interfere with the axle-side panhard mount more. I can roll the pinion down to help that, but that lifts the tie rod up and brings back the interference with the pitman arm. I can't really move the axle back because the tie rod just ends up hitting the panhard mount rather than the pitman arm. Going to coilovers on the front might let me move the axle forward enough to get out of the pitman arm/panhard axle-mount circular issue I am stuck in. I could limit my uptravel even more but then I have almost no travel. I could raise the ride height with but the rear shocks are already maxed out and even have extended rod ends on them. | |
09-11-2013, 12:12 PM | #1236 |
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Scale can be a four letter word. Sometimes, something has to give, and that sucks. |
09-11-2013, 12:19 PM | #1237 | |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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I had a few four letter words and none of them were "scale". I've always said I would put scale before performance, but I really want to beat 666 and the EB this weekend in the TTC. I don't think I can without some changes. | |
09-11-2013, 12:19 PM | #1238 |
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Grizz, I love this rig man. Im sure you will be able to get your suspension sorted. Oh....... Can you move your panhard mount?
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09-11-2013, 12:33 PM | #1239 | |
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Can't move the axle-side mount because of the coil springs. To move the chassis-side mount I'd have make major changes. | |
09-11-2013, 01:35 PM | #1240 |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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New wheels are in the mail. I hope they get here before Sunday. Some paint on the knuckles helps the scale look by blending in better. Getting the interior back out was a pain, as was having to brush paint the tube work. The Metallic Mica is nearly the same color the chassis was after the 2010 rebuild. |
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