my TwinForce crawler update. 56k beware [Archive]

Tuffguy

02-05-2005, 06:46 PM

I will have to say that even with all the poo poo you have stirred, that I like the look of your rig,
If you narrowed the tires , and remounted your shocks more up and down, it would look really scale
but it looks good anywho!
Kevin

pinkfloydman

02-05-2005, 08:15 PM

yeah get bigger tires then narrow them, and it will be scale, but still hweres that tube frame???

kingcobra

02-05-2005, 08:42 PM

I'm not done with my tube frame yet...this is the actual frame I'm making.

http://img212.exs.cx/img212/2194/chassis17jn.jpg

twinforce

02-05-2005, 09:41 PM

What is the shock on the front do ? Is it just for scale looks or function ? I am in the middle of building my twinforce . Thanks .

kingcobra

02-05-2005, 10:12 PM

steering damper...there is also one on the rear just like it. they DO work.

roktoy

02-06-2005, 06:13 AM

That's cool.
Jay

badhoopty

02-06-2005, 11:55 AM

neat rig. nice tuber render too.

i kinda like the tires that are on it myself.

twinforce

02-06-2005, 01:03 PM

Is that steering damper something specific or just any short shock will do ? I am new to crawling so I appreciate any help . Thanks .

kingcobra

02-06-2005, 02:08 PM

its just a short shock with no spring...nothing special but try different weights of shock oil with the servo disconnected. try to get it as thick as possible without straining the servo.

kingcobra

02-06-2005, 03:26 PM

a few more.

http://img204.exs.cx/img204/1127/dsc007216fo.jpg

http://img204.exs.cx/img204/5977/dsc007109ko.jpg

http://img204.exs.cx/img204/7328/dsc007133rj.jpg

http://img204.exs.cx/img204/4163/dsc007185ax.jpg

http://img204.exs.cx/img204/2048/dsc007091yj.jpg

and here is how my tube frame is going to work out...

http://img204.exs.cx/img204/3466/x7fb.jpg

twinforce

02-06-2005, 07:21 PM

Thanks . Your truck is looking real good . That tube frame is sharp . Good luck with that .http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/northgate1@sbcglobal.net/slideshow?.dir=/1760&.src=ph[/URL]
This is my first attempt at a crawler . I am in the middle of alot of new mods .

twinforce

02-06-2005, 07:24 PM

This is the link-
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/northgate1@sbcglobal.net/slideshow?.dir=/1760&.src=ph

fuzzhead

02-06-2005, 07:55 PM

hey kingcobra. what rims are those?

kingcobra

02-06-2005, 08:53 PM

duratrax w 12mm hex mounting.

Bsmooth

02-07-2005, 01:50 PM

how long are those 4-links?

kingcobra

03-06-2005, 12:21 PM

well...finally found some rocks!!! some big ones too.:)
this is right up the street from my house. they are building a new shopping center so I took the 1:1 jeep around back (did some crawlin w it too hehe) in hopes of shooting some more video but the dam vid cam battery was dead...and it was on charge all morning...might need a new one:( anyway I always brign the still cam so I snapped these. yes some are poser shots but most of them were taken while I was driving.

the spot...

http://img191.exs.cx/img191/4858/thespot3be.jpg

the rig...(still haven't started my tube frame...wife says not til the 1:1 jeep is payed for...got 3 more weeks)

http://img121.exs.cx/img121/8021/kctwin14ob.jpg

http://img191.exs.cx/img191/5637/kctwin22nw.jpg

http://img191.exs.cx/img191/1929/kctwin34vh.jpg

http://img191.exs.cx/img191/379/kctwin41zo.jpg

http://img191.exs.cx/img191/8827/kctwin56kd.jpg

http://img191.exs.cx/img191/3898/kctwin66zv.jpg

http://img191.exs.cx/img191/8674/kctwin78hn.jpg

kingcobra

03-06-2005, 12:31 PM

topless pics...hubba hubba... :-o :-o :-o

http://img198.exs.cx/img198/9008/kctwintopless14ax.jpg

http://img198.exs.cx/img198/5704/kctwintopless28ug.jpg

http://img198.exs.cx/img198/5991/kctwintopless33ai.jpg

crunk crawlin

03-07-2005, 06:34 PM

oh how is that motor for rock crawling i plan on using those in my tuber clod . do they have a nice amount of torque im going to be using 2 of those motors with duel batterys and the evx . i like your truck :shock: .........alot :mrgreen:

kingcobra

03-08-2005, 05:46 PM

well...it doesn't have the bottom end torque of the kyosho standard motors but it has more top end...I'll try a smaller pinion on it and report back...

a couple more pics...

http://img166.exs.cx/img166/296/dsc007508ew.jpg

http://img166.exs.cx/img166/5875/dsc007550kz.jpg

http://img166.exs.cx/img166/6603/dsc007711mp.jpg

http://img166.exs.cx/img166/1720/dsc007609th.jpg

http://img166.exs.cx/img166/5497/dsc007593ro.jpg

SiameseDog

03-11-2005, 01:25 PM

it's looking very nice!! :mrgreen:

mike

03-11-2005, 03:22 PM

are you going to get some of those all-t's. it would look brtter with them.

kingcobra

03-11-2005, 06:45 PM

sure am...soon I hope.

minitrucker

04-05-2005, 02:24 AM

Its a nice design but I have to say that those wheels stick way too far out and that front bar looks rather stupid because it is also WAY too far out. shorten that up alot and maybe stand it up a bit and change the wheels and tires and you will have a sick scale looking truck. I love the stabilizers, great idea.

kingcobra

04-05-2005, 12:31 PM

how about YOU build one like that and I'll keep MINE the way I like it. deal?

pinkfloydman

04-05-2005, 04:33 PM

woahhh he was jsut saying something.....gees........and yeah the wheels look akward.....

and where is this tube frame??

TheRipper

04-05-2005, 05:52 PM

I kinda of like the wheel's adn I hate stingers and refuse to even build them for people but it look's close to scale to me.Here is my buddy's on his buggy.
http://www.headtraumacustoms.com/eddies1link_1.JPG

minitrucker

04-05-2005, 06:47 PM

Hey cobra, if you dont like coments then dont post your crap on a site where hundreds of people that build crawlers hang out. Calm down fool.

Grizzly4x4

04-05-2005, 06:48 PM

how about YOU build one like that and I'll keep MINE the way I like it. deal?
LMFAO!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Grizzly4x4

04-05-2005, 06:49 PM

Hey cobra, if you dont like coments then dont post your crap on a site where hundreds of people that build crawlers hang out. Calm down fool.
You guys are killin me here! :lol: :lol: :lol:

minitrucker

04-05-2005, 06:49 PM

lol

Grizzly4x4

04-05-2005, 06:50 PM

Hey cobra, if you dont like coments then dont post your crap on a site where hundreds of people that build crawlers hang out. Calm down fool.
Thousands. 2106 to be sure.

minitrucker

04-05-2005, 06:52 PM

even better for my argument!

AdamF

04-05-2005, 07:34 PM

I'd agree, that stinger needs to be redesigned. It sticks out way too far. I have a stinger myself, and found that it stuck out to far and got me stuck in situations where I would have to drop down into a hole and come back out. Yours looks like it will kill your approach angle. If you were to come up on the face of a rock wall, your stinger would stop you. This is just some constructive criticism, hope you don't take it the wrong way.

JakeTheAlligatorMan

04-05-2005, 09:20 PM

Thousands. 2106 to be sure.

Come on Grizz? You know there's only about 50 of us that LIVE here... :lol:

Grizzly4x4

04-06-2005, 10:25 AM

Come on Grizz? You know there's only about 50 of us that LIVE here... :lol:
TRUE DAT! :lol:

SR5Dave

04-06-2005, 10:55 AM

Damn Cobra; you sure get the drama going! :lol: I think its too wide too though.

DirkDigler

04-07-2005, 03:00 PM

Here goes again :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Trac95ker

04-07-2005, 10:13 PM

How many times is he going to bang his head into the wall before he learns?

kingcobra

04-08-2005, 04:00 AM

the stinger was designed to be FUNCTIONAL...not to make people go "ooooh, aaaahhhh thats pretty" it is just long enough to work properly and NO it doesn't hurt my approach angle at all. and I DO take advise when it is usefull...not when it's just "I don't like this and this and that about your rig...change them" if I did start changing everything about my rig other people didn't like then it wouldn't be very much what I like anymore. I agree it needs taller tires but my LHS has YET to get the new Imex's in so I use what is available. as far as being too wide it IS an R/C rig...sometimes function wins over form.

minitrucker

04-08-2005, 10:57 AM

kingcobra

04-08-2005, 12:53 PM

you have to take the good with the bad. I stick by my statement, the tires stick out too far and that stinger just looks really bad. I dont think Im telling you to change it but maybe someday you will wise up. There is no way that you can honestly say that stinger doesnt hurt your approach angle, I have a little stinger on my tube clod and even that hurts mine a little bit. Not all the time, but every now and then it does.

Oh and I did mention that I do like the steering shock setup. That was a good idea.

Well I drive it and if I thought it WAS getting in the way it would quickly be adjusted accordingly. and if the tires were any closer together they would hit the body on full flex...what am I supposed to do? raise the body? now that would look even more rediculous.

minitrucker

04-08-2005, 01:28 PM

cut a little more off the body or heres a better idea, limit flex a little.

SR5Dave

04-08-2005, 02:52 PM

limit flex a little.
That'd be my suggestion

kingcobra

04-08-2005, 04:20 PM

how dare you!!! limit flex??? THATS A SIN!!! besides, it has limited flex as it is.

nodnarb22

04-09-2005, 10:19 PM

Okay, well heres a question for you. What lenght are those links? I like the scale look of the 2.2 tires on a maxx sized body. If i still had my clod Id do it to that but i have a twin so i have something else to work with now..thanks...

kingcobra

04-10-2005, 04:24 AM

4" long...

nodnarb22

04-10-2005, 10:31 AM

thank you for the info. i do like the way your truck looks..rather scale.

kingcobra

04-10-2005, 12:12 PM

it's a compromise between scale and R\C...best of both worlds. and thank you

SR5Dave

04-10-2005, 12:41 PM

it's a compromise between scale and R\C...best of both worlds. and thank you

Just FYI; Comp rigs have become more competitive as they have gotten narrower. They can manuever better, find their way through gates better, and the sidehilling capabilities aren't comprimised that much :)

RSI

04-10-2005, 01:40 PM

i think you should put a little bit bigger tires on it maybe all t's then it would look allot better i think the tires are to small for how wide the axles are....

kingcobra

04-10-2005, 03:09 PM

Just FYI; Comp rigs have become more competitive as they have gotten narrower. They can manuever better, find their way through gates better, and the sidehilling capabilities aren't comprimised that much :)

but I know for a fact that my rig IS less prone to rollovers because it IS wider...if it was narrower I guarantee it would roll easier. and surely the taller tires won't help this matter. but I am still going to use the All T's when I can get my hands on some.

SR5Dave

04-10-2005, 03:25 PM

but I know for a fact that my rig IS less prone to rollovers because it IS wider...if it was narrower I guarantee it would roll easier. and surely the taller tires won't help this matter. but I am still going to use the All T's when I can get my hands on some.

What I mean is in 1:1 comps they learned that the benefits of a narrow rig outweigh the benefits of a wide rig.

nodnarb22

04-10-2005, 09:28 PM

have to ask, Are those custom made links OR? revo pushrods like these http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHFV7&P=7 if their traxxas pushrods itll speed my project up a bit