***project ankle biter***updated!!!! with pics!

[firstumustcrawl]

well here yah go its ankle biter in phase one its almost complete with the help of plays with toys and all you oyther tlt guys i made this so far im almost done with it and hey no making fun of the wheels lol there all i had aying around that fit but as you can see it has significantly more articulation than stock oh and that big hole is my battery compartment
it will have a dodge power wagon body on it more pics soon


http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3899/P6280001.jpg


http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3383/P6280004.jpg


soon there will be electronics ill have a novak xrs esc xxl reveiver and a jr servo and the body and wheels ill keep you posted

[crawler]

looks good
matt

[Plays_with_Toys]

Looks good! That battery idea is awesome! Might have to limit your front shocks so they don't hit the battery at full flex though.

Are you going to put the croc hunter body on too? Maybe hence the name "ankle biter"? Man, I should really get a cool name for mine... :oops:

[firstumustcrawl]

haha oh shoot i never thought of that damn lol i think once i run a narrow set of mashers it should be okay we shall see but hmm the croc hunter body i like it sounds like a good idea lol

[Plays_with_Toys]

Any more progress? Those tires/wheels are the same that I ran on my xxx-t when I raced it. Except I had half-blade half-nubby in the fronts.

What kind of wheels are you looking at running on it? Probably the kyosho monster pirate wheels would look really good with that body. And maybe swamp dawgs, since crocs are in the swamp, see, where I'm going with the theme? :flipoff:

[firstumustcrawl]

yeh i runn those on my xxxt as well and becuase i race i hace lik 1000 pairs of tires like that so i just threw them on but i have made som progress not to much just maken the electronics mounts and suck and the batter compartment wors perfectly i haec just hte right amount of art. so it doenst hit anything. and as for wheel im not to familiar with the ones you just describes but if you could send me a link that would be cool and as for tires i think the swamo dogs would be pretty awesome


also i have one question can someone post how to use the traxxas sliders i work in a hobby shop so anything is at my disposal lol so could some one just give me some instructions on how to do it thats all im waiting on

[dmicgrif]

dude that is a sweet truck so far. i would like to see the elec. in it. i am getting a TLT off of ebay, and i am going to make a custom crawler. i went from wanting a clod with a gecko II to soon getting a TLT. so i will be posting pics and stuff of my progress. keep up the good work.

[firstumustcrawl]

thanx on the coments u will surely have more pics once someon shows me how to do the slider conversion so i can finish this thing

[Plays_with_Toys]

Slider conversion is in the TLT-10 tips thread. SROimedia did it another way, check his post in the general thread.

Also, the swamp dawgs are awesome! I just picked up a set, pics'll be in the general crawlers area. And heres a pick of RCJim's TLT project with those wheels on it:

http://www.jimmydsplace.com/rcjim/electric/trucks/tlt/DSC00017.JPG

[firstumustcrawl]

sweet i like them alot i think good ol steve will be gettin a new paint scmeme im going to airbrush desert camo cause the original name for this one was supposed to be desert rat but one morning i qoek uo and kicked it and cut my ankle lol and so the name kinda formed on its own lol

[nodnarb22]

how do you have the shocks mounted to the l ower links on that truck?

[firstumustcrawl]

here are some new pics sorry there indoors ill have more soon of it actually on the rocks but here yah go tried to make it raelly scale looking the body isnt sitting how i want it to but i will fix that soon :flipoff:

http://img45.exs.cx/img45/9933/side5.jpg


http://img45.exs.cx/img45/8896/front6.jpg


http://img45.exs.cx/img45/3665/poser.jpg


http://img45.exs.cx/img45/497/side6.jpg


http://img45.exs.cx/img45/2962/chassis.jpg


some more pics tomorrow its 11 pm here so i was psyched i finished it

[TRD]

THAT TRUCK IS SWEET!!! :!: I JUST ORDERED MY TLT1 AMD I WANT MY TRUCK TO FLEX LIKE YOURS CAN YOU HELP ME OUT :?: COULD YOU GIVE ME A PARTS LIST IM NEW TO THESE TLT 1 AND AM GOING TO BE LOST . :roll: GIVE ME AN EMAXX AND THATS A DIFFERNT STORY THANKS :twisted:

[firstumustcrawl]

tmaxx sliders
custom links
esc
servo
radio
and thats really it and locked all diffs and just like i riged up some body mounts any questions just ask ill walk you throughit

[TRD]

hi ware can i find the plastic piece on your links that your shocks mount to . will they work on maxx links and do you have a part # thanks

[Plays_with_Toys]

TRD, those look like plastic clips you can buy at hardware stores. It'll be very hard to find ones to fit on the maxx links, unless you are in a big city with major hardware stores. Usually the smallest stores carry are 1/4".

[TwistedCreations]

i bought mine at radio shack. they came in a variety pack and had sizes of 1/8",3/16", 1/4" clamps


ankle biter looks pretty good, nice job :D

[Plays_with_Toys]

Never thought of radio shack, good to know 8)

[firstumustcrawl]

oh radio shack is the best for random crap haha :flipoff:

[gobble_doc]

i dont wana sound like i dick head but what was this rc originally

[firstumustcrawl]

yeh its a tamiya TLT chassis with a tamiya Black Foot body :flipoff:

[Bsmooth]

what did you use for u-joints at either end of the maxx shafts?