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04-10-2008, 10:50 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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Well my son has gotten to the point were he isn't happy just hanging out at the comps, he wants to crawl. So at the last comp, I let him run my rig. Bad idea as he proceeded to hammer the throttle, that action w/ Axial's flubber...... I mean aluminum motor plate flexing almost cost me a chance to run.  So what to do? I started making some calls and things started to fall into line. I got a great deal on a Axial Scorpion from Holmes Hobbies and that was the starting point. I didn't want to spend any more than absolutely necessary at this point in my sons entry into the sport. I have a GC-1 chassis, but I figured I'd let him beat on the stock chassis for a while and let him gain some experience w/ it first. At the same time, I wanted his rig to work well for him, so I built the kit as per Axial's instructions until it was time to mount the links to the chassis. After seeing numerous builds here on RCC, I went ahead and in-boarded the lower links to prevent them from hanging up on the rocks. Next I tossed the kit shocks in a box. I couldn't keep the caps from leaking and popping off. As I looked around the bench, I found a set of Hot Racing 4 inch units, so on they went. Next was the rear links, I had read Eee Pee's Axial build and found the asymmetric link mounting very tempting. Just so happens while looking for an in-expensive servo, I found a set of the Boomerang link mounts and a MG 995 in the For Sale section for $20.00!  When they arrived, I installed the Boomerang link mounts and then started looking for some upper links as the stock links were to short after I relocated the mounting point on the chassis to improve the geometry. Got lucky and found a set of Jato Links that were perfect after a few turns of the turnbuckle! I had the links worked out and the shocks mounted, so I moved on to tires. I knew the stock Rock Lizard tires sucked, so into the parts bin once again and pulled out my IMEZ Rubicons (these things work extremely well in our area) and mounted them on the kit wheels w/ a set of Aces Donuts memory foams after adding 6 oz's of ballast to the front wheels and 4 to the rears. Now I needed electronics, I had got the servo, a local member gave me a good used 55t motor so all I needed was a Tx/Rx and ESC. Made a call to Jarod at JP Custom RC's and explained what I needed the stuff for. He looked around the shop and found a used TQ2 and Traxxas XL5 ESC. Good enough to start w/ (I did) and the price was right. THANKS JAROD!!!!  All that was left was battery, looked into my RC18 stuff and found a Elite 1500 2/3 A 6 cell pack, perfect! Mounted everything up, recycled my Betty body and my boy in good to go for under $250.00! I want to give a big thanks to Jarod, Johnrob, and Ross. All Missouri boys that helped me to get this rig up and running for my son. I think I'm more excited to see him run this weekend that I am to run my new BlackJack!  On to the pics. All finished up, w/ 2 3/4 inches of center chassis clearance.  The Eee Pee Link.  Front shot.  Electronics located.  In-boarded links.  Body mounted.  Flex shot.   Last edited by dezfan; 04-10-2008 at 11:34 PM. |
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04-10-2008, 11:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Denverish
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Nice. I'm really stoked for the day my son gets old enough to go crawling with me. It'll be a bit, as he's only 10 months.  How in the world did you get a 2 3/4 inch ride height with 4" shocks. I'm running a set of 4" Losis and am getting about 2 1/4.
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04-10-2008, 11:15 PM
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04-10-2008, 11:31 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: APPLE VALLEY,CALIFORNIA
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man you do good builds.....how do you keep your wires spiraled like that ??...mine always end up coming unraveled...lol
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04-10-2008, 11:39 PM
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04-11-2008, 05:10 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The state of 'Missery'
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Nice rig for the money! We will have 2 young'uns runnin this Sun.My son has been buggin the hell out of me to run,so he will get his chance this weekend.
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04-11-2008, 09:37 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: mostly in my room
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thats a nice rig!!
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04-11-2008, 10:11 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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That was a great decision Dez, he's going to love his new rig and it won't take you out of the competition by sharing. Great way to bond with your son. I'm doing the same thing with my son in law and it's been a good way for us to get closer (only he's 35 and never done anything RC before) lol |
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04-11-2008, 10:57 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mississauga, ONT
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Your never to young to start, I got my grandfather into nitro trucks about 2 summers back and he was in his late 60's. | |
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04-11-2008, 11:11 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas
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That is a heck of a rig for 250.00, Great job dezfan |
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04-11-2008, 01:27 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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Just goes to prove that you don't have to spend a fortune to have a nice rig. | |
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04-11-2008, 01:41 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hiatus..sutiaH
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Makes me want to bang my head on a desk as to why I am not going this route for my build. For some masochistic reason I am buying all new top of the line stuff for mine. This has caused me to build part by part over the last two months. I should have just got it running like you have done here. Your son has a great looking rig and should be very capable as well. Great job. |
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04-11-2008, 01:45 PM
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04-12-2008, 03:17 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: fair oaks nor-cal
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how good is that esc working? i had one and i got tired of it and got a rooster be cause of the reverse delay i guess i had it programmed worng but looks good good to see kids join the hobby even though im one lol
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04-12-2008, 04:32 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Leicester, UK
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Love this build, will have to trim my body like that it looks soooooo much better:-P
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04-12-2008, 08:17 AM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Middle of the USA
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Nice truck for the money, can't wait till my boy is old enough!!
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04-12-2008, 06:44 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CoMo...Kickin it with Holmes Hobbies
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yeah its an ok build....lol.....now get it finished so the boy can kick our butts at the comp tomorrow.
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04-12-2008, 06:56 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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