my axial artr bulid

[otis683]

im some what new at the crawling thing. about a month or so ago i picked up a artr from a buddy at work that never used it. i brought it home put a 45 turn motor, a duratrax blast speed contlor and im using the tq3 set up.
my 1st time wheeling it i went to hobby town in concord best place so far. highly recomend going.
i met a few guys there, they helped alotttt, i was running all stock with medium springs in rear.and some traxxas springs in front. then i was talking to minor threat and he told me to go droop so i went and bought meduim inner springs and 100 wt all the way around. with droop and stock chassis it sat way low, i took fuel line and stuck it on the shock shaft (out of shock body), then called up minor and asked some questions.
he said i need a new chassis i was looking around at hobby town. didnt rele like the tubers, he said he made chassis and he sells parts i went strat to him looked at it and liked it. bought it went to the hobby town crawl on thursday and had it all put to gether and running be the end of the night. it is a sweet chassis its his older model alittle changes to make it comp legel but it is way worth it. has may diffrent holes for geomatry to play with. way better then the tubers at hobby town becuse ur kinda stuck to one geomatry.

with this new chassis all i had to buy were 6x65 uppers front and rear. some 3m srcews all diffrent lenths.
its was all about 30 bucks to get the chassis to work with what i have.
ive had it alitte less then a week and i have not found one bad about this chassis so far. over this week ill take it to the test to see if there are any bads.
im thinking there wont be any.

this build is a huge thanks to racer's edge machine

stock 1st running it \/


stock with droop \/


my new sweet chassis \/


still needs re wiring and needs the top body panels

and forgot to add it is a body less chassis

parts list:
custom tvp bodiless chassis
hitec 645 servo
traxxas tq3 radio
team ingtry 45turn
6x65 uppers with 6x6 spaces at chassis
6x6 spacer at rear axle
stock lowers front and rear.
Wb 12.5 and belly clearance 2.5
stock wheels and tires foams cut down 6 oz in front 4 in rear.
stock shocks with droop meduim springs with 100 wt. rubber peice from in side is outside now.

[bigoggy]

thats looking great for a first crawler

[otis683]

[Wideopen]

Nice chassis. Any more for sale?

[otis683]

i would contact minor threat

[minor_threat]

That chassis is available at Racers edge machine. Just ask them about the grounhaug chassis.

Otis, tha't awesome looking, in the rocks there, sweet! once you get rid of that stick pack, lmk, i'll cut some panels for you. How's that articulation? I hope to have more cross bars soon.

[minor_threat]

I keep coming back to look at the shots of the rocks, nice crawling! and a great read on the build up, way to go!
what do your wheels weigh? What servo are you running? SOrry to hear it broke! those rocks have claimed a lot of ankles but probably not a servo, hope you can get it fixed. just awesome to see that you made that sharp right turn past that one rock...i almost always roll that spot.

[otis683]

thanks minor. ya that crawl area was way fun.
fronts are 6 oz and rear i have 4oz.
7cell split on front axel.
i think its a hi tec 645 servo.
its all back together and ready to crawl.

[otis683]

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[minor_threat]

nice write up. do you still have the velcro straps? once you get the skid and panels, this will be a sweet ride indeed. Can't wait to see you driving it.

[otis683]

Yes i still have the straps
Why?
Ya i cant wait for the last little pices
We will crawl soon for sure

[otis683]

i just got my body panels on. put the inner dampner on the outer. move all the links that conect to the axails on the inside the shock. look at pic...
new skid plate moves lower links to the inside of the chassis

[minor_threat]

We're making Gobblin Green ones:

[otis683]

that will be way sweet

[minor_threat]

Just looked at the pics. That thing is sweet!!! Nice panels too! how does it drive now that you've moved the lowers inward? what was wrong with the other baseplate; the white one? nice build and thnx for sporting the chassis!!!

[blue bronco]

nice build. How does that chassis perform?

[otis683]

so far so good
im still trying diffrnet things with it
but the things i have tried its great

[otis683]

i have changed a few things
i move the shocks to to take artiultion away. i had crazy amount before.
got ride of the stock rear links and put strat 106mm lowers.
new skid plate moves outer rods to the in side...no more hang ups on them things.

[otis683]

got my new tires in today.
i got the hb rovers.
whites for the front and blues for the rears.
ill post some pics after wheeling tommrow and ill let u know how i like them

[durango#95]

You will LOVE them
Nice looking rig man, I am liking all the new body-less chassis popping up. Simple, light alternative to a tuber.