Underground Crawlers Fastback chassis

[DickyT]

Underground Crawlers Fastback prototype. The guts are borrowed from my FF-4 which includes:

Underground Crawlers chassis
VP DH Pro comps (front) with Sedonas
VP SLW V3 (rear) with Rovers
Nova's Ark foams
Super 300’s
HD front gears
Under drive rear gears
MIP center shafts
Steel tranny gears (make unknown)
VP Hurtz dig
VP Razors
Axial BTA
Axial plastic rear lock outs
Axial straight axles
Racers Edge Pro servo horn
Hitec 7950th steering servo
Hitec 5445b dig servo
Losi comp shocks (50 wt front, 45 right rear, 60 left rear)
VP 4 link\battery tray cut for bta clearance
VP 4 link plate on rear, cut down for clearance on equal length upper links
Holmes Hobbies Handwound 35t motor
Mamba Max (old school)
Castle BEC at 7.4v
Delrin lower links
Delrin rear upper links
Aluminum front upper links



Darn the beer... sorry guys, but the list above is what will be going on it as soon as the mailman comes

[C*H*U*D]

Kick-ass picture Richard ...subscribed!

This thread should grow some legs tomorrow...I think your chassis should be there by then.

[Duuuuuuuude]

Whatever graphic design school you went to, you really should ask for your money back.

[DickyT]

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

Whatever graphic design school you went to, you really should ask for your money back.

I can actually work my way around photoshop fairly well,
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...miata6x4-1.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/tekstyle/mpv.jpg

but beer + ms paint does not equate to patient photoshop work

[icrawl2]

Hey DickyT, Nice pic.................


I'm in the process of building an FF-4 at the moment so i'll be watching your build up on this great looking chassis from Juan. You do some fine work on these builds, can't wait to see how this one goes.

[aiden102408]

dude i think my 2yr old son drew that pic....lol im definately subscribed to this one

[DickyT]

legs are growing It will be about 7 hours before I am home form work though.. This day can not go by fast enough

[C*H*U*D]

Nice!!! Glad it got there today and not tomorrow

[DickyT]

Originally Posted by C*H*U*D

Nice!!! Glad it got there today and not tomorrow

Me too, now I get a night of tuning in before Saturday. This will not be much of a "build" thread, the front and rear clips form my FF-4 are intact, the tranny is intact, i will just assemble, take a few photos while the paint on the body panels dries, install the panels and take a couple more shots.

I am hoping for good dusk lighting at the park tomorrow to get some video footage to edit while on the road this weekend comping

Thanks for the extra stickers Juan, I will put a full one on the hood panel, and cut the road signs out of the rest for side panels and back of the top panel

[lazychubs]

lol cool pict and cant wait to see it built up .just hope you dont use the pict as a guide

[Stormin2u]

I'm pretty interested in seeing your build up.

[Tydl]

It'll never work....




























See ya tonight to help and admire...

[DickyT]

Originally Posted by Tydl

It'll never work....
See ya tonight to help and admire...

Blasphemy, and for your sake I hope you are wrong, you do want my FF-4 plates for your losi right?

See ya in a couple hours

[DickyT]

It's late, I'm tired and have an early day tomorrow, so my apologies for the crappy cell phone pics. I will get proper pics tomorrow after work, but here is a little something to hold you over

[TOMCAT18T]

Damn that is sick!! Hows it feel to have a complete original

Looks like everthing fits in there real nice too.
Congrats Richard



When you get a chance...what's the weight difference?...hows the COG?...etc, etc... details man!



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[TOMCAT18T]

I had wondered if it would be possible to run the shocks inboard like that...glad to see that it is....any issues there?






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[DickyT]

Originally Posted by TOMCAT18T

I had wondered if it would be possible to run the shocks inboard like that...glad to see that it is....any issues there?
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No issues at all. I used a set of axial shock mounts as spacers and a piece of 1/4" delrin rod to tie it all together. I moved the electronics to the rear though since I had to inboard the upper front links and make a bit of clearance on the drive shaft side.

It articulates very smooth, climbs the smae 67 degrees on incline that my FF-4 did, and rolls over amazing. I can't wait to get it out for trial on the rocks after work tomorr... err later today

[STEEL_CITY_CRAWLER]

that is veeeeeeeery nice....

[DickyT]

And the last crappy cell pic. My good camera is with me and batteries charging, I will get some quality photos this evening



Time to go on a diet, the FF-4 weighed in at 5.82.

[C*H*U*D]

Originally Posted by DickyT

...my apologies for the crappy cell phone pics...

Well, at least they're better than your first picture

Originally Posted by DickyT

Time to go on a diet, the FF-4 weighed in at 5.82.

Delrin crossbars would help shed some weight, and remove it from up high...The aluminum bars will be ditched for the final product.

Looks good with the panels on though...can't wait to see some good pictures