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08-02-2010, 04:11 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: boise
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|  Thomas' Underground Crawlers Fastback
here is my original FF-4 build thread, Thomas's FF-4 build my fastback shares all the same parts as the FF-4 did   here it is straight outta the box.Juan did an awesome job boxing it up!  all bolted up  back axle and tranny in  here you can see i had hardly any room between the servo horn for the dig and the side plate, i had to do the nut on the outside of the chassis.  other view of the back  side view  front axle on  triangulation of front  pinion angle kinda sucks, its to help withe the caster angle  top body pannel   hood pannel on  side view again   side showing dig  all the wires crammed in there under the hood  under view  full side view  flexin it up  you like the wheels!? they are flat white on the rings and black rims  top with stickers!  balancing on the side.  flexing on a cool little sticky note thing  rims rear  rims in front. hope you like the white and black theme thing. my side body pannels are drying, i will post pics of it when they are on. i really like this chassis already, you nailed it Juan!!! i have a comp on wednesday and i basicly have a whole new setup from the last comp i had, i had the FF-4 with no dig and now i have dig and a bodyless chassis, the true test of it will be on wednesday, i cant wait! sorry bout the crappy pics, they were all with my blackberry because my camera was dead and i didnt want to wait to build it! tell me what you think! any feed back is accepted! |
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08-02-2010, 04:35 PM
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| Sometimes, I make things.   Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mt. Upton
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Nice looking rig, I really like the black and white. The fastback chassis looks impressive, I know I was impressed w/ the FF4, and like you said, they are packed very nicely.
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08-02-2010, 04:40 PM
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08-02-2010, 05:33 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Scumrise, Flooriduh
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Rig looks great thomas. I think some clockable C's should be your next purchase. That front pinion angle makes me cringe just looking at it. Quote:
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08-02-2010, 05:45 PM
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08-02-2010, 06:31 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: boise
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im comp legal now...    all the pannels are made form aluminum sprite cans, they were actually lighter than the lexan that i have, i dont know how it will hold up though. |
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08-02-2010, 06:40 PM
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| No idea what I'm doing Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Underground, CO
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Glad you got it in time for your comp! Looks great so far, but I'm going to miss that yellow body  |
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08-02-2010, 06:42 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2009 Location: Idaho Falls, ID.
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looks good thomas love the white but like the yellow better!!!  |
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08-02-2010, 07:03 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Scumrise, Flooriduh
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He can always dye the delrin yellow Another suggestion after a second look at the photos is your upper rear links. The change I would make would be to move them to the outside of the mount you have. Having them with no space between them like that loses most of the benefit for 4 linking. Make a spacer or use two revo balls to brace the mount where the links are now, use a longer screw and put them on the outside of that bracket. |
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08-02-2010, 07:11 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: boise
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 so i lied about the clocking c's  i didnt know that you guys liked the yellow bug, i didnt even really like it that much i think i willl like the bodieless alot more though | |
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08-02-2010, 07:32 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2009 Location: Idaho Falls, ID.
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08-02-2010, 07:35 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: crawlorado
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My fastback is killin it! i think you will like the bodiless alot better | |
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08-02-2010, 08:22 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: meridian
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| Thomas it looks really good. I can't wait to see it in action wed.
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08-02-2010, 08:31 PM
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08-02-2010, 08:38 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: boise
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i took your advice richard and spaced my rear 4 link, i had no screws long enough so i had to use a screw for each link, i see it becoming a weak link in the future though...  sorry, it was a blackberry pic again  | |
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08-02-2010, 08:56 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Scumrise, Flooriduh
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You will want to put a spacer in the middle before you do any serious crawling, or you will bend it. Add long screw and a spacer or two revo balls to your needed parts list!
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08-02-2010, 09:06 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: boise
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i will probably cut a piece of brake line and put it in the middle for now but i will try to get a screw before wednesday, they were almost long enough but the nut only would have like one thread holding it and im not ok with that!
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08-02-2010, 09:55 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Emmett, ID
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Good looking car. you will definately like the bodyless car even if it's not a BJV3.  I will bring my hardware cases with all of my 3mm stainless screws so maybe I will have something long enough. Do you still want one of the aluminum cases or did you bloww all of your money on the new car? |
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08-03-2010, 10:54 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: boise
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that would be awesome if you did! all mine are barely to short  yea i kinda did blow it all just since the last comp i have spent $150 ish on it!!  | |
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08-03-2010, 11:07 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Emmett, ID
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Well I think it was money well spent. We will always have the cases in stock so when you're ready just let me know. Also since I'm giving you the sales pitch, we just got 1300mha 3S lipos in stock and we have Panthers and Rovers in stock. Looking forward to showing you why you should have bought the BJV3 on Wed.  |
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