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04-26-2011, 12:02 PM | #1 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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I'm not a big thread guy but I wanted to give a shout out to T1E for a great chassis thanks Mike. I've been a die hard shafty guy from the beginning, maybe not the brightest bulb on the tree in the age and dominance of MOA trucks. But I like the challenge of running my rig in the 2.2 open class at my local club, MNRCRC. I picked up a Moonbuggy shafty chassis from Mike at T1E and married it to my successful GC-2 set up. You'll notice the different battery and steering servo locations. Pure Gatekeeper, even the link geometry is identical to my GC-2 set up it just bolted right up. Specification T1E Moonbuggy Shafty chassis and high rise lower links Big Bore shocks 2660 3.5" Axial Axles SDS Super 300 CVD and locker Axial clock-able chubs JR 8711 steering servo Under drive gearing rear Felsenfest zero Ackerman knuckles and weight system Beef tubes with caster Axial Transmission and VP Hurtz Dig with HS5085MG Micro servo Jakes Performance 37t checkpoint motor on 3S batteries VP SLW wheels Hater tires by owner with InNovation DD 5.5 with tunning disks RTR weight 5.5 pounds Really just a straight forward shafty rig. The Felsenfest front end, very low COG. The tranny and dig. The old reliable Mamba Max on it's fourth year of service. I even regularily run 4S packs through it and it's still workin, knock on wood. The amazing ground clearance. A few shots of the finished truck, forgive the poor picture quality I need a new camera. Last edited by Stormin2u; 12-09-2011 at 02:24 PM. |
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04-26-2011, 12:19 PM | #2 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Indian land, SC
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Very nice! Inspiring me to work on my shafty moonbuggy tonight.
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04-26-2011, 12:53 PM | #3 |
Newbie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: bakersfield
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that is one sick lookin buggy...i like the look of the rock buggys...thats gnna be my next project after my fj40 tuber
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04-26-2011, 12:55 PM | #4 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Goin broke losing weight.....
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Thx again for info. I have some work to do on mine over the off season now
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04-26-2011, 01:14 PM | #5 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Shreveport, LA
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About time we got to see a build thread for this crawler. Looks great! I bet it performs even better.
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04-26-2011, 01:17 PM | #6 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Memphis
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Man the front axle looks like a beast This rig is awesome! |
04-26-2011, 01:43 PM | #7 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Valley Village
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LOVE IT! Tight work!
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04-26-2011, 01:45 PM | #8 |
Suck it up! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas
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Nice battery and esc placement. Are your front uppers running straight out? Also: you need a D-Mount on that thing. |
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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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It defiantly is, with tires and wheels bolted on it's 3 pounds. The knuckle weights are 5 Z and as low. I was surprised the handling and performance is also much improved with out extra weight in the wheels. I laugh every time I see your Avatar that's a great shot. Thanks snake, your Moonbuggy build got plenty of eyeball time from me when I was considering the chassis, you were a inspiration. Quote:
Sorry, but is a D-Mount the steering set-up you and KC Jones are working on? That's is some nice work your doing. | |||||
04-26-2011, 06:28 PM | #10 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: lenoir, nc
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Very nice job One of the best looking shafty moonbuggy I've seen
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04-26-2011, 06:30 PM | #11 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: San Francisco
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nope D-link is the rear 4-link mount Juan {C*H*U*D} sells, I own 2 now, they are amazing! What kind of ground clearance are you running on there! |
04-26-2011, 06:37 PM | #12 | |
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Cool, I'm liking your front uppers. Don't think I can get away with that on a Fastback. Gonna have to go look. Quote:
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04-26-2011, 08:53 PM | #13 | ||
I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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Best picture I have of the link mounts, I'll get a better picture tomorrow. At the front of the skid 3 1/8", back 3 3/8" and at the pocket it's 3 1/2". You might be surprised, it looks like you could it done. I'll get a couple of picks on those upper links. The rear is flat out GC-2 all the way to the chassis, mounted on stand offs at the link mount and chassis. The front is mounted to the chassis and is a little narrower than the GC-2 link plate allows for. I'll get a couple of shots of those areas for you Dude, my written explanations get a bit confusing. Last edited by Stormin2u; 04-26-2011 at 08:56 PM. | ||
04-26-2011, 11:11 PM | #14 |
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Wow that is some ground clearance! Last I measured my rig was over 3.375" at the front and way to high in the rear . With no wheel weights stability suffered horidly and that was the end of that {note I am not running a Moonbuggy chassis!} I am guessing without all the weight in the front of the rig it would just flop all over and that would be that with it riding so high? |
04-26-2011, 11:56 PM | #15 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minnesota
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Norm looking good buddy. I must admit its surprising to see a build thread from you. See ya on the 1st.
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Looking forward to seeing you on the first my friend, looks like the weather is changing and we will have some sun and less wind. | ||
04-30-2011, 12:02 PM | #17 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Isanti, Minnesnowta
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I can say from the first comp, you let me play with your rig a little bit, and it works awsome. And placed very well for a shafty I might add, beating alot of the OLD moa pros... see ya on the 1st. |
04-30-2011, 12:45 PM | #18 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Goin broke losing weight.....
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are the gc3 servo/rr mount plates you use an old style? they look quite abit different from what comes in the duratrax kit now.
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04-30-2011, 09:00 PM | #19 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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Only problem with a shafty beating the MOAs is at next comp we'll see some of those gates you'll need a RC helicopter to make progress on. Guaranteed there will hell to be pay for all the shafties. Yes they are the old style Erin, the GC-1 and 2 shared that design, GC-1 was aluminum and the GC-2 was Delrin other than the material they where identical. On both 1 and 2 the upper Ft and Rr links were parallel and wide. I'm running the old style link mounts on both front and rear. | |
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