My NENQ Prodigy Project

[scrounge]

Gonna be a nice looking rig fer sure Brian. Can't wait to see the finished build.

[Crawllife]

Originally Posted by AddictedtoRC1

Absolutely. And I know Travis isn't offended in any way, but some people only see the negatives in every situation.

Titanium showed today and once I get David's little mini monster squared away, some updates I will have.

The last sentence of this paragraph sounds like you were channelling Yoda. No wonder your builds are so sick. You use the force!

[AddictedtoRC1]

Originally Posted by scrounge

Gonna be a nice looking rig fer sure Brian. Can't wait to see the finished build.

Thanks Andy. Good thing you are making the NENQ to see it in person.

Originally Posted by Crawllife

The last sentence of this paragraph sounds like you were channelling Yoda. No wonder your builds are so sick. You use the force!

I'm glad someone picked up on that.

[AddictedtoRC1]

A big thanks to David for toting a virgin Xciter body along with him on his visit today. Always a great time hanging with that cat and once we were finished with his mini, I jumped right into the blank canvas of lexan. I wanted something simple for the new rig and thought it only right to represent EPARCC at the NENQ.





Only thing left for the Prodigy at this point is wiring it up. More pictures to come once the sun comes up.

[Crawllife]

Yesterday was a chill day. I'd also like to say that you did one hell of a job getting my mini wired up. And for me to spell EPA right was icing on the cake. Sometimes you just have good days. Oh, your mom is is sweetest damn woman on earth. I hope for the worlds sake she's around for a very long time. Liz didn't want her conversation to end with her.

[AddictedtoRC1]

Thanks for the kind words brother. Got around to laying some solder on my own electronics this morning. Should have this thing powered and 98% finished by the time I go to bed tonight.

[AddictedtoRC1]

[Gfresh]

that looks goooood!

mmm tasty.

[TURBOFEST]

Looking badass Brian! I'm stoked to have so many Prodigy's running around at the NENQ! It's gonna be fun!

[AddictedtoRC1]

Thanks Jimmy. It's gonna be a great time for sure. And thanks for designing and offering such an awesome setup. I'm very happy with this chassis already and it hasn't even been tested yet.:thumbup:

[Crawllife]

Jimmy didn't ask me if I wanted to be one of the cool kids. I must say, spending a day with one over the weekend, there is a lot I like about it. The triangulation of the lowers for one. The shock arms for another. The bta set up may require some tweeting ( if it were mine ) but all n all, super impressive.

[Jslick]

Originally Posted by Crawllife

Jimmy didn't ask me if I wanted to be one of the cool kids. I must say, spending a day with one over the weekend, there is a lot I like about it. The triangulation of the lowers for one. The shock arms for another. The bta set up may require some tweeting ( if it were mine ) but all n all, super impressive.

You my friend need to stick with one rig for at least a season.

[AddictedtoRC1]

I'm interested to hear your idea for the BTA David. Input is surely always a good thing.:thumbup:

[TURBOFEST]

This B.T.A. steering is tried and true and easy as pie...

[Jslick]

Very happy with my BTA set up. OOps, I let the cat out of the bag. LOL

[winnerone23]

Originally Posted by Jslick

You my friend need to stick with one rig for at least a season.

Drive time is the key.. Changing is ok, If the drive time is put in to it before and after the change...

[TSK]

Originally Posted by Crawllife

Jimmy didn't ask me if I wanted to be one of the cool kids. I must say, spending a day with one over the weekend, there is a lot I like about it. The triangulation of the lowers for one. The shock arms for another. The bta set up may require some tweeting ( if it were mine ) but all n all, super impressive.

That's it. Next chassis you get from me will have parallel lower links, and one shock position and upper link position per corner

[Crawllife]

This forum is getting fun again. I've actually enjoyed logging on the last couple of weeks. Thanks guys. John, this is the longest I've stuck with chassis. I may have a problem. The bta comment wasn't a cut by any means. I have so much crap loaded up on the front of mine that any attemp at something similar didn't work. Hence the " if it were mine" comment . I'm hoping my drive time shows at our qualifier Troy. I'm just not so sure I'll be as committed ( or want to be outside ) as you.

[Crawllife]

I'd also like to mention that thanks to notch eight, I did get one bta set up to work this week. Killer work and my rigs wouldn't were they are without you!


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[AddictedtoRC1]

I'm long over due for any sort of update with this. Finally have a couple of things to tell so here goes. The NENQ was a wicked fun time and there were a lot of great drivers. The Prodigy was working fairly well (I say fairly due to my own setup issues). Two of my three courses weren't finished because of a front driveshaft popping out mid run. The time I ate up fixing it left me about 6 feet from gate 10 on both when time ran out. After talking with Jimmy about weight, I added two more half rings to the front before running my last 2.2S course of the day. Between gate 1 and gate 2, I knew right away it was a good decision. Luckily I didn't have an issue with the driveshaft separating and with the 2 CRAZY bonus gates on Course 3, I came off with a -36, 3rd best for that course.

Here's a couple of the Bonuses:







Walking away from the day, I started planning a different approach to setup. I did away with the modded WB8 in the front and replaced it with an RC4WD Punisher shaft I picked up cheap.





Turned out to be a perfect fit.

With the driveshaft issue fixed and the weight just right in the front end, I decided to go back to something I've trusted for some time. White Dot Rovers. Had a slightly used set lying here and glued them up to some CI 6 Bolt wheels.



Took the rig out for some practice yesterday and it was working amazingly well. All in all I believe the setup is right where I want it at this point. More drive time will be the deciding factor. Gotta give another big thanks to TURBOFEST for designing such a sick chassis.