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EeePee · 09-13-2007, 09:32 PM

Another ten minute mod to the Axial.

I moved the plastic upper cross brace down to the upper links mounting bolt. And moved the green spacers up to the upper shock mounting bolt. I then drilled three holes in a piece of plastic using the original aluminum plate as a template. Kinda countersunk the middle hole and reused their screw.

Added a Velcro patch.

Mounted the electronics like so.

They sit lower for sure.

And there ya go.

DieselPhotos · 09-13-2007, 09:35 PM

Very Nice... As soon as I get around to getting a new batt set up, I'll probably do something like that... (I have to run the stick battery uptop for now... Front sits to low now.)

HauntFreaks.com · 09-13-2007, 09:36 PM

i like, I LIKE!!!... great idea my friend....

elbo · 09-13-2007, 10:07 PM

that is a really good idea!!!! good job

TIMZKRAWLER · 09-13-2007, 11:53 PM

great mod ...thanks ...i will be starting my build this weekend...about the battery set up ...is that a custom pack you built or is that available somewhere ?? and about how much runtime do you get ??? thanks for the help

MasterShake44 · 09-14-2007, 03:05 AM

That is a sweet mod for relocating the electronics, thanks for the tip!

shrek · 09-14-2007, 05:26 AM

hows the chassis flex is it rigid enough.

ctrwannabe · 09-14-2007, 06:12 AM

awesome mod, i might be doing this one as well

roachmoe · 09-14-2007, 07:03 AM

Very nice! Like to keep it clean. Unfortunately my Mamba Max and Traxxas receiver are alot larger than your setup...wouldn't fit. I guess I could make my lower shelf larger. Might interfere with the upper links though. It would need additional engineering for my setup.

Super sweet with yours!

RPS52 · 09-14-2007, 07:24 AM

I guess you could do build same thing in the back! That would give you two shelves, one for a speed controller, one for receiver! I may have to go that route anyway. The novak brushless motors are longer than the motor EeePee has. There'll be less room for a shelf at the front.

RPS52

scrooloose · 09-14-2007, 07:45 AM

Very nice mod. I think I will do this myself also.

whoodie · 09-14-2007, 10:27 AM

Very clever, if I weren't going to build a tuber out of it I would do this exactly, very nice!

EeePee · 09-14-2007, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DieselPhotos

Very Nice...

Hey thanks.

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Originally Posted by HauntFreaks.com

i like, I LIKE!!!... great idea my friend....

Thanks. Had a moment of clarity, (or a drunken idea?) when I was staring at the truck not content with where the electronics were mounted.

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Originally Posted by elbo

that is a really good idea!!!! good job

Thanks also.

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Originally Posted by TIMZKRAWLER

great mod... is that a custom pack you built or is that available somewhere ?? and about how much runtime do you get ??? thanks for the help

Thanks. Yeah the battery came from www.cheapbatterypacks.com It's made for a Losi Mini-T. I had them do their upgrade to the pack, and that's when they use good battery bars. So, one night while wanting to get the pack lower than where it was originally, which was on top of the servo, I saw that 3 cells might just fit in the empty spaces on the axle. Since CBP used the battery bars it was as easy as unsoldering the one that connected the two "banks" of 3 cells. And what do ya know? They fit. There's slight contact with the steeering links, but not enough to impede full travel.

And they sit low enough that you could make a plate that attaches to where the servo plate attaches, and extend it from tire to tire and it looks like it could hold a reciever and ESC. You could literally mount everything on the front axle... Hmmmm...

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Originally Posted by MasterShake44

thanks for the tip!

Cool man!

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Originally Posted by shrek

hows the chassis flex is it rigid enough.

I never cranked on it before, but there's a little flex, but nothing I'd worry about. I really doubt the one screw holding the top plate per side really added much in the way of rigidity anyways. In the name of less weight up high, I'll take my little tray over their big piece of aluminum mounted as high as possible.

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Originally Posted by ctrwannabe

awesome mod, i might be doing this one as well

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by roachmoe

I guess I could make my lower shelf larger. Might interfere with the upper links though.

Thanks man. At full articulation the links never go upward really. I still have room to spare before they'd hit, and a larger tray is entirely possible.

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Originally Posted by RPS52

I guess you could do build same thing in the back!

You most certainly could.

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Originally Posted by scrooloose

Very nice mod.

Thanks dude.

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Originally Posted by whoodie

Very clever

I try.

I think that covers everyone. Thanks again all y' alls.

Racer4Life · 09-14-2007, 04:01 PM

EeePee..you are the Scorpion crawler mod king!

Nice mod and effective use of the parts that you had!

Maybe a Moderator should start a sticky thread at the top here with all the great mod idea's!

EeePee · 09-14-2007, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Racer4Life

Maybe a Moderator should start a sticky thread at the top here with all the great mod idea's!

Thanks Tom, but don't tell me what to do!

Kranberry · 09-14-2007, 05:51 PM

wouldnt your rx kinda mess with the esc? being so close together?

x2, you are the scorp mod king!!

1beatjeep · 09-14-2007, 09:46 PM

We need to see a body on this crawler.

EeePee · 09-15-2007, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cjkranwinkle@cableone.net

wouldnt your rx kinda mess with the esc? being so close together?

Yeah possibly, but I'm using a Spektrum.

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Originally Posted by 1beatjeep

We need to see a body on this crawler.

Hey Richard.

I went all out on this one. And went with a body I've never seen anyone ever use before.

I got the Scorpion from Kevin @ TCS, so I'm sportin' the stickers.

EeePee · 09-15-2007, 09:11 AM

Hey guys, I've gotten some PMs about the batteries and figured I might as well show some pictures and type a little bit about them.

I bought this pack, made for a Losi Mini-T from www.cheapbatterypacks.com, and did the upgrade.

Bottom of this page: http://www.cheapbatterypacks.com/mai...rer=3&model=20

I unsoldered the middle battery bar.

Little wire job, then placed them, and zip tied them through the link and shock mount.

You can see the zip tie go through the link and shock mount...

Little touch from the knuckle stuff, hardly anything though.

Pretty easy stuff, and they work great.

With the BM9 brushless motor and geared with a 12 tooth pinion on the 6 cells I get a medium walking pace for speed. Runtime is about 45 minutes before any really noticable loss in power.

balang_479 · 09-15-2007, 10:32 AM

awesome mod, i love it, and thats for the battery info as well... will defenately use these mods in the future.

09-13-2007, 09:32 PM	#1
EeePee MODERATOR™ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 18,928	New Electronics Tray Another ten minute mod to the Axial. I moved the plastic upper cross brace down to the upper links mounting bolt. And moved the green spacers up to the upper shock mounting bolt. I then drilled three holes in a piece of plastic using the original aluminum plate as a template. Kinda countersunk the middle hole and reused their screw. Added a Velcro patch. Mounted the electronics like so. They sit lower for sure. And there ya go. Last edited by EeePee; 09-17-2007 at 10:27 PM.

09-13-2007, 11:53 PM	#5
TIMZKRAWLER Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: APPLE VALLEY,CALIFORNIA Posts: 985	great mod ...thanks ...i will be starting my build this weekend...about the battery set up ...is that a custom pack you built or is that available somewhere ?? and about how much runtime do you get ??? thanks for the help Last edited by TIMZKRAWLER; 09-14-2007 at 12:01 AM.

09-14-2007, 03:05 AM	#6
MasterShake44 Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Valdosta Posts: 588	awesome That is a sweet mod for relocating the electronics, thanks for the tip!

09-13-2007, 09:35 PM	#2
DieselPhotos Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Anaheim/Gardena, CA Posts: 179	Very Nice... As soon as I get around to getting a new batt set up, I'll probably do something like that... (I have to run the stick battery uptop for now... Front sits to low now.)

09-13-2007, 09:36 PM	#3
HauntFreaks.com Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Jersey (Cherry Hill area) Posts: 240	i like, I LIKE!!!... great idea my friend....

09-13-2007, 10:07 PM	#4
elbo Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: land of make believe Posts: 413	that is a really good idea!!!! good job

09-14-2007, 05:26 AM	#7
shrek Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: commerce twp. Posts: 570	hows the chassis flex is it rigid enough.

09-14-2007, 06:12 AM	#8
ctrwannabe RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 1,093	awesome mod, i might be doing this one as well

09-14-2007, 07:03 AM	#9
roachmoe Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Spring, North Houston Posts: 20	Very nice! Like to keep it clean. Unfortunately my Mamba Max and Traxxas receiver are alot larger than your setup...wouldn't fit. I guess I could make my lower shelf larger. Might interfere with the upper links though. It would need additional engineering for my setup. Super sweet with yours!

09-14-2007, 07:24 AM	#10
RPS52 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: KC Posts: 28	I guess you could do build same thing in the back! That would give you two shelves, one for a speed controller, one for receiver! I may have to go that route anyway. The novak brushless motors are longer than the motor EeePee has. There'll be less room for a shelf at the front. RPS52

09-14-2007, 07:45 AM	#11
scrooloose Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 119	Very nice mod. I think I will do this myself also.

09-14-2007, 10:27 AM	#12
whoodie Moderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Texas baby! Posts: 1,498	Very clever, if I weren't going to build a tuber out of it I would do this exactly, very nice!

09-14-2007, 04:01 PM	#14
Racer4Life I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In Cali. Posts: 4,109	EeePee..you are the Scorpion crawler mod king! Nice mod and effective use of the parts that you had! Maybe a Moderator should start a sticky thread at the top here with all the great mod idea's!

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09-14-2007, 05:51 PM	#16
Kranberry RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: ****, SL,UT Posts: 1,610	wouldnt your rx kinda mess with the esc? being so close together? x2, you are the scorp mod king!!

09-14-2007, 09:46 PM	#17
1beatjeep I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: san jose Posts: 2,061	We need to see a body on this crawler.

09-15-2007, 09:11 AM	#19
EeePee MODERATOR™ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 18,928	Hey guys, I've gotten some PMs about the batteries and figured I might as well show some pictures and type a little bit about them. I bought this pack, made for a Losi Mini-T from www.cheapbatterypacks.com, and did the upgrade. Bottom of this page: http://www.cheapbatterypacks.com/mai...rer=3&model=20 I unsoldered the middle battery bar. Little wire job, then placed them, and zip tied them through the link and shock mount. You can see the zip tie go through the link and shock mount... Little touch from the knuckle stuff, hardly anything though. Pretty easy stuff, and they work great. With the BM9 brushless motor and geared with a 12 tooth pinion on the 6 cells I get a medium walking pace for speed. Runtime is about 45 minutes before any really noticable loss in power.

09-15-2007, 10:32 AM	#20
balang_479 Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 635	awesome mod, i love it, and thats for the battery info as well... will defenately use these mods in the future.

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