What's black and white and red all over?

[GA Dawg]

A Newspaper! Also my Capra.

Nothing too fancy. Mamba X with a Reedy Radon 16T motor because I can't figure out what I did with my 2200kv brushless motor. 25KG servo and Proline Hyrax tires on Chickity China wheels.

I took it out this morning for it's first run. I am very impressed. It made every climb that I test my trucks on plus some that none of my other trucks have done. I'd like to get a little weight on the corners, but I don't really see me making many changes to this thing.

Here's some pics from this morning.

















This was just prior to an epic double backflip. The Capra stuck the landing like a champ.





Here are some of those cacti that Georgia is known for.

[Panther6834]

Nice paint...simple, but it "pops".

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[GA Dawg]

Here is a quick vid of one of the rocks I play on. I'm not especially good at shooting video while driving.

https://youtu.be/i3F_o75PEM8

[B-MOW71]

Nice looking Capra Dawg!

YT video is not working. It says that it is private!

[Panther6834]

Originally Posted by GA Dawg

Here is a quick vid of one of the rocks I play on. I'm not especially good at shooting video while driving.

https://youtu.be/i3F_o75PEM8

Can't watch the video. When you uploaded it, you set it to "private".

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[GA Dawg]

Not sure why it was set to private. It should work now.

[Panther6834]

Originally Posted by GA Dawg

Not sure why it was set to private. It should work now.

Yup, yup...it's a workin' now.

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[dezfan]

Looking good!👍🏼

[GA Dawg]

I swapped the 16T Reedy Radon for a 20T Crawlmaster Sport and the 13T pinion for a 11T pinion. I think this is where I want to be speed-wise.

I also jumped on the red fuel cell bandwagon.

[dezfan]

Originally Posted by GA Dawg

I swapped the 16T Reedy Radon for a 20T Crawlmaster Sport and the 13T pinion for a 11T pinion. I think this is where I want to be speed-wise.

I also jumped on the red fuel cell bandwagon.

Your Cap looks good.

Love the “Jato hack” on your fuel cell!👍🏼

🤣

[GA Dawg]

I'm never going to put headlights in the grille, so I designed and printed one without headlight buckets. I was prototyping with silver PLA since that was what was already loaded up. I'll print one in black PETG tomorrow.

[LincolnofDeath]

Just straight up that rock in the video, looks great. You pretty happy with it?

[GA Dawg]

I'm extremely happy with it.

[durok]

Love that custom grille!

[GA Dawg]

After printing a black grille, I painted my prototype red. Not sure which I like better.

[Panther6834]

Red

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[GA Dawg]

I'm leaning towards red too except for the fact that it highlights the fact that I'm a little too narrow at the bottom.

[Panther6834]

Originally Posted by GA Dawg

I'm leaning towards red too except for the fact that it highlights the fact that I'm a little too narrow at the bottom.

What about white? Still works with the Capra's color scheme.

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[GA Dawg]

The red stays for now. I'll paint the PETG version since it's stronger. The more I look at it I'm not feeling all of the slots. I'm trying to decide on something that I'll like better.

[Panther6834]

Originally Posted by GA Dawg

The red stays for now. I'll paint the PETG version since it's stronger. The more I look at it I'm not feeling all of the slots. I'm trying to decide on something that I'll like better.

Just a thought...instead of giving it a typical Jeep-like grill, how about giving it something more aggressive-looking. Here's a few ideas you could possibly use as "starting points":

https://realtruck.com/p/fab-fours-fr...RoCqkwQAvD_BwE

https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-qesg...940588.jpg?c=2

https://wearecurated.com/wp-content/...w-970x647.jpeg

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