not another Bomber build thread, no really

[Mletchworth]

Thought I would join in and share my new RR10 Bomber. Can't take any credit for building it, as it was a kit roller already put together when I bought it. But I'll list all the stuff I installed.


But first, here's how she sits today:




and here's what it looked like when I bought it:




Electronics

• Mamba Monster X ESC
• Holmes Hobbies Trailmaster Pro 3300kv sensored brushless motor
• Savox SW1210MG servo (running 8.0V off the Mamba's internal BEC)
• DumboRC X6FG transmitter/receiver set (10V max input)

So far everything is performing perfectly, except maybe the smallish 2600mah Gens Ace 3S battery. But I found out the Zeee 5200mAh 50C 11.1V 3S battery will just barely squeeze in there and give me double the capacity.

Installed Mods

• Aluminum body panels from Barndog Racing
• Cheap brass steering knuckles - made the front tires toe out so I had to shorten the steering link between the two knuckles
• Cheap aluminum beadlock wheels
• Proline Flat Iron XL 2.2 tires
• Crawler Innovations DoubleDeuce foams (PNs 1044 and 1045)

I'm so glad I bought a Bomber and gave it some balls. It's so much fun, though it tips over quite often. High speed turns no good - have to keep reminding myself this isn't a race car.

Let me know what you guys think.

[Mletchworth]

Went on a little lunchtime trail hike today with the Bomber. To my surprise, there were TONS of rocky stream areas for splashing around in. And I found this cool spillway thing:

[Mletchworth]

Barndog Racing X-long panels with upper triangles!!

[Cocamper]

Nice looking bomber, those skins are sharp! That's a cool looking spot you found as well.

Did the stock tires mount onto the amazon wheels ok? Those are good looking wheels, mind sharing which ones you got? I just put some Proline Super Swamper XL's on SSD rims, but now have the stock tires to do something with.

Lights- be curious to see what you go with. I recently put an Associated 120mm light bar on my bomber. Really nice light for a good price, plus its aluminum. However, after getting it hooked up and playing with it in the dark, I need more lights! Specifically I need to get some rock lights and I also would like to add a small bar up front to the stinger.

I'm debating right now about which Holmes motor to buy. Any thoughts on Trailmaster vs. Puller Pro? I have the Puller Pro V2 Rock Crawler 3500kv in my cart, about to hit the purchase button but keep second guessing myself! I'll be running on 2s for a while, almost all crawling besides taking the trail to and from the rocks.

[JatoTheRipper]

Nice looking truck. I love the "Fully" wheels.

Great place to crawl as well.

[Mletchworth]

Originally Posted by Cocamper

Did the stock tires mount onto the amazon wheels ok? Those are good looking wheels, mind sharing which ones you got?

The stock tires mounted up just fine on these
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X5TZN6T...p_mob_ap_share

I might upgrade to some XL swampers at some point but I wanna see how these tires do first. They seem pretty capable at first glance.

Originally Posted by Cocamper

I'm debating right now about which Holmes motor to buy. Any thoughts on Trailmaster vs. Puller Pro? I have the Puller Pro V2 Rock Crawler 3500kv in my cart, about to hit the purchase button but keep second guessing myself! I'll be running on 2s for a while, almost all crawling besides taking the trail to and from the rocks.

No experience with any other Holmes Hobbies motors. The Trailmaster Pro is awesome though. I'm only running 3s.

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[Cocamper]

Originally Posted by Mletchworth

The stock tires mounted up just fine on these
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X5TZN6T...p_mob_ap_share

I might upgrade to some XL swampers at some point but I wanna see how these tires do first. They seem pretty capable at first glance.



No experience with any other Holmes Hobbies motors. The Trailmaster Pro is awesome though. I'm only running 3s.

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Thanks. I think the stock tires are surprisingly capable, that's why I want to mount them on a different set of wheels. Of course the wheels you linked are out of stock! Guess I'll look around to see what else there is, just worried about getting cheap Chinese wheels that won't play nice with tires, when I could have put that towards some nicer SSD wheels. Speaking of SSD- highly recommend them with the Proline "insert", they mount up the PL tires so nice and easy...

Thanks for the feedback on the Trailmaster.

[Mletchworth]

Originally Posted by Cocamper

Speaking of SSD- highly recommend them with the Proline "insert", they mount up the PL tires so nice and easy....

I've got a set of 1.9 SSD contenders on my SCX10.2 XJ. They are nice. I also have a set of 1.9 Amazon beadlocks with Proline Krawlers mounted. They all worked fine for me so far.

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[Cocamper]

Originally Posted by Mletchworth

I've got a set of 1.9 SSD contenders on my SCX10.2 XJ. They are nice. I also have a set of 1.9 Amazon beadlocks with Proline Krawlers mounted. They all worked fine for me so far.

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I probably should have stated the 2.2 ssd proline version worked great with proline tires. I have read that proline (2.2) don’t play nice with all rims.

Sorry, don’t mean to sidetrack your thread!

But since I have your attention and you recently removed the stock tires from the stock rims, what method did you use and any tips?

Thanks!

[Mletchworth]

Originally Posted by Cocamper

Sorry, don’t mean to sidetrack your thread!



But since I have your attention and you recently removed the stock tires from the stock rims, what method did you use and any tips?



Thanks!

No worries mate. I didn't use any special method, just put the inner ring inside, made sure it was centered, put on the front part lining up the bead, then put on the back and lined up the holes. Pressed together with my hand and tightened up the 6 screws. Nothing to worry about.

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[Mletchworth]

Here are some close-ups

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[SCX10 JK]

Personally I have 5 or 6 sets of those wheels from ebay. I have mounted no problems the stock bomber tires, ripsaws, falken wildpeaks and the axial bfg krawlers with no problems at all. Even have some with closed cell foams both the single stage and dual stage. Love those cheap options avg cost about 35 a set. Just get the 35mm width ones.

[Cocamper]

Thanks guys. Good to know on those wheels. Off to shop some more, damn hobby!

I was wondering what method you had used to get the stock tires off the stock rims, but maybe you didn’t have to deal with the glued tires. Sorry, sidetracking you’re thread again!

[Mletchworth]

Originally Posted by Cocamper

Thanks guys. Good to know on those wheels. Off to shop some more, damn hobby!



I was wondering what method you had used to get the stock tires off the stock rims, but maybe you didn’t have to deal with the glued tires. Sorry, sidetracking you’re thread again!

Yeah, it's the kit version so it came with plastic beadlocks. I did try to get some Traxxas canyon trail tires off the factory glued rims with a heat gun but it didn't end well.

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[Cocamper]

Originally Posted by Mletchworth

Yeah, it's the kit version so it came with plastic beadlocks. I did try to get some Traxxas canyon trail tires off the factory glued rims with a heat gun but it didn't end well.

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I figured that was the case with the kit wheels.

I’m going to try the “light bulb” method I found on here, hoping to reuse the tires on some new rims, pretty sure my wife would not be happy if I used the oven! I also have a heat gun, but have read mixed results...

[SCX10 JK]

Not to hijack the thread here but I boil the tires off. Use a old pot toss tire in boil it for about 5 min flip it for another 5 min then pull out and set in sink and push on bead. I use a old metal pair of tongs to get the tire out but it also works well to push on bead. If it doesn't budge toss back in the water. So far I have done 4 sets and could reuse all the tires and wheels. As a plus it doesn't smell too bad (the wife would kill me if I used the oven method) and the tires are very clean after.

[Cocamper]

I think we are doing a fine job of hijacking this thread!

I just did one tire using the light bulb method, wow, super easy and no mess. Set it up in the garage and worked as advertised. There is a tiny bit of glue leftover, but I don’t think it will hurt anything.

Hijack over, sorry Mletchworth!

[Mletchworth]

Bought some gently used Proline Flat Iron XL tires and Crawler Innovations double deuce foams. They're about the same size as the stock tires, but a little wider and hopefully better grip.

[Cocamper]

That’s interesting about the size comparison to stockers, my proline ss xl are noticeably larger. Maybe I need to take a huge pic to really tell!!!

Looks good!

[Mletchworth]

Originally Posted by Cocamper

That’s interesting about the size comparison to stockers, my proline ss xl are noticeably larger. Maybe I need to take a huge pic to really tell!!!



Looks good!

Oops....

I think I want some super swampers but need to stop spending money on this rig.

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