10-25-2010, 08:45 PM | #1 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: South Africa
Posts: 31
| J.J.'s LR3
New to the board and to R/C. My 4 year old son got an HSP Crawler last Christmas: the HSP has been great and with the exception of some plastic rod-ends nothing has broken. My son's driving skills have improved to a point where I feel he can move up to the real thing. (And he has been a good boy) So herewith the start of a very simple build: SCX10 kit Rastar LR3 Here's the plan: 2 x 15Kg Chinese Waterproof servo's, one will be CM using the poorman's method, the other servo will be turned into a mid-mounted winch using the Grizzly method. HSP ESC - I have a spare from my son's HSP and it worked very well while driving two motors, cheap. HSP 4 channel AM RX , also a spare from my son's HSP 4WS, worked well, even after the truck fell into the pond, no glitches and very cheap. Just need another radio. No-name brand Chinese steel/alloy drive-shafts. Possibly some 1.55 Mud Thrashers in the future. 8mm key-steel for sliders and cross-members. Chinese knock-off's as spare wheels. Cell-phone seats. Interior. Roof rack. Steel bumpers. 28T motor or 65T Crawler motor. The Iceman as the driver. Mock-up Drive-shafts, had to be shortened by about 10mm as shown. CMS, used a servo mount from a robot shop. Virtually no bumpsteer with this set-up, the draglink however, hits the trackbar just before the shocks reach the rubber bumpstop. Will have to make the some adjustments to the rod-end on the servo arm or change it out to the Axial plastic rod-end. The Iceman looking very smug here, little does he know I'm getting a cap to hide his ridiculous haircut, or that his legs are too long. He will be a double amputee in the not too distant future... Thanks for watching, hope to have some updates soon. All comments welcome! |
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10-25-2010, 11:41 PM | #2 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2007 Location: Right Here
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looks great man.
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10-26-2010, 07:05 AM | #3 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Fortuna Calif.
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Very nice Iam sure your son will like it. Only one problem I see is, you will need another SCX-10 for yourself. |
10-26-2010, 07:22 AM | #4 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Austin, TX, USA
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Looking great!! |
10-26-2010, 09:24 AM | #5 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Los Angeles, 90201
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Looks great . . . Reminds me of my build
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