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12-01-2010, 02:11 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Dark Corner
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|  New Guy: Tommy's Build Thread
Well....Let me start by saying hi, I'm Tommy. lol I recently traded one of my short course trucks for 2 airplanes, 6 airplane batteries, and a SCX10 roller. I have been looking on here at some of your builds and they are awesome!! I have my work cut out for me and I'm gonna post pics on here as I proceed to making this ride a bit better! ;) I'm not new to rc at all. I started racing regularly back in March (2010) and have been a weekly racer since. I have never had a rock crawler..period! So when i saw terms like "Dig" and such...i had to google it to see exactly what it meant  But i catch on really fast. I saw last night on here about the 4 link suspension so i already ordered the parts to do it. I'm not going to be competing in any competitions so I did the 4 wheel steering last night. I saw someone say that if you do 4 wheel steer you can not have the 4 link suspension, so i figured a way around that. ;) I'll post up some more pics with how I done it. but anyways here's my ride just about like I got it from my buddy. ALL Suggestions/Comments are welcome. You will not hurt my feelings one bit. Thanks a lot and I'm looking forward to chatting with you all on here. Tommy Also: the blue body and Green rims were not my choice....it's the way it came. LOL Give me a few weeks and then critique me.       |
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12-01-2010, 02:22 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Anoka
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Looks like a good start! Just wait bud, it's addicting Can't wait to see what yeah do!
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12-01-2010, 02:57 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: florida
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it looks good, and has a nice amount of suspension travel. And the motor in it, is it a 7.5 turn? cause if so its gunna seriously haul @ss.
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12-01-2010, 04:20 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Dark Corner
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Thanks...I'm looking forward to seeing what I can come up with also. ;) The motor that is in it right now is a 13.5T with a 20T pinion. Mamba Max Pro ESC. I have the Castle link settings at 50% Throttle, 40% Reverse, 250% Drag Brake(Crawler Mode) BEC at 7.0V, now I'm also running a Capacitor in my receiver since the rear wheel steer servo is taking some power from the rx. That helped tremendously. I'm gonna make a video of how the rear steer works and post it on here. oh yeah....where is the best place to buy stuff for these trucks?? Mods...stock parts....scale accesories...etc. Thanks
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12-01-2010, 11:32 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Dark Corner
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Here's the video I promised...let me know what you think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr30bQT8uJc |
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12-02-2010, 11:25 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Dark Corner
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Here's another video I threw together today....Rock Crawling on a wood pile and around our Koi Pond. Hope you enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9r9MACIegw Also my new rims and body should be in soon! |
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12-03-2010, 09:08 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Murfreesboro
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Move as much weight as you can to the front and get it as LOW as possible. Itll climb alot better and be less tipsy with that battery up front. Read around on here, Ive learned everything I know and then some from tooling around this site!!! Matt |
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12-05-2010, 11:26 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Dark Corner
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I'll give that a try. Still waiting on all my stuff to get here so this will give me something to do in the meantime. Thanks for the help :-) | |
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12-05-2010, 12:29 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Georgia
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why is there an AX10 chassis on the SCX10 chassis?
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12-05-2010, 02:53 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: your back yard
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Looks good but was wondering about the extra chassis aswell. Also do you have a parts list for the 4WS?
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12-05-2010, 03:21 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sittin in the sky
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take off that hidious body and the ax-10 chassis and you'll have a good start on a scaler
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12-05-2010, 04:43 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Dark Corner
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Guys Calm Down!!! About the Body: If you read what I wrote.....this is the only body that I have until mine gets here. I got this truck in a trade and the green wheels and blue body is all i have for time being. The Chassis: I sorta thought it looked cool and I was taking measurments to see what size shocks I would need for a AX10 Conversion. But after seeing all the scalers here I'm gonna do a scaler too. Would like to do a scale version of my 1:1 body....but I can't find a Crew Max body with 4 door handles. :( heres a pic.   anybody got any ideas?? |
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12-05-2010, 06:10 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Moncton, NB, Canada
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12-06-2010, 05:01 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Dark Corner
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I looked up everything last night....going by my local hobby shop today to pick the styrene and Tenax 7R up. Gotta order the body and stuff. Thanks for the help
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