Frankenstein

[Mike Flea]

Chassis: SCX10
Axles: Axial
Shocks: stock Helion Dominus SC
Springs: stock front ECX
Front Upper Link: Axial Y Link
Front Lower Links: Traxxas Revo 102mm
Rear Links, Upper and Lower: Traxxas Stampede Camber Links
Wheelbase: 10.5 in
Steering Servo: stock Axial
Steering Links: aluminum Axial
Servo Horn: aluminum Futaba
Wheels: 2.2 Axial Rockster, 2oz weight in each front
Tires: 2.2 Proline Dirt Hawg II
Motor: Integy Lathe 35t
Trans: Axial Locked Transmission
Body(s): Parma 1/10th Grave Digger and Proline 50's Chevy Pick-up
Front Bumper: Axial Poison Spyder
Driveshafts: Axial long front, short rear

It's still a work-in-progress, I don't have the esc, tx, or rx yet, and I want to make fender wells.

[Mike Flea]

Made the fenderwells out of Cool Whip containers, got rid of the visor, and painted the outside of the body. Also had to put an extension piece on the top of the rear shock towers because the rear shocks were dropping so low, the rear driveshaft was binding at the output shafts of the trans. The pieces I used for the top of the shock towers came from my ridgecrest chassis, they hold the front part of the links to the chassis.

[Mike Flea]

Put a Duratrax 32p 56t Spur gear in today with a 14t pinion

[AZINDY]

Your rig is coming along nicely. Looks better without the visor and painted on the outside for that matte finish look. The inner wheel wells are a great addition too.


But the rear shock angle isn't doing ya any favors. If ya lean the tops forward the whole rear suspension will work alot better & smoother.

[Mike Flea]

Ya, I thought about that when I was putting it together, it hasn't been run yet, but I do need to change the angle forward, or at the very least make them straight.

[Mike Flea]

Moved the tops of the rear shocks forward 3/8'' so now they're vertical, ordered ESC and receiver.

[Mike Flea]

Installed a receiver & esc last night, and test ran it thru the living room. Man, those 32p gears are noisy, but since I don't have a gear cover, and no where to really attach one, they'll have to do.

[AZINDY]

32p gears might be alittle loud, but they will take beating. How did the rig do on its first test drive?

[Mike Flea]

In the house it ran great, but I need to get it out on the trails this weekend.

[Mike Flea]

IT LIVES! Finally got Frankenstein out for it's maiden voyage. I wish I was co-ordinated enough to shoot pics or video with my phone while I ran the truck, but it didn't happen. It's probably won't surpass some of the rigs I've seen in these threads throughout RCCcrawler, but I'm very happy with it. It did, however, run, climb, and crawl better than my Dodge wroncho, and both chassis's are set up similarily in that the batteries are mounted in the rear. The only real difference is the wheelbase, Frankenstein is at 10.5", and the wroncho is 12.5", which can be a major plus for the panel, since it didn't hang up on obstacles that the longer wb Dodge did.

[TAT76]

I've been out of the loop for a while and loving coming back reading these builds to actually see different rigs.. Loving the tires used on your build. Never been a fan of your body but they way you put it with the W/T combo I'm liking it..

[Mike Flea]

Thanks Tat

[rjwalker]

Looks cool nice work

[Mike Flea]

Thanks RJ

[Mike Flea]

These 2.2 Dirt Hawgs seem to give the truck a lot of stability without raising the center of gravity. I'm running them without foams, and each front wheel has 2 oz of weight. And even with the NiCd pack mounted in the rear, it's perfectly balanced, it doesn't flip over backward throttling up a steep grade, and doesn't tumble end over end going down a steep grade, unless I do something stupid.