06-06-2013, 08:41 AM | #61 |
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It's that time of the year again! Working on the Wraith a little bit more. Installed new bearings and Vanquish VVDs last night and gave it a cleaning. Also added a light bar (no LEDs yet) and rebuilt the shocks. New shocks are definitely on my list next. Just ordered MIP driveshafts today too! Last edited by Ty@Tekin; 06-06-2013 at 09:02 AM. |
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06-06-2013, 08:15 PM | #62 |
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Wired up my own custom LED kit for the lightbar tonight. Decided to save the Rigid LED bar for the JK. Dash switch is the main power, center console switch is the 5 LED bar. Used 3.3v Super Bright White LEDs and 22ohm resistors on the positive lead of each one, which is then wired to my 2S main battery. Works like a champ! Bring on the Axialfest night stages. |
06-07-2013, 08:41 AM | #63 |
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Looks good Ty!
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06-07-2013, 09:58 AM | #64 |
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I made a miscalculation on my LEDs and the resistor. Just that 5 LED bar by itself is drawing .7Amps, so I think I need to go to a 200-240ohm resistor instead of the 22ohms that are in there. They get a little toasty and I don't think they need to draw that much power. But they supa bright! haha
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06-07-2013, 04:54 PM | #65 |
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Well I replaced the 22ohm 1/8 watt resistors with 220ohm 1/4 watt and the brightness went down a bit, but my current draw is also only .1Amp now! Happy face.
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06-09-2013, 09:50 PM | #66 |
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Playing around with dressing up the engine bay and hiding the winch servo and battery a little more. EXO engine fit with a little trimming. Complete with a custom wrap and looks pretty decent! Now I just need to make the inner fender liners to really hide everything from the outside. |
06-10-2013, 10:19 AM | #67 |
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Looks good....
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06-10-2013, 04:15 PM | #68 |
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Looking good Ty!! I just realized our paint schemes are closer than I thought Thanks for the LED info. I'm still in need of lights before Axialfest, so it might come in handy later this week |
06-10-2013, 07:07 PM | #69 | |
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The LEDs were actually pretty easy, I thin I could get away with a smaller resistor and get a little more light out of them, but they work pretty good. Would need a bigger one if you run them off a 3S. | |
06-13-2013, 03:15 PM | #70 |
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so are u naming your wraith recon.
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06-17-2013, 12:37 PM | #71 |
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Nope, not naming it Recon. I just called the thread that since I use it for RECON G6ing. Got the MIP shafts, took me a half hour to install them. One set screw decided it wasn't going to come out so I had to attack it with a Dremel. |
06-17-2013, 04:22 PM | #72 |
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Whipped up some inner fender liners for the front, hides everything nicely. Wrapped in carbon vinyl! |
06-18-2013, 07:00 AM | #73 |
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You have a very nice wraith. What is the top speed for it with your setup? I'm still trying to pick between going with a kit or a RTR. Any thoughts on which would be better for a person new to the hobby of RC? P.S I really like how you setup your spare tire.
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06-18-2013, 10:30 AM | #74 | |
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Kits are always more fun to build, if you're into building them. For a crawler/rock racer though, I'd almost always suggest kit over RTR if possible. That way you know every inch of it and how to take it apart for maintenance/repairs. All I had when I got mine was the RTR, so my choice was sort of easy haha. | |
06-18-2013, 10:47 AM | #75 | |
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06-18-2013, 11:00 AM | #76 |
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I think kit or RTR comes down to money and know how. being my first RC car I wanted something I could play with and learn on and went with an RTR. having no electronics or tools to start out with, needing to buy it all ontop of the kit was just to costly and building it from scratch to overwhelming. now that I've played with mine abit, upgraded / fixed it multiple times, I feel I'd have no problems building one from a kit given the time and money. but for my first car I'm glad I went with RTR. |
06-18-2013, 02:01 PM | #77 |
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Just got word I will have some GMade XD103's tomorrow! Can't wait to put them on.
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06-18-2013, 05:12 PM | #78 |
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Looks like Ty and I bought Wraiths about the same time. No kit then. My first RTR. A lot of parts got replaced on both. Though Ty's is prettier than mime. Where did the carbon vinyl come from? |
06-19-2013, 10:25 AM | #79 |
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I bought the vinyl on fleabay, was $12 for a 24" x 50" roll.
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06-19-2013, 01:21 PM | #80 |
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Built the new shocks, they look and feel awesome! Finally ready to do work this weekend! Bring on Axialfest 2013! |
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