My new Wraith, and IFS Wraith project
 

Hey all,

Unfortunately being mates with Grimace who has posted a thread on his wraith, I ended up buying one.

A R2R poison spider one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...871/wraith.jpg

The original spur gear lasted about 5 minutes, due to my total lack of common sense, and binary throttle action.

I have since replaced that and it has done a few hours running now.

I am running the std gearing, but 3000ma 3S batteries and for what it is it's pretty fast!

It can't quite outrun our Golden retriever on a flat field though which is frustrating! :)

Only other mod so far is an alloy Servo horn as the original plastic ones dont last very long.

I also have a BEC on order.

I had started to think about converting this to IFS and making it go as fast as possible, but I have decided that's a bit of a waste so I will keep this one for crawling, and I have purchased a bare cage/chassis from RC-Recycler to make something else out of.

Axial Wraith Rock Racer Roll Cage Chassis Frame w/ Links Interior Scale Crawler

I was thinking the Blue Monkey IFS, and as powerful motor as I can fit, but I really have no idea what I am doing so be prepared for some stupid questions!

cheers!
Pete

Re: My new Wraith.
 

i would put a 45t HD tekin motor in it and flip the shock mounts to lower it a little and improve the COG. Also some traxxas Big bore shocks would be a good idea.
Be prepared for the stock motor to burn out from crawling.

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Lower shock mounts are flipped on the PS already.

Pete doesn't do 'crawlin' he does 'haulin'

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:ror:

Now got a Robinson racing spur gear / slipper installed.

Std motor seems to be holding up pretty well so far.

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Just ordered the blue monkey IFS kit with steering arms and trailing arm conversion for the project Wraith. Their website has been updated so hopefully they have stock.

http://www.bluemonkeyrc.com/catalog/...FS%20Black.jpg

http://www.bluemonkeyrc.com/catalog/...sion%20kit.jpg

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Very cool Pete, after starting to mod my sons Wraith & seeing the Blue Monkey IFS kit a little while ago I am tempted to buy one & go that route so we have both U4 & Crawler styles covered.
But with the amount you can spend I might be better off buying parts for my real U4 ...... decisions decisions lol


brooksy

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looks like a nice kit

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Hey Brooksy! I know what you mean. This isn't really a cheap hobby is it!
Having to keep my budget slightly under control as I just got another D90 as well! This time a brand new one! Not as cool as your U4 however!

Will have a look for your thread

Rgds
Pete

Re: My new Wraith.
 

Ordered some more bits (BEC, motor, and servo) for the IFS wraith project, and a new servo for the R2R

Castle Creations 20A BEC Pro Voltage Regulator
2 Savox SA-1231SG Tall Digital "High Torque" Steel Gear Servo
Tekin Redline SC4X Sensored Brushless 550 Motor (4.5T)

Hopefully some of these arrive bits soon!

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I had quite a lot of bits arive over the last few days.

The BlueMonkey kts arrived today. Have had a quick look through the parts. The BM stuff looks good, although at first glance I am missing the studs for the trailing arms. Anyone else had these in their kit?

The motor/servo/bec etc all arrived as well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...Monkeykits.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...lingarmkit.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...rarmdetail.jpg

Looks like a very nice build. Trailing arms look nice.

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My kit had the studs in it, prob need to reach out to Matt and have him send you some. Good luck and enjoy the build it's a fun one!

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Thanks BH. Just been reading your thread. Very cool!

I have sent Matt a message on his website. Unfortunately I live a long way away so getting a set sent may be hard!