Flash sale Spawn

[bgredjeep]

Originally Posted by durok

Those are styled like the good ol' Carter Fabrications panels... Nice looking!

Thanks, I got the idea from the bed I saw in this fastback conversion on shapeways. Searched a bit after seeing that and wasn't able to find any other info so I went about making one.

https://www.shapeways.com/product/9G...n-for-radiator

Eventually I'll probably get that fastback setup as well. Kind resembles the lines on my big crawler.

[bgredjeep]

Well here's a first for me. I just found my battery tray template design being sold on ebay as an actual battery tray. So not only are they selling my part, and using my pictures (ones i posted here and fb, but not on thingiverse), they are also misrepresenting what it is. They even included my thingiverse name in the description. Looks like they are selling the drill template that couldn't even be installed to a wraith. Lol

Some people. I asked them to remove it so we'll see how that goes.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/32549519478...mis&media=COPY

Just in case they do remove it, captured for posterity

[durok]

Wow...

The world today.

That's somewhat flattering, in a way!

[bgredjeep]

Originally Posted by durok

Wow...

The world today.

That's somewhat flattering, in a way!

That's pretty much exactly how I took it. Flattered for a second, then wtf... lol

[hnoroian]

You know you have a good product when…

At least they gave you credit, it isn’t listed anymore.

[xxlostonexx]

Originally Posted by bgredjeep

Well here's a first for me. I just found my battery tray template design being sold on ebay as an actual battery tray. So not only are they selling my part, and using my pictures (ones i posted here and fb, but not on thingiverse), they are also misrepresenting what it is. They even included my thingiverse name in the description. Looks like they are selling the drill template that couldn't even be installed to a wraith. Lol

Some people. I asked them to remove it so we'll see how that goes.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/32549519478...mis&media=COPY

Just in case they do remove it, captured for posterity

I just picked up a LP servo from 1up racing and never got confirmation about it. I messaged them and did the same thing. someone made their own 1up site basically selling his stuff but not them. I messaged PP and they refunded and will be blocking the user. when I told him about it, he said he knew it was there but nothing he could do since they are in China. but I got my money back.

really crappy

[bgredjeep]

I got the Wraith out on the local trails this weekend. I've made a few changes since my last outing.

I raised the skid to be flush with the chassis. Due to my front battery mount location, I ended up flipping the skid 180° so the trans is reverse from the stock orientation. Of course this meant flipping all the axles around to match the trans outputs. It was kind of a pain, but it worked and I don't have to worry about the battery and slipper making contact.

I also picked up a set of those Amazon brass knuckles. I wanted to open up a bit more steering angle since I'm not (currently) planning to 4ws this car. I'm not big on brass and adding a ton of weight. This was my first brass part and holy hell is it heavy. It added way more weight overall than I was looking for, so I chopped them up a bit to take about 35 grams off each knuckle. On the trail they worked great.

The final update was underdrive gears in the back. This combined with the knuckles really helped the car steer better on the trail.













That's all trail dust on the parts in this picture. This prompted me to order sealed bearings for the outer and upper/lower bearings on this. Basically replacing all the non-sealed bearings that came with the knuckles.