Jeepkids UGC ViPer10

[murderface]

Originally Posted by fred0000

best way to wire in a deans, both my rigs are like that, i'm ghetto and cheaped out, no daens plugs here, mini JST is the way to go

this way you dont have to de-solder the BEC to re-program it too, save's alot of headache I find.

rig looks good, needs some action shots though

you dont have to desolder you just leave the servo connector on it and use a male micro deans to plug into it.
that plug is on the micro pro i traded him

[Jeepkid]

I just program the BEC once and leave it be.

[fred0000]

Originally Posted by murderface

you dont have to desolder you just leave the servo connector on it and use a male micro deans to plug into it.
that plug is on the micro pro i traded him

hmm, when my BEC was soldered to my power leads on my ESC, castle link would not recognize that the BEC was plugged in, so yes, I had to de-solder it to program (now I run plugs on my BEC's)

Originally Posted by Jeepkid

I just program the BEC once and leave it be.

now that i'm running the same servo in both rigs I can do that, wasn't the case when I was running a cheaper servo lol.

[Jeepkid]

Yeah, I never have run mre then 6volts through my bec's to the servo. Ofcourse the futaba s9157 is great and runs at 6v and 430in oz. Thats enough torque for me.

[Jeepkid]

Just some pics for you guys.



Murderface with a handsfull


OH! Rig wieghs 4.8lbs, just so youguys know.

[murderface]

what the hell bro?

[fred0000]

Originally Posted by murderface

what the hell bro?

lol.

jeepkid can you get a side profile shot with the wheels off? i'd like to see the top link orientation from the side, aswell as where your rear motor is clocked. thanks

[Jeepkid]

I'll get you a few. Hold on.

[Jeepkid]

Here you go Fred.
The front links are mounted on the outside of the v3 chassis to clear the electronics.

The rear you can see I mounted the links on the inside of the chassis plates. You will also notice that the motor is hiding behind the BWD rear high clearence links.

[stelerzman]

great work, keep it up.

[Jeepkid]

Originally Posted by stelerzman

great work, keep it up.

Thanks man, I'm starting to hate the stock shocks and I know the big bores are better. They also are lighter, I also want to swap the stock gears out. They havent gave me any issues, just want the lighter HD ones. Doing the math to get things lighter is fun. I want to get is about 2 to 3 oz. lighter then get knuckle wieghts when availible. It should make it nice light and stick to the rocks. I also am going to make a delrin motor mounted electronics tray. Once I get the 4pl the wires on the esc's will be shortened, and I wont have that damn novak dig and extra wires. Just dead wieght to me. Next week should be the week that everything is ordered and I start playing with my 2.2 scx10 I want to buy from one of the forum members. I cant stop tweeking shit. I know the rig is great the way I have it, but I wont be happy until the thing is so tuned that I can give the cintroler to someone that I dont know and they can crawl it flawlessly. I did give the controler to a guy that didnt crawl before and he said man this thing can crawl as he went up a vertical and then I showed him front dig and then to switch it to 4wd and went through the gate I setup at the top. The gate was only 14inches wide. I believe in my setup, and if someone thinks I'm crazy they can say it to my face. The rig dosework and that is all I can ask.

[Locked Up]

Any more pics of that battery tray?

[Jeepkid]

Yes, the tray is a lexan piece with velcro.


Hope this is good.

[murderface]

hey bud, I THINK YOURE CRAZY with all the money you have into that thing you couldve had 16 venom creepers

[Jeepkid]

Originally Posted by murderface

hey bud, I THINK YOURE CRAZY with all the money you have into that thing you couldve had 16 venom creepers

Yeah, you too. Theyre only 109.00 through RPP

[Jeepkid]

Update,
The 4pl showed today.
Heres a pic of it sitting next to the 3E that my kid will be using.

Also got the big bores. Got to mod them in the next couple of days.

[Dillpickle]

Hopefully getting an XR-10 soon. Where is the cheapest place to purchase 1?

[DickyT]

Originally Posted by fred0000

hmm, when my BEC was soldered to my power leads on my ESC, castle link would not recognize that the BEC was plugged in, so yes, I had to de-solder it to program (now I run plugs on my BEC's)



now that i'm running the same servo in both rigs I can do that, wasn't the case when I was running a cheaper servo lol.

That is normal once soldered Fred. All you have to do is plug in a battery and turn your esc on

Once soldered USB does not provide enough power as some gets drawn by the esc. Plugging a battery into the esc resolves that.

Many of the castle air escs require battery to be plugged in to castle link.

[articzap]

Yup! Just need battery plugged in.

[fred0000]

Originally Posted by DickyT

That is normal once soldered Fred. All you have to do is plug in a battery and turn your esc on

Once soldered USB does not provide enough power as some gets drawn by the esc. Plugging a battery into the esc resolves that.

Many of the castle air escs require battery to be plugged in to castle link.

that makes sence, I got a plug on it now, but if I had known it would have saved alot of time lol.

radios look good Jeepkid, that case is bling too, way nicer then my eBay one.