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06-20-2011, 08:00 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario
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|  Dioptric's Axial XR10
So I finally bit the bullet.... (much to the wife's dislike, apparently 3 crawlers is toooooo many) and got myself an XR10, but i did it a little different. Got the all the axle parts on ebay. Some people might be shocked but i managed to get a set of brand new axles for under 130 shipped.  The Specs. XR10 axles BJV4 Chassis Chaotic Crawler Ti links (stuck in the mail cause Canada Post is on strike) Axial Comp. shocks with cap mod and limited to 4" Black/front orange/rear springs XR10 wheels (for now) 3.5 oz stickies internal up front+3 VP wieghts nothing in the rear Pro-Line Chisels with memory foam. Brood 45t Dual Tekin FX-R CC Bec Hitec 7950 G Force 800mah 3s batteries on a custom plate    Future plans are to order a kit from Hansen Hobbies and shorten the wires for the FX-Rs, BEC, and servo to clean them up. DHII in the front and SLW v2 in the rear. Slowly get the VP goodies as well. I just want to get out there and brea... i mean do some work with this thing. What do you guys think |
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06-20-2011, 08:12 PM
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| Rock Crawler   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: dartmouth ns
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Really great start. Have you had the axles apart yet?? Would probably be wise to do the bearing mod to the motor plates till you get the VP goodies. I replaced the stock bearings with 5x10's and still running stock gears. Had the rear apart just yesterday and gears look good as new. Had it bound up pretty bad quite a few times and not a peep from them. Crazy luck i guess. Anyway enjoy the XR. |
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06-20-2011, 09:15 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario
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Can't find the bearings i want locally, and the postal strike means no shipping. I will be doing to mod as soon as i can get the bearings i need. Until then i will be very careful about driving it.
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06-21-2011, 02:41 AM
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| Tossin' Salad Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Petaluma
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Looks like you could not hold out any longer. I dont blame you bud! I am right behind you my man. Casey |
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06-21-2011, 05:16 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario
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When are you gonna start building one? | |
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06-21-2011, 06:24 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Toronto Canada
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Looks sick Sam, I know how your feeling with this strike garbage. I'm still praying everynight so I can get my bully in the mail. Are you planning on leaving it white? If so you should match your panels to the PD |
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06-21-2011, 06:43 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario
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The chassis will be staying white. I think i will be doing white on the panels with silver stripes. | |
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06-21-2011, 06:57 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario
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Little update. Took it to the LHS today aaaaand it worked really well except the chisels sucked. So i picked up some HB Sedonas and a set of DH IIs for the front. while i was swapping the tires I also cut the rear wheels down to 1 1/16". Also got some stickers on the panels.    Sorry about the cell pics but my SLR lens died and this is all i got. Last edited by DioptricStraw; 06-22-2011 at 04:25 AM. |
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06-21-2011, 07:48 PM
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| Tossin' Salad Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Petaluma
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And, yours is looking wicked! Casey | |
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06-21-2011, 08:09 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2011 Location: prejudistville
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Nice build! The pics are good, not HD but they are clear. I also have dual Tekin FX-R and I am amazed with all the power and heat they can handle being so small.
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06-21-2011, 08:52 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sedro Woolley
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you got yourself a nice looking bjv4 there. what did you do to your stock xr10 shocks to be able to invert them like that?
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06-21-2011, 09:17 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: dartmouth ns
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I used 6 5x10mm flanged bearings for the motor plates. They are more common than 5x9. I'm sure you could find them at your hobby store. |
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06-22-2011, 04:23 AM
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06-22-2011, 07:25 AM
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| Try to Bend it   Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Perth Australia
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Looking really good mate, I am loving the clear skins. |
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06-22-2011, 07:41 AM
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| TN State Champ 11,12,13  Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: KTM Talk.com
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Nice build What exactly is a Dioptric Straw? I looked up dioptric and it has to do with the refraction of light but, the straw? |
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06-22-2011, 07:59 AM
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06-22-2011, 01:33 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: 801
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Did your links ever arrive??
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06-22-2011, 01:49 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario
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The strike is still going. Not yet  | |
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06-22-2011, 06:36 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario
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So I painted the panels and borrowed the wife's SLR and snapped a few pictures, its late here so they aren't in the best light but they still show off the paint, i will be getting out to one of my favorite outdoor crawl spots this weekend. So if the weather is nice i'll have better pictures.   More pictures this weekend, and maybe some video too! Hope this postal strike ends soon. |
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06-24-2011, 08:14 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario
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Don't know how to embed video so here's a link!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6hVB765O-8 Just a slide show and some running video, that slanted wall is about 45* |
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