BWD Dub Mantis Prototype - by highlucks

[Highlucks]

Originally Posted by WAM

Rereading this thread, I see you started off with pretty narrow wheels. But you now have Khaos tires. Don't they like a wider wheel? And at one time you weren't impressed with the side-hilling. If these tires are taller, doesn't that make that worse? Maybe I missed it, but what wheel offsets do you run? Would a wider track help with the side-hilling?

The KR's do like a wider wheel I have them mounted to 1" wide SLW V3's the boss claws that I also run on this rig are mounted to 0.7" SLW's. On both sets of wheels I use 725 or 600 hubs. As far as the side hilling goes now that I have the shocks and axle weight tuned the tyres have a lot less effect on it. A wider track ought to help negate the height of a crawler, but there are a lot of factors that contribute to side hilling ability.

[Highlucks]

Skins are on.
I tore the rig down last night so that I could mark up my templates for the stainless steel skins. Same as the Viper I have used 0.125mm 316 stainless. Now just waiting to see if mounting then to the inside of the side plates is legal. Its over cast here today so they can not catch the full sunlight.

[Harvo]

Probably not legal but it looks great

[Jeepkid]

Lookin good Cam
If the panels arent legal get some thin polycarb and put it on the outside.
Just a quick idea forr yah

[Highlucks]

Thanks guys, I've asked the question in the rules section so I am just waiting for the final word from the powers that be.

Erik, if i skin the outside with poly I could put some funky sh!t inside the voids

If it turns out that they are illegal I will just swap them to the outside and take off some of the length back to the second last flex brace.

[Harvo]

Originally Posted by highlucks

Thanks guys, I've asked the question in the rules section so I am just waiting for the final word from the powers that be.

Erik, if i skin the outside with poly I could put some funky sh!t inside the voids

If it turns out that they are illegal I will just swap them to the outside and take off some of the length back to the second last flex brace.

You could fill the voids with magic sand or that stuff in Lava Lamps

[team3six]

That is looking sexy. Dons the man. I can not wait to get my mini mantis a.k.a. Wicked Cricket.
So tell me, why are you running three screws in a rim?

[Highlucks]

Thanks Norm, 3 screws because I could not find the rest of my SLW screws It seems to hold the bead fine though. 6 hours on these wheels/tyres and no dramas. I guess it would save half a gram too

[Omega-Tron]

The skins look really cool...nice way to still show off the chassis.

I'm trying to figure out what to use for my new skins. The $2 binders I've been cutting up make great upper link mounts for my MRCs but aren't the greatest for body panels. lol

[Mides]

I think the stainless steel look now belong to you Camo.

[Highlucks]

Thanks Nick.

[Postclanker]

looks fab Cam....nice work on the panels.....never even considered the inside panel look.....if they don't let you run it ...shame on them

[BurnLatex]

Does it affect torsion or flex?

[Highlucks]

Maybe a little but the difference is negligible. I will know for sure this evening, that is if the rain stays away. Tonight is supposed to be my last practice before getting on the plane for Nationals.


My bent uppers while I am sure Don's are much nicer these do the job perfectly.

[Oz Bruiser]

Hey Cam this has deveoped nicley in a short period of time, Nick is right about a
The stainless look, its sorta your trademark, it looks good. I hope it works well for you at the Nationals. If i dont chat with you on cANZ before you go. Best of luck mate.

[Tydl]

Originally Posted by Harvo

Probably not legal but it looks great

Yeah, I've seen it asked before, and you are going to be putting them on the outside, but I have no doubt you'll come up with something hot.

Is this going to be the comp rig next week?

[Highlucks]

Thanks Tydl, I have asked the question in the rules section but am still waiting on a reply. Looks like the skins are going on the out side. Yeah mate this will be the rig for next week end.

Here are some pictures of my last practice before the 9531ml trip to Vegas









I made it up this climb and had video of it but the camera was dropping in and out of focus so I binned it.

[WAM]

Hmmm, all your previous pics have come thru. Not this batch. At least not on my computer.

Originally Posted by highlucks

Here are some pictures of my last practice before the 9531ml trip to Vegas

I made it up this climb and had video of it but the camera was dropping in and out of focus so I binned it.

[Highlucks]

Yeah its bloody J-Album, 90% of the time they do not work the first time I post them. It seems to be fixed at my end let me know if it is not at yours. Cheers for the heads up.

[WAM]

All better now, thanks. Question for you...with your red springs and big bores, if you press the chassis to minimum and release, how quickly does it return to height? Does it snap right up, or take two or three seconds?