Matt's Viper XR10
 

My XR10 Viper.


Parts:
XR10 kit
UGC Viper Chassis

Suspension:
Traxxas Big Bore 4" with mini t springs
JeepinDoug spring retainers and stand off mounts
Axial 101mm bent pipe uppers
BWD high clearance delrin lowers

Axels:
RC4WD hardend steel gears
BWD aluminum servo mount and rear axel brace
VP upper link mounts
VP motor plates
VP trasmission housings
VP zero ack knuckles
VP servo armour
Robitronic servo horn
Chaotic Crawlers Ti bent tierod
Rowdy Racing front axel front guard batt mount

Wheels:
VP slw v6, 1" with 475 hubs front and 600 rear
Narrowed 1" stock wheels with holes drilled to breath
Siped HB white dot rovers
Crawler Innovations 5.5" double deuce foam, firm inner soft outer front, firm inner med outer rear
Seven ounces of automotive wheel wheights up front

Electronics:
Futaba 4PL and RX
Dual FXR's
CC BEC
Tekin 45T crawler motors
Hitec HS-7954Sh servo
Thunder Power 1350 mAh Battery
Deans plugs


Some pictures
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1317167710

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1317167694

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1317167678

first ever wiring job
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1317167652

Some awesome fake action shots
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1317167766

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1317167534

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1317167746

looks like a great start but better get a servo with the other things u need for u need it . at leat 333 0z at the smallest

Congrats on the build man. That paint job is simple but it looks good. But ya definately a better servo to go on your list.

Oh yah almost forgot to welcome you to the money pit.....:twisted:

Looks like a good build over all, ounce you start running with your local group you will get more ideas for mods and upgrades. Then before you know it you will shake your wallet, and a burnt up credit card will fall out. You will also be on a frist name basis with your local UPS driver..:mrgreen:

A servo is high priority on my list, the crappy one I threw on was just to get it up and running, which is what I'm really excited for. :)

Thanks! I actually used vht nightshades tail light tint, it didn't turn out like I had originally planed, it's kinda like speckled tint lol, but I like it.

My wallet already hurts! :ror: It wasn't the best idea to pick up this hobby while trying to save for school.

Check out Value hobby, they have pretty good prices on batteries and chargers. I run the 800mah 3s lipo batteries in my XR, gets you about 12 to 15 minutes of run time. I have three of them and they only cost $8 bucks.

http://www.valuehobby.com/

Well thats good to know, I might be ordering some off there soon, as the ones at my local shop seem a bit pricy to me.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1317428047

It goes!!!

Tested it out on my little backyard pile of rocks and was really impressed, even with a crappy servo. You don't realize how important a servo is until you can't turn... AT ALL. :ror:

Now all I have to do is decide which one to go with.

The Hitec 7950 or 7980 are the shizzz. No brainer or Futaba BLS also"thumbsup"

Wee update.

I did end up getting a new servo, ran over to hobby town and the highest torque servo they had was a hitec 7954. I was really hoping they would have had a futaba 9157 but I really didn't want to order one and have to wait.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1317599943

I also picked up some machined high clearance links, they only had one set in stock so I threw them on the rear.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1317599883

Some 5 hour energy motor guards.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1317599867

And some stickers! :mrgreen:

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1317599959

Went on my first outing with the truck, and was having a blast until I got in a bit of a bind and managed to shred the gears in the rear axel(at least that's what I think I did). I'm going to tear it apart tonight and see what I broke.
Bummer right? Oh well, I guess I can get some machined gears now.

Get the RC4WD gears, and never look back. If your running the stock bearings swap those for the Vanquish bushings. If your feeling like a "Baller" just get the Vanquish motor plates and cases with the RC4WD gears and be done.

Flip your servo, it puts the arm closer to the tire and makes it less prone to getting hung up or smashed into a rock. You also need the screw that goes into the end of the servo drive gear installed. Enough beating and banging that servo arm will pop off.. when you don't want it to..

In my opinion you made a good choice with the servo. Its what i have on both my AX and XR and i love it.

Do you order directly off the rc4wd site? Do they have pretty good customer service?
Funny thing, that is exactly what happend to my servo, the horn just came right off lol, luckily I had my tools with me.

It is pretty beefy, seems to be getting the job done. :)

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1317685754

wow dude. that looks bad. stripped much?

Yea, seriously! How do I avoid that on my new XR? Do you have either the bushing mod or 9mm bearing mod?

LOL....Gears OM....NOM....NOM....NOM!!! :x


No, I get my RC4WD stuff from RPP Hobby, they also carry a lot of Vanquish stuff also. I have never delt with RC4WD so I can't say anything about their service, I get almost everything from RPP and they are great..

Vanquish bushings are about the best and least expensive mod over stock bearings that come in the kit. The stock gears don't take much to strip, one bad bounce or wad the thing up and it will probably damage something, but you can run it this way till something breaks. RC4WD gears are the way to go right now with VP motor plates and cases. I have had my RC4WD gears skip a few times with out any damage to the teeth.

Read some build threads the only stock parts most people run are the shafts and the upper and lower housings.

It does suck that the stock gears don't hold up, but I guess that's why they make upgrades... :roll:

RC4WD gears in the mail!! 8)

Stock gears have seem to be hit and miss with each end user. I have ran multiple comps on a set of stock gears and they were fine, then I also took out a gear soon as I hit the throttle. Getting the upgraded bearings and vp stuff you can get away with the stock gears for awhile but its essentially like playing roulette.

Done. "thumbsup"

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1317862154

It goes again!

Picked up some more links, some spare rod ends, grease, and new final drive bearings because I ruined one of mine trying to get it off.
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...dies001.jpg?t=

Front now matches the rear.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...goodies010.jpg

The new gears are pretty burley, and seem to make a lot more noise, but at least I can have some faith in my gear box now.