Dr.Frank's XR take II CK Fly V1

[Dr.Frank]

Originally Posted by slowride1

how did you do the weights with the carbon plate? are you useing stock hubs or vps?

Drilling pattern is simular to the VP weights. They are made (lathed) out of brass and screwed to the CF plates. The CF plates are milled and fixed with two screws to the knuckles. All hubs arw YP SLW's.

Greetings Frank

[Dr.Frank]

Hello,

new skins don't make the car run better, but the driver feels much better...





...and maybe he'll do a bit better driving

Okay, i did some little changes, but that's another story

Greetings Frank

[Krawler Konceptz]

Originally Posted by Dr.Frank

Hello,

new skins don't make the car run better, but the driver feels much better...





...and maybe he'll do a bit better driving

Okay, i did some little changes, but that's another story

Greetings Frank

Wow that didnt take long for the panels to get there
Look professional be professional is Robs motto!

Cheers
Michelle

[Dr.Frank]

Hello,

a while ago i stop comp crawling and sold my beloved XR Agent. But if you are once infected by the RC crawling virus, you can't go without a MOA. So i start a new build. It'll be slow, but well considered. What chassis should i take now, YTC, T1E...

...okay, i saw the first pictures of the T1E OPS and could not resist. What else should i do. One goal is to meet the 1600g (3.5lbs) mark. I took the best out of several build threads and now it's on me to put it all togehter. First step was getting weight out of the lower and upper links. How to do, quite simple. I took the "Egressor" Ti tube lower link idea and the 3mm "DLux" upper idea together with the OPS. So here is a picture of the result:



...i think that's not the poorest start i made. With the final skid it should be 110g. Detailed pictures of how to do Grade9 Ti hollow lowers will follow. As i said before, this thing will take it's time...

...to be continued

Greetings Frank

Ah, forgot, i'll run not a 50/50 or 60/40 setup, nop it'll be a 55/45'er

[nicodrive01]

Originally Posted by Dr.Frank

Hello,

a while ago i stop comp crawling and sold my beloved XR Agent. But if you are once infected by the RC crawling virus, you can't go without a MOA. So i start a new build. It'll be slow, but well considered. What chassis should i take now, YTC, T1E...

...okay, i saw the first pictures of the T1E OPS and could not resist. What else should i do. One goal is to meet the 1600g (3.5lbs) mark. I took the best out of several build threads and now it's on me to put it all togehter. First step was getting weight out of the lower and upper links. How to do, quite simple. I took the "Egressor" Ti tube lower link idea and the 3mm "DLux" upper idea together with the OPS. So here is a picture of the result:



...i think that's not the poorest start i made. With the final skid it should be 110g. Detailed pictures of how to do Grade9 Ti hollow lowers will follow. As i said before, this thing will take it's time...

...to be continued

Greetings Frank

Ah, forgot, i'll run not a 50/50 or 60/40 setup, nop it'll be a 55/45'er

Nice start, Frank.

But I'm just wondering, as a Crawlerkeller Teamdriver that you are, why not the brandnew Crawlerkeller Carbon Chassis?

good luck with the lightweight lady

[Dr.Frank]

Originally Posted by nicodrive01

Nice start, Frank.

But I'm just wondering, as a Crawlerkeller Teamdriver that you are, why not the brandnew Crawlerkeller Carbon Chassis?

good luck with the lightweight lady

Thanks Dani. The Crawllerkeller bosses let some space for theirs Team Drivers and i like the OPS a lot.

The OPS made some very little progress. Due to a surgery i'm not able to use my machinery, so i made a drawing and a freind did the milling. Milling what?
A one piece skid. What, one piece, you copy the Chaotic idea. Yes i did, it's an awesome idea they had and i couldn't do better. For my excuse, it's not a mass product, it's only for me

Here are some pics:







...to be continued.

Greetings Frank

[TSK]

Great start Frank. I'm looking forward to see what other tricks you pull from your sleeve.

Curious about the skid you made. Did you add triangulation to the lowers, or does the t1e setup already include the spacers you have outside of the rod end?

[Dr.Frank]

Originally Posted by TheSCorpionKing

Great start Frank. I'm looking forward to see what other tricks you pull from your sleeve.

Curious about the skid you made. Did you add triangulation to the lowers, or does the t1e setup already include the spacers you have outside of the rod end?

Thanks Travis, just putting several awesome ideas into one build

I ordered the CF plates only and did some 70mm Delrin spacers for the top of the cap and use Axial Aluminum spacers for the rest. 70mm for the shockmounts, 40mm for the upper links. To reach the legal width i use 6mm and 2mm spacers for the uppers and 3mm for the lowers and as you said, this adds some triangulation and helps to let them work smoothly.

Greetings Frank

[ax10tn]

rig is looking good !

[Vertec]

Hope you recover soon Frank

I'm running a very similar setup but no fancy skid like yours

Nice work!

[EGRESSor]

looks good Frank

Originally Posted by Dr.Frank

Due to a surgery i'm not able to use my machinery,

Dir gehts hoffentlich gut

[Dr.Frank]

Originally Posted by ax10tn

rig is looking good !

Thanks, wait until it's on wheels

Originally Posted by Vertec

Hope you recover soon Frank

I'm running a very similar setup but no fancy skid like yours

Nice work!

Thanks, my foot recovers every day a bit more.

Without your skills, i think there would be no OPS

Originally Posted by EGRESSor

looks good Frank

Dir gehts hoffentlich gut

Danke, wird so langsam wieder, laufen "geht" einigermaßen aber das wird.

[Hittman]

Looks awsome man! That is a sweet skid that goes with a sweet chassis!!

[Harvo]

I have the Chaotic skid for this reason. Did you make yours the same width as the original Special Ops skid. The Chaotic skid is narrower which is also good for other reasons.

Looking forward to more.

[Dr.Frank]

Originally Posted by Hittman

Looks awsome man! That is a sweet skid that goes with a sweet chassis!!

Thanks

Originally Posted by Harvo

I have the Chaotic skid for this reason. Did you make yours the same width as the original Special Ops skid. The Chaotic skid is narrower which is also good for other reasons.

Looking forward to more.

I use 40mm spacers for the upper links, so the skid is a bit (~2mm) wider. Maybe i will change the solid Axial spacers to hollowed Aluminum ones and cut them down to 38mm. Then a can remove 1mm on each side of the skid.

Greetings Frank

[Dr.Frank]

Little progress on the axles:

Axial 8mm bearing motor plate (Al):



RC4WD 9mm bearing motor plate (Al):



MM "Amok" 10mm bearing motor plate (CF):



Assembled rear axle (Axial lightweight gears and Ti shaft):



Assembled front axle (Axial lightweight gears and Ti shaft):



...a good point to go further

Greetings Frank

[HARDKNOCKZ]

Lookin good there doc. The CF motor plate is a sexy piece & you're right...The Chaotic skid is a KILLER addition to your build.

Hope ya get that target weight...& don't sell THIS rig off too.

J.D.

[Dr.Frank]

Originally Posted by HARDKNOCKZ

Lookin good there doc. The CF motor plate is a sexy piece & you're right...The Chaotic skid is a KILLER addition to your build.

Hope ya get that target weight...& don't sell THIS rig off too.

J.D.

Thanks It's just a try, we'll see...

...first i have to finish it.

Ah, little progress again:





...999g left for wheels, motors and electronics

Greetings Frank

[Hittman]

Those motor plates are so sick! Its not a drasitc weight loss but they look so bad ass its worth it

[Chaotic Crawlers]

Looking good as always frank.

Keep uP the good work and get that foot healed up.