Josh's xr10 "Secret agent 3.5"

[Joshie]

Hi guys

I have been on here for a little while now and figured it was time to show you my junk.

specs as of right now are

Front axle:
Axial plastic housings w/ 4xford insert mod
Vp Chubs, caster 1 spline past standard
Vp Wraith Knuckles
NCD knuckle weight holders w/ 2 half rings
Vp transmission case
Vp upper link mount
Axial lightweight gears w/ enlarged holes to lighten more
Axial Ti final drive shaft
Chaotic bent tierod
Chopped BWD motor Sav'r


Soon to have SDS 300HD

Rear axle:
Axial plastic housings w/ 4xford insert mod
Axial plastic lockouts
Hulksta 5mm Ti shafts
Vp transmission case
Vp upper link mount
Axial lightweight gears w/ enlarged holes to lighten more
Axial Ti final drive shaft
Chopped BWD motor Sav'r

Chassis:
YTC Secret agent 3.5 w/ .25mm carbon fibre panels
Chaotic Crawlers Ti Links w/ revo & jato rod ends and Aluminium balls
3.5 inch Traxxas bigbores lathed down, mounted with Dlux stand offs
Mini T silver rear springs all round w/ Jeepin doug cups

Wheels:
YTC carbon fibre glue on rims w/ 725 & 850 Vp SLW hubs
Shave and trimmed Boss Claws w/ C.I 5.25 double deuce foams (soft front, med rear)

Electronics:
Team Brood 45T Apocalypse HHK-S w/ all lightweight options
Dual Holmes Hobbies Brxl's smashed by Creationfab
Castle 10A BEC
Hitec 7950 running 7.4v

How i bought it as a roller

New motors in preparation for the dieting phase

Motor plates drilled to lose a few grams

Shock bodies lathed down

Vp hubs lightened

I cut my own transmission covers from 1mm carbon fibre






steering arm setup w/ wraith knuckles

I made my own battery mount to take dan(hulkstas) 450mah 4s batteries he built me, with the extra caster my tyre tries to eat the battery on the Rowdy mount


As it sits right now she weighs in at 1814grams

Hope you guys enjoy

Josh

[pajey]

Looks good!

[Highlucks]

Nice build man, that thing is light

[Joshie]

Thanks camo

shaved boss claws all round

front: 119grams
ytown glue on wheels 850 hubs C.I DD foams closed cell inner soft outer w/ med tune ring



rear: 120grams
ytown glue on wheels 725 hubs C.I DD foams closed cell inner medium outers




My motors are back after being rebuilt by hulksta, first item on the list was to stop the lathed cans forming surface rust again, fixed this with some clear nail polish.

Whilst browsing RCC I came across the mod Robbob did to his VP highsteer arm to reduce the servo horn throw and still get full travel so i have done this.

Also changed up my skins to some .25mm blue carbon fibre sheet i picked up a few weeks back.

last changes that have been made were a few SS screws changed to Ti ones and also the Al hollow balls being used to space out my upper links at the chassis end are now replaced by axial plastic balls out of my exo kit.

some pics of the steering




Josh

[Joshie]

So we had our last comp of the northcrawl rc points table today, happy say i took the win and guarenteed me 2nd in the points table.

midway through the 2nd course my front diff made a bad noise, pulled it down for a re grease tonight and found my 22t final drive gear minus 2 teeth


here is some pics of my rig on course 1








The album with course 1& some of 2 in it
october northcrawl comp pictures by turbo_deo - Photobucket

josh

[SwampDawg]

[luxenberg]

Orsome pics mate, where was the comp held at?


Steve

[Joshie]

Originally Posted by luxenberg

Orsome pics mate, where was the comp held at?


Steve

The comp was Anna Bay, Newcastle


Josh

[filotr14lsdude]

Saw this thing in action today it works so good.

Josh, what is the outside diameter of your big bore shocks after machining?

I might shave some weight of my rig, gotta try challenge you some how

[Oz Bruiser]

Do you comp with the Northern NSW part of TCP?

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[Joshie]

Originally Posted by Oz Bruiser

Do you comp with the Northern NSW part of TCP?

Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk 2

I comp with northcrawl rc it is separate to tcp, I am hoping to get a few guys to come to some cANZ comps with me next year


Josh

[spillproof]

Which make of final gear is that? Stock? Trying to decide on what gear set to go with.

[CrawlrKing]

Josh, are you using a Chaotic tie rod ?

[Joshie]

Originally Posted by spillproof

Which make of final gear is that? Stock? Trying to decide on what gear set to go with.

It was the axial lightweight version, it was pretty bound up when I heard the pop.

I'm using the chaotic bent tiered at the moment, but it is a touch long and is giving me more toe in then I would like, I have a Nordic crawler tiered here I am going to try when the front diff goes back together.


Josh

[Joshie]

So a small update:

My new final output gear arrived through the week so I got that fitted up, I got my chaotic bent tierod changed out for the Nordic crawler tierod.

I also have changed out the brxls for a pair a smashed micro sidewinders installed on a rowdy electrics tray


I also had some 3/16 al tube show up so I can make some chassis cross braces and maybe try it out as links.

Josh

[ash38]

shame about today mate, hope you get your gremlins fixed up easily enough, looks awesome tho, really making me want to build one

[Joshie]

So today the postie was very friendly and dropped off these


Here is a comparison with the vanquish VVDS


Had a great day on Sunday at the last (my first) cANZ round only a few casualties, my front motor sav'r snapped off so new ones have been ordered, and after chatting to hulksta I have ordered some alum scx10 shocks to replace the big bores.

Josh

[ash38]

Updates please Joshy


Sssshhhh

[Joshie]

here is some updates to catch this thread upto date

Originally Posted by Joshie

I have a few updates on this rig getting it ready for the 2013 comp season:

I picked up a sweet deal from mustangboy on a set of 40t conflux stubby motors with less than a handful of comps on them


This is the weight difference in the stubby and a 45t fully lightened brood vapor



I have also changed to micro sidewinders and possibly plan on going back to 3s batteries as the 4s is rough on my motors

Brxls and cc bec


Micros and bec


Final touches getting ready for Sunday a new tires and changing the shock oil to something alittle heavier weight

Originally Posted by Joshie

So this truck has seen a few small changes the biggest of which being it is now bodied, and changing the delrin chassis braces out for some carbon tube with brass inserts.


Some photos from today thanks to hulksta

Originally Posted by Joshie

Been alittle while since I updated:

Last cANZ comp was a real blast, this truck drove really well ( the nut with the controller was the issue).

I haven't done a huge amount to it since the comp, I was given the opportunity to try some new cf parts and test there strength

First is a new 2mm servo mount

I ran into problems with my servo mount location on the vp upper link mount so for now I have butchered this mount but should have a new designed one for the comp.

Second is this front arm on the steering

It is the same hole spacing as my long vp arm that was redrilled I believe it is 3mm cf.

Other than these two things the only changes have been Ti screws in the front to hold the arms to the knuckles as I had one arm come loose on pro3 last comp.

Looking forward to another great comp next weekend in Sydney :happydance:




Oh I also picked these up last night, not too sure what they will make an appearance on yet

The rear ring has a few extra speed holes (hey Dan)

Originally Posted by Joshie

I forgot to post some pictures of my 4pk with the Krawler Konceptz skins on it


Onetencrawlers.com logo is on both sides of the base :thumbsup:



cANZ log on the front




I couldn't recommend KK enough if you are looking for skins of any type

Originally Posted by Joshie

So I have done a few small changes to this truck.

I got my motors freshened up last weekend by Dan, and he convinced my to rewire the car with 20g wire too the motors, I have also changed the middle of the vp gearboxes out for the stock plastic pieces and gave the boxes a freshen up.
I used brass inserts on the plastic pieces



The custom battery mount plate I use was tapped into the vp case, this was my solution in the plastic case: a flanged insert


I also have some 2 mag brood stubby cans coming for my motors and some krawlerkonceptz skins on the way.

Originally Posted by Joshie

I have been talking with Hulksta and doing a bit of tuning as per our conversation. Yesterday i drove this truck with half of the knuckle weight i had been running previously and it felt really planted, I will be taking the last of the kw off and doing some tuning and hope to be able to get a competative truck with no added weight.

this was the rtr weight on the weekend:

So that brings this thread upto date, i have some more part coming for this and am going to do some tuning with no added weight at all.

Josh

[superduty03]

Nice work man! I also recently changed my sa3.5 berg over to a body and can't be happier! Very nice build man, keep up the good work!