Hittman's SMASH Build

[Crawling Calvin]

I got this for a friend, i ordered it sterilized and colored but that's what you can pull off on highly polished TI



I still think he can put some paint on it

[Hittman]

Originally Posted by EverettY

Blue right? Anod or powdercoated?

A true master never gives away his secrets

Originally Posted by Crawling Calvin

If they are TI you can electrically anodize them... ive done it before and the effect is stunning oh and it adds no weight!

True fact: On formula one cars they use specially engineered "light weight paint" and put on like a FRACTION of the paint they put on a regular car. Its pretty insane. I can see Hittman doing the same

What I am getting wont add weight..

And hmm sounds interesting.. but Everett is right, that would still be too heavy for me

[Crawling Calvin]

Just throwing ideas out, that's all

If i can I will anodize the lower links for my car just for giggles n grins

[Hittman]

Ok, I went out for some more practice before the comp today.. This time a little different scenery. I went to the same place where the video in this thread was shot. Again, one of my favorite places due to practically umlimited traction. The chalk from the comp was still there so I ran the courses we had set up The rig did much better of the vertical parts and down hilled much better as well. Onto some pics..

First up with this set up verticals

Rig on it for heigth reference
First

Second

Doing work
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Second







A few random climbs

[Hittman]

More..

This one was a fun line..







I struggled with this one for a while, but once I hit the right line it walked up it.





And finally, my favorite climb of the day. The pics really do not do this justice. This climb was a prime example of why I love crawling here. The top "lip" of the rock was about 11" off the ground. The under cut on the rock was super nasty. Dig all the way till the rear lifts off the ground and drive right up

[brazwewn]

Looks like an awesome place to crawl.

Wes

[redrokin00XJ]

I'm jealous... wish I had a place like that to crawl around on. I hate snow...

Side note: powder coat will not add weight. Look in the paint in the vendor sec.... my buddy has a powder coating service and he proves that it don't add any weight. Its so minute that his scale won't pick it up. Just saying. Race cars use a light weight paint, yes I agree.... however a race car is a lot bigger then a 1/10 RC. The size if the parts are so small that it won't make a bit of difference whatsoever.

[Hittman]

Originally Posted by redrokin00XJ

I'm jealous... wish I had a place like that to crawl around on. I hate snow...

Side note: powder coat will not add weight. Look in the paint in the vendor sec.... my buddy has a powder coating service and he proves that it don't add any weight. Its so minute that his scale won't pick it up. Just saying. Race cars use a light weight paint, yes I agree.... however a race car is a lot bigger then a 1/10 RC. The size if the parts are so small that it won't make a bit of difference whatsoever.

Its nice having so many rock options close to home..

And Yeah, ax10tn.. His stuff looks great. Someone else on here is hooking me up with some annodizing though. I really dont think that it will add any weight.. Like you said the parts are so small it wont make a difference..

[redrokin00XJ]

Yeah his stuff turns out badass... however, I'd take anodizing over powder coat any time. That's going to look sick.... do you know what color yet?

[Hittman]

Originally Posted by redrokin00XJ

Yeah his stuff turns out badass... however, I'd take anodizing over powder coat any time. That's going to look sick.... do you know what color yet?

I agree. I like the gloss of the annodizing over the dust look of the powder coating. I am just getting blue..

[Hittman]

We had our 4th comp of the season today.. A brisk 13 degrees at start time The day was filled with tough courses and good times.. The switch drove me to another beautiful second place finish Today, it was purely the driver that was messed up. After two courses I had the lead with a 19 point advantage between me and second.. Then, the third course is when it all went to hell. Everything went fine until gate six.. I didn't make it once, got pisses off. I didn't make it the second time, got even more pissed, and then it went down hill from there,, next thing I knew the judge called time out.. But of course the second place person had to pull off a -30 on the same course.. So it was my fault. O wells.. I had fun. Isn't that what it is about??

Over all I am happy with how all the changes are effecting it. New link placement is kick ass! A few things should change over the next two weeks, and I hope to have them done by the next comp

[slowride1]

sounds like i just need to move my links up a hole an dont worry about the test of being 3 holes down

[Hittman]

Originally Posted by slowride1

sounds like i just need to move my links up a hole an dont worry about the test of being 3 holes down

I really like where they are now.. But I am hoping this week I can test the lower hole in the link mount.. Keeping the chassis spot the same, but moving it down at the axle. But, we will see how I feel this week

[slowride1]

go look at the pics i just posted an tell me what u think of the setup

[slowride1]

i think i just heard of some more changes coming soon

[Hittman]

shhhh

[slowride1]

hey i didnt say what the were now

paint
skins
motors
tires
hell i dont no i just heard there was a change lol

[Hittman]

Originally Posted by slowride1

hey i didnt say what the were now

paint
skins
motors
tires
hell i dont no i just heard there was a change lol

True.. Good save

[paystin]

Nice job on the second place finish. Man driver error gets ya every time.

Going with Balsa wood next?

[Wicked Monkey]

Don't know how I missed this thread. That poly chassis is pretty sweet. Does it drive via telepathy like WW's invisible plane, lol?