Lizard's Agent

[the lizard]

Hello to everyone!
after a year of practice in small italian comp. and with the start of the 2014 season, I think it is now time to present here my XR10.


components:

Axles: 2 plastic front axle, vanquish motor plates, brass bushings in the case side, vanquish upper front link mount , self made rear link mount, vanquish Axial Wraith Knuckles, 3mm carbon fiber steering arms and 2mm weights holder,Dlux No slop knuckle bushings, calvin carbon fiber servo mount.

Chassis: Y-Town SECRET AGENT 3.5

Links: Titanium rear lower link and carbon fiber upper links. All with traxxas rod ends and aluminum ball.

Motors: tekin Pro 55T

ESCs: Castle Creations Mamba micro pro

BEC: Castle Creations 10A

Servo: Hitec 7980 with aluminum front case

Batteries: Full power 500mAh 30-45C 3S LiPo

Tires: shaved Losi boss claws

Wheels: swiss Carbon Wheels, Three Piece, 0.8" front e 1" rear.

Foams: Crawler Innovation 5.25 closed cell

Shocks: Axial icon Aluminium.

Springs: Losi Mini-T Silver.

Tx/Rx: Sanwa MT-4 and RX371 FS

Skins: self made

Battery stand: self made with Lexan

Electric stand: crawler keller

screws and nuts: all from Fastener Express


Actual RTR weight is 1690g / 3725lb

and Here are some pics of my rig:












After the first test, seems to move well, but he needs to work on weights and suspension to get the best out of this rig.

A big thank you to all the people who helped me in this project:
all the friends of the West Alps Crawler forum, Donato, Tona, Ivo for the chassis, and Manuel for the "champion tires" and other carbon stuff.

Any impression or advice is welcome.
Thanks for the space, greetings from italy
Gbariele

[woodsracer673]

Looks awesome! Got any better pics of the upper links?

[the lizard]

Originally Posted by woodsracer673

Looks awesome! Got any better pics of the upper links?

thank you man!
I am attaching some photos of the upper links.







In these photos you can see the rotated vP mounth on the front, and my custom mounth on rear. it's made by 2 stock steering arms. cheap, but it works

the sun shines in italy! Now I go out for a little training!

[woodsracer673]

Post some pics or a video of that thing in action! Makes me want to stop my YSS build and do an agent

[winnerone23]

A lot of nice work into ur rig.

The part that sticks out to me most is that insane aluminum front servo cap/lid... That's so Sick!

[Cope]

Cant remember where I saw that rear link mount first but I also made one.
works great with lots of adjustment!
Thanks whoever thought that one up.

[murali]

I like it so much, I hope to challenge you this year to west alps 2014 crawler ...

[jollyjeeper]

Looks Awesome. Like the rear link mount. Nifty little trick. When I get a high quality servo, I Want one of those front case tops!

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[the lizard]

Originally Posted by woodsracer673

Post some pics or a video of that thing in action! Makes me want to stop my YSS build and do an agent

here are the photos! Unfortunately, no video, my camera has a low quality... I have to buy something like a gopro sooner or later




got some flex?

I love this gate!





instead in this image jesus check my bonus gate

Originally Posted by winnerone23

A lot of nice work into ur rig.

The part that sticks out to me most is that insane aluminum front servo cap/lid... That's so Sick!

thanks winner , some of my friends have broken the front cover, and I decided to do something ...
now should be bomb proof!

Originally Posted by Cope

Cant remember where I saw that rear link mount first but I also made one.
works great with lots of adjustment!
Thanks whoever thought that one up.

I also really like your solution Cope! you used the cantilevers of the original chassis right?
they give more adjustment possibilities of my solution

Originally Posted by murali

I like it so much, I hope to challenge you this year to west alps 2014 crawler ...

I also hope to see your reptile in WAC comp this year!
you're in for the first race??

Originally Posted by jollyjeeper

Looks Awesome. Like the rear link mount. Nifty little trick. When I get a high quality servo, I Want one of those front case tops!
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many people like this front case, I was also thinking to produce 7950 version in the future... we'll see

[Cope]

Thanks Lizard.
yeah they are the stock Xr shock mounts and offer 4 mounting locations.
I would have made the front mount also but I butchered the first set, If not cut and fit just right they can lay down causing axle wrap.
What I found best was to cut them to long and hand file to fit, any gap between the riser and tranny case causes the mount to move under load and wraps the axle in the links.
Thanks for a great low budget mod.

[the lizard]

Now I'm looking for the new Calderwood upper link mount in V2 style
this looks like a good solution for my rear axle



And Yesterday I also mounted the new carbon fiber weight holders, with 20 grams each side.
I'm not sure that's enough, I'm waiting for the thick rings to do other tests with more weight



if anyone has any suggestions or tips are welcome

[Hildy]

Just to try..see what mounting the links to the lowest points on both axle and chassis does for you. Im at the stock location on the front axle and second hole up on a VP rear mount with the links at the lowest hole on the chassis and it has been a pretty flawless setup for me.

[RCHuffer]

[QUOTE=the lizard;4701181]
got some flex?


I like it...great shot

[AddictedtoRC1]

Originally Posted by Hildy

Just to try..see what mounting the links to the lowest points on both axle and chassis does for you. Im at the stock location on the front axle and second hole up on a VP rear mount with the links at the lowest hole on the chassis and it has been a pretty flawless setup for me.

Does this mean you still have yours Hildy?

[Hildy]

Originally Posted by AddictedtoRC1

Does this mean you still have yours Hildy?

Yessir and its not going anywhere but to be upgraded even more Should be at the comp on the 30th

[the lizard]

here I am again!
in this period I have driven a lot my Agent to be able to get the necessary feeling with the car for the first race here in Italy!

I haven't made important modifications since last time.
mainly I've worked on weights and shock, new oil, Losi pink springs on the front and red springs in rear.
I also got a set of Titans rear drive shafts but I will install them after the race.

here some shots in one of my favorite spots









Here we see the judge a little distracted



Sunday we will see if it works well

[murali]

beautiful place, is far from milan?

[CrawlrKing]

Originally Posted by the lizard

Now I'm looking for the new Calderwood upper link mount in V2 style
this looks like a good solution for my rear axle



And Yesterday I also mounted the new carbon fiber weight holders, with 20 grams each side.
I'm not sure that's enough, I'm waiting for the thick rings to do other tests with more weight



if anyone has any suggestions or tips are welcome

Where did you get the CF knuckles arms ? Rig's looking pretty nice !!!

[the lizard]

I am back with impressions from the event. a little late, but this weekend I was busy to prepare a scale comp

A really good race with the Swiss team as a special guest.
after 2 stupid mistakes in the first course, the race started in the right direction!
after all not bad result for me and my agent, I took fourth place behind Racer_zh, Farmertom and Maxcrawler.

Originally Posted by CrawlrKing

Where did you get the CF knuckles arms ? Rig's looking pretty nice !!!

these arms as the weights holders come from switzerland, Manuel (Racer_zh) has made this cool stuff for me



that's all for now, soon I'll put more pictures of the new shock set up that I'm trying and other small jobs.

greetings from italy
Gabriele

[the lizard]

another race weekend in Italy, but the podium remains the same



fever has not surely helped my run, but apart the first course where I took a TNT at last door I'm satisfied about my race!


definitely my chassis setup is proved too high, and with the new shoes some modifications are certainly required before the next race!

congratulations again to the top drivers! Now back to work!
soon more updates