05-10-2015, 06:50 AM | #1 |
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Yeti 1/10 RTR version, running on 2s 5000 mAh Turnigy hardcase lipo’s. Mainly used for gravel drifting and rock/bush racing. Normal jumps. No bashing. I want to drive it, not destroy it. I love it. Both the looks and the technical design. And how I can drive it. A few modifications though. Modifications, phase 1:
Modifications, phase 2:
About the latter: For looks only. I don’t need additional strength and after such an upgrade, forces will remain the same and find the next weak spot. So everything up to the servo needs upgrading then. I don’t bother, for what I use my Yeti for, I have perfect control as it is now. Future upgrades:
Tires can be one of the following:
And when I feel up to it I’ll replace the light module with a 7805 voltage regulator so I can add led’s (in parallel) when I want. And play with the shock spring / shock oil combination. Still running 30wt / 10wt - front / rear now. Which suits me perfectly by the way. And replace the plastic spur gear cover with an aluminium one, perhaps that material doesn’t amplify the gear sounds that much. Images below. Yvo . . . . . . . . Vacuum cleaning now, lots of gravel in the chassis . Last edited by THX_138; 08-22-2015 at 11:48 PM. Reason: Minutes apart merge |
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05-10-2015, 07:40 AM | #2 |
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Your carbon inner panels where did u get the sheet and did you just trace the cage and cut it out? That can be cut with scissor right?
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05-10-2015, 07:49 AM | #3 |
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The sheets were obtained here and it was indeed making a paper template following the cage. The carbon can be cut easily with decent scissors. Be gentle with drilling holes though, the stuff is very brittle. Yvo Last edited by Phaeton; 05-10-2015 at 07:51 AM. |
05-10-2015, 07:54 AM | #4 |
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Thanks. Very cool love the blacked out look.. I just started my kit. Ordered gunmetal parts but now wish I had gone black |
05-12-2015, 01:55 PM | #5 |
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Does anybody have a printable template for inner panels? And the hood?
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07-01-2015, 01:05 PM | #6 |
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07-01-2015, 01:08 PM | #7 |
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New wheels and a few more red details... Edit: Almost forgot, also exchanged the lower trailing arms for ssd-rc ones. They're perfect. Also optically. Mickey Thompson Metal MT-28 Internal Beadlocks and Vanquish SLW rotors. . . Yvo Last edited by Phaeton; 07-01-2015 at 01:14 PM. |
07-01-2015, 01:31 PM | #8 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Abilene
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No calipers? Haha, looks good! I have those on the radar for mine too but not until ALOT of other things are upgraded first though. Great job on your buildup so far. |
07-01-2015, 01:50 PM | #9 |
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Thx, and when you order them, they come with two per ordered item. Not four. Don't ask me how I know Yvo |
07-04-2015, 07:00 AM | #10 |
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Ready so far. Next modification: Working braking lights (and new head lights) based on a g-meter chip. . . . . Yvo |
07-04-2015, 11:23 AM | #11 |
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Love the blacked out look. Out of curiosity, do you use any special paint for the red accents, like the fire extinguisher or the Axial logo on the diff cover?
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07-04-2015, 01:35 PM | #12 |
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Looks good! Keep up the good work.
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07-04-2015, 02:59 PM | #13 | |
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| Thx. Is to be continued... Quote:
The slw rotors/discs from Vanquish come in red and the steering arms on the front suspension (Vanquish as well) are also painted with the Revell paint. For the roof I used black PlastiDip. Yvo Modifications so far by the way:
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07-11-2015, 07:55 AM | #14 |
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Done this week/today: Brake lights added, see entry in the Electronics forum and exchanged the stock shock pistons by the double action shock pistons (for faster rebound) from the AX80033 shock parts tree. Movie t̶o̶m̶o̶r̶r̶o̶w̶. Next week. Yvo Last edited by Phaeton; 07-12-2015 at 04:44 AM. |
08-29-2015, 04:51 AM | #15 |
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Decided to change to 17/56 pinion/spur for a little extra speed without loosing to much torque. Due to the smaller pinion, the motor has to be tilted towards the spur. Which stretches the leads to the ESC. Just a bit to much for my taste, so I rotated the motor on the transmission motor mount 45 degrees ccw. Which brings the leads close to the antenna, again a bit to much for my taste, so I relocated the rx in the fuel cell. Better after all when driving through puddles. The original rx box isn't water"proof" anymore anyway with the four leads coming out (servo, esc, two relais for the lights). So the rx is in the fuel cell now, together with two relais for the lights in the body/cage. Esc and servo lead coming in, one servo lead coming out. The latter is the connection with the body/cage lighting. General mass, plus for one light set and plus for the other light set. I drive on gravel a lot and the front tires throw a lot of those little stones into the chassis when spinning. So I attached two little shields. Helps a lot. In the front: I replaced the Axial shock bodies by black STRC Front Threaded Shock Bodies. Still using AX30222's, the 70mm blue springs in combination with 20wt oil. The stock drive shafts tend to pop out of the cups (wheel side) when the suspension is maxed down and wheel pointing to far outwards (when steering and hitting a rock or similar). So replaced them with GPM Racing CVD's. Pictures below. . . . . |
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