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crazyorigin 05-25-2011 07:18 AM

Oh man, all that white delrin! I need to stay out of the berg section, all the cool kids are switching over, I can't abandon my XR....


Nice work Erik, this is gonna be an impressive build.

SkaldidDog 05-25-2011 09:27 AM

Proper!

Erik D_lux 05-25-2011 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fa1rch1ld (Post 3109454)
Have plans on producing more axle tubes? :shock:

Yep. Just need to do some testing.

As soon as I get the car together I will be able to put some serious time on it now that its summer.

Erik D_lux 05-25-2011 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ittybitty (Post 3109562)
First off...I know what you mean about waiting on parts and most of them being out of stock...it's aggravating, but part of the game at this point. Your parts are looking good and I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with for link mounts.

Yeah. Its super frustrating. What would be even more frustrating is if all these great parts did not exist. This hobby is cool because its made up of a bunch of regular guys that produce great parts, many in their spare time. This is much easier to see when youre on the vendor side and not the waiting customer side though :lmao:

Erik D_lux 05-25-2011 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DickyT (Post 3109575)
Looking good Erik! I'll be watching this progress :mrgreen:

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeremyH (Post 3109578)
Very cool! I like those tubes!

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazyorigin (Post 3109581)
Oh man, all that white delrin! I need to stay out of the berg section, all the cool kids are switching over, I can't abandon my XR....


Nice work Erik, this is gonna be an impressive build.

Thanks

I am not sure if the white will be a one off/limited version or not. I think I am one of the only guys who like white and it is much harder to machine and keep looking clean. I do think it looks better after having to deal with some abuse though. Most likely the majority will be black. I cant remember where I read it but I have heard there is a strength difference from white to black? I am also curios what the strength difference would be between the colors in the sun. When I first got my temp gun to monitor my motor temps on my Losi I checked the temperature of everything around me in mid summer. Anything with any color added to it was 160*+ anything white based was 120*.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkaldidDog (Post 3109756)
Proper!

Thanks

Erik D_lux 05-25-2011 10:22 AM

I edited the post on page 1 with the bushings but wanted to add it here too in case it was missed.

Important note:
The bushings are made to work with the stock stainless steel screws. If you use a different brand stainless screw, aluminum screw, steel screw etc,. you may find some will not even fit or be sloppy. After measuring many brands and different materials I have found the screws to vary greatly. I have not found a steel screw or aluminum screw that will fit.

CrawlinCowfreak 05-25-2011 10:45 AM

It's great to see more New products being developed for the Berg's Erik "thumbsup"
I'm looking forward to seeing what else you have planned .

Subscribed .

asw27x 05-25-2011 03:31 PM

dang that thing looks amazing :)

fa1rch1ld 05-25-2011 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erik D_lux (Post 3109833)
Yep. Just need to do some testing.

As soon as I get the car together I will be able to put some serious time on it now that its summer.

Sorry. This morning I was like a child, looking at the pretty pics but not reading
everything. Excited to see what ya come up with "thumbsup"

djjiz 05-25-2011 08:23 PM

I'm excited to see what you do with the upper link mount and steering link. The tubes look kick ass!

Aussie Nerd 05-25-2011 08:31 PM

Your off to a great start, can't wait to see what else you come up with"thumbsup"

Kieren

whillinwillys 05-25-2011 09:56 PM

Looks sick man can't wait to see all the new parts to come"thumbsup"

vodka child 05-26-2011 12:37 AM

looking awesome there Eric. Having a few bits from you already, know that anything you put out into the market will have great build quality and will be duable.

Looking forward to seeing the link/shock mounts. The delrin rear tubes I have on my Bully are great, they've stood up well to the beating they've taken the thought of some good delrin rears for the Berg to ooooooooooh yeah 8)

Defo a subscribed thread "thumbsup"

binaryterror 05-26-2011 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erik D_lux (Post 3109849)
Most likely the majority will be black. I cant remember where I read it but I have heard there is a strength difference from white to black?

"White" or natural is Delrin's normal color, meaning no additives are used to changes its color. Black they add in concentrated colors to produce, sadly this can negatively impact the overall material properties because Black Delrin doesn't exist, so they add in other chemicals/plastics to Delrin to make the color change.

White is a better choice IMO due to unchanged material properties.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erik D_lux (Post 3109838)
Yeah. Its super frustrating. What would be even more frustrating is if all these great parts did not exist. This hobby is cool because its made up of a bunch of regular guys that produce great parts, many in their spare time.

Very true, we often forget the time/money involved for the great vendors to help us out.

Look forward to the rest of the build, and hope we see some cool new parts available due to this build! "thumbsup"

JeremyH 05-26-2011 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erik D_lux (Post 3109849)
Anything with any color added to it was 160*+ anything white based was 120*.

Reflection vs. Absorption of heat/sunlight."thumbsup"

Chaotic Crawlers 05-26-2011 07:53 AM

Wow!
I am glad to see you coming to the dark side!!!

I have no doubt that this will be one sick rig!!!

I am interested to see how the delrin tubes work.
I had quite a few people ask me for them last year when we were working on bully tubes.

You going to have it done for the next comp??

annedecke 05-26-2011 08:12 AM

Nice work Erik "thumbsup" .... but ......
















it will never be a Losi :mrgreen:

khwilliams 05-26-2011 09:08 AM

Looking Sweet Erik! Keep up the great work and hope that testing works out:) Nice to see guys willing to bring it and test it

maybe come up with your own rear chromo rear axles as well"thumbsup"

MR.VERTICAL 05-26-2011 09:11 AM

You could shave a little more off the tran case for a few more g's"thumbsup"
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...g?t=1306422538

53 willys 05-26-2011 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by annedecke (Post 3111415)
Nice work Erik "thumbsup" .... but ......
















it will never be a Losi :mrgreen:



Pretty sure the fact that this will never be a losi is the point of this build....lol
I have been trying to get Erik out for some fun crawling for like 2weeks he tells me he would rather not Even drive if he has to drive that losi for another day!! Lol





The build is looking great Erik...hope that rockshow ss shows up soon so we can get out and crawl!!



Btw I vote for black delrin tubes...hehe


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