The Nerd's Newer Rig

[Aussie Nerd]

Just a sneak preview of the Al Fighter based rig. It will take a bit of work but it looks like I should be able to use a similar set up to what I was running. Full specs will come tomorrow.



Kieren

[MR.VERTICAL]

Boy that servo sits way back can't wait to see your steering set up.

[DiabloCrawler]

Looks good all that blue, can't wait to see the rest...

[RickM]

I followed your build before and will keep an eye on this one. I sure like those chassis's, and think the roll over side to side is a huge plus but I have always worried a bit about the weight and amount of material used. Is it heavy compared to a t1e or a bjv4?

[Aussie Nerd]

Originally Posted by MR.VERTICAL

Boy that servo sits way back can't wait to see your steering set up.

The only thing that makes it a disadvantage is my upper link mounts have to be about 1/2" shorter than before. I should have it mocked up later today.

Originally Posted by DiabloCrawler

Looks good all that blue, can't wait to see the rest...

Thanks

Originally Posted by RickM

I followed your build before and will keep an eye on this one. I sure like those chassis's, and think the roll over side to side is a huge plus but I have always worried a bit about the weight and amount of material used. Is it heavy compared to a t1e or a bjv4?

I'll weigh it for you when I do some more on it tonight. That way you can compare it to whatever chassis you fancy

Cheers
Kieren

[Aussie Nerd]

Full specs are

Al Fighter axles, with VP 8* Knuckles
Lathed and shortened SCX10 shocks (3" Front, 3.5" Rear currently, Mini T pinks all round)
Smashed Mamba Micros
CC BEC
Futaba BLS157
Futaba 4pl
Ti Links
Tamiya Kingpins
Br00d 'Team Edition' 30t type S (skewed arm) in KR cans
Eritex/Ras Customs wheels with BCs, soon to also include a set of Ras Customs Cam Locks
Ras Customs Weights, not sure if I'll go brass or tungsten yet.
Crawler X proto chassis

Also I didn't end up stripping it down tonight, so I'll have to get the weight shortly sorry.

Cheers
Kieren

[TSK]

Rig looks good buddy. What are these "cam locks" you speak of?

[Aussie Nerd]

Thanks My new wheel design that requires only one bolt to lock and unlock. I need to make a set in the real world though to see if its going to work though.

Kieren

[TSK]

Originally Posted by Aussie Nerd

Thanks My new wheel design that requires only one bolt to lock and unlock. I need to make a set in the real world though to see if its going to work though.

Kieren

For the beadlock? If so that sounds killer. I hate fussing with beadlocks & I hate glue even more.

I'm a fan of internal single sided beadlocks, but there are so very few options for them.

[Aussie Nerd]

Yep, fingers crossed my wild idea works. Internal beadlocks are nice for maximum knuckle weight, but they take just about as much time to assemble as a standard double sided beadlock anyway.

Kieren

[Aussie Nerd]

A few weights for those interested.







Cheers
Kieren

Erik, let me know if you need weights other than those

[RickM]

Thanks for shooting over a weight on that. Rig looks good.

[TSK]

3.4 oz seems fairly light for such a stout looking chassis. And those camer aangles make those axles look really narrow. Then again i've been working on AR60's last last few weeks

[Aussie Nerd]

Originally Posted by RickM

Thanks for shooting over a weight on that. Rig looks good.

No worries, Cheers

Originally Posted by TheSCorpionKing

3.4 oz seems fairly light for such a stout looking chassis. And those camer aangles make those axles look really narrow. Then again i've been working on AR60's last last few weeks

It is only a delrin skeleton basically, that weight would increase with panels, shock/link hardware etc.

It's not the camera, they are just really narrow. Especially the rear, I'm going to have to lathe up some 1" hubs, just to get it out to probably a 225 width on a standard berg.

Kieren

[TSK]

Any updates? And is CrawlerX gonna produce those chassis? i checked the website and nothing even hinting at it.

And those axles are too narrow for my taste. I'm getting heavy into the mindset of a wide axle, and a narrow wheel (or at least a deep negative backspaced wheel). Less scrub and tire rub.

[Aussie Nerd]

No updates sorry, but should be a few coming shortly if I get my act together

I was under the impression they were, but I haven't talked to Blade in a little while so plans may have changed.

The front is perfect for what I want, as it's within a couple mm of my old axles, and I really like that width. The rear however could be about an inch wider. As it stands I'll have to make some 1" hubs just to get it about the same as the 600's I was running before.

Kieren

[Aussie Nerd]

Unfortunately at this time have other priorities than a new rig, so the axles are for sale to anyone who missed out on the first round. Upside is they are complete ready to use, no fuss in trying to track down berg gears

Cheers
Kieren