Formula Offroad aka FOFF
 

If this is in the wrong section lemme know or move it. Its basicly a crawler just going faster :)

Havent got all the things at home yet but here are some pics and info about the Formula offroad i am building.

Will use: Sidewinder ESC, CC BEC, 3cell 5000mah lipo, 5000kv motor, Gearbox from RC4WD and axles from my CR-01. And to controll it all i will use my Spektrum DX3


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The tires i will be using

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5000kv motor 540 size

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Thats a first mockup of how i think it will look. Wont be using those shocks. When sitting still the 4 links will be horisontal to the ground so will sit much lower than here.

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After many hours in the garage i finally got the chassiplates made. They are made of 2mm very hard aluminium. Was really hard work to cut and then sand them to be exactly the same but made it :)

My first plan was to use the gearbox from my crawler ( Tamiya CR01 ) but the gear ratio is all wrong so deicided to order one from rc4wd.

Will build the car around the CR01 gearbox since i will be using same width for the other gearbox aswell.

Going to cut out parts of the chassi to make it look nice cause i wont be using any body. Chassi will be body :)

Here are a few more pics

http://www.monstergt.se/P1020879.jpg
Under the car with the cr-01 gearbox.

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From the side, and as i said before i will be cutting out details so it looks better.

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From above with the cr01 gearbox and 5000kv motor.

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Roughly how it will look. Will be abit lower than in the pics when its done.

More updates to come soon.

It will be a great rig."thumbsup"

awesome i have been wanting to do a for build for some time, but isent it not like a crawler at all....

Am i the only one who cant see the pics??? Sounds like a cool build though, always been a fan of formula offroad"thumbsup"

:shock:
Ok.... now they there. sorry

Side note: The local guys use Axial with great success for FOFF :).

no pics here but interested to watch. I picked up some paddles and such to do something similar. I was gonna use a 7t cobal puller and a 2 speed rc4wd tranny but general concensus was the tranny wouldn't hold up.

Looks like you're off to a good start. Nice design so far. Those wheels and tires are going to look great. Keep us posted.

Watch you sidewinder and that motor on a 3S pack. I know the sidewinder 5700 combo is only rated for 2S max. It can do 3S with a 4600 no problem. Just a heads up you may be pushing it.

Jason

Got some more work done today. Took some trial and error to get the 4 link working as i want but now i am really happy with it. Might lower it abit more later on.

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Man those things should throw some sand mud whatever nice job

I will mostly use the car in the snow since its winter here now and snow for another 6 months :)

Ordered the "last" things for it now :)

R2D HD transmission
Straight axle kit to the rear
Hardened driveshafts and difflocks
2 2800mah 11.1v 30 Lipos ( connected paralell so i will have 5600mah 30C )
Spare Traxxas Half Shafts
Pinions

Also i modifyed the Spektrum transmitter so i have a 3way toggle switch for the 3rd chan. The original A button is still functional.

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Hey cyberdog Great to see another foff build "thumbsup"
Here is my foff
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...x/HPIM2240.jpg

Have you herd that the 2009 R/C Foff World Championship is in Stjaer, Denmark 13.-14.6.09 8)
http://my.4x4offroads.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=85

:shock: Wow
That chassis look´s a little like the one I design´d based on the Midgard ProRock2.2 ;-)
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...gardTuber3.jpg

I can´t wait to see your finis´d foff build "thumbsup"

Nice looking truck Snoop, what hardware u got in it ?

Think its that chassipicture i got the idea for mine from :)

Cant remember where i have seen it before.

I´m gonna use a 5000kv with 3s and that might be abit too fast :)

I will be using the RC4WD R2 HD transmission so dunno yet how fast it will go :)

What gearbox and battery do u use Snoop ? Also what kinda speeds do u get ?

Small update on the build!

Made the pins that hold together the 2 chassi halfs and also made a ESC and RX plate in the back. That plate will be little modifyed still before i am done. Will be making the battery tray when the transmission arrives. All screws will be changed to hex later.

Will make a small change to the shock mounts aswell. And add springs.

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