My new FOFF build

[DRV KRAWLER]

All right you two, USPS has got to be better than a slow boat from Hong Kong. Well maybe not, My fingers are crossed Sean.

[Crawling Calvin]

Originally Posted by DRV KRAWLER

All right you two, USPS has got to be better than a slow boat from Hong Kong. Well maybe not, My fingers are crossed Sean.

I dunno man... lately USPS has been not so wow on shipping stuff

[West Cork Basher]

Originally Posted by Crawling Calvin

I dunno man... lately USPS has been not so wow on shipping stuff

An Post ( Irish Mail ) is good..

We have a post woman
If there's a parcel for me and she see my wifes car outside our house she drops a note in the door for me to call down to the postoffice and pick it up...
saves all the grief from the misses . .

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[West Cork Basher]

I'd just like to thank Daniel and Calvin for all there help,
Daniel kindly supplyed the alloy rod
Calvin did all the hard work ,by cutting and tapping threads into them
to make me some custom lenght linksand getting the OD gears aswell..

Mailing them over from CA only took 5 days to arrive to me in Ireland







Thanks again guys.

[DRV KRAWLER]

Looks Great Sean ! Glad I could help. Nice job as usual Calvin !

[West Cork Basher]

Originally Posted by DRV KRAWLER

Looks Great Sean ! Glad I could help. Nice job as usual Calvin !

Thanks again Daniel , without your and Calvins help I'd never have got this far..

Just got to make time now to fit the new parts..

Sean

[DRV KRAWLER]

Originally Posted by West Cork Basher

Thanks again Daniel , without your and Calvins help I'd never have got this far..

Just got to make time now to fit the new parts..

Sean

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Now Sean, you drop everything that you are doing right now ! Nothing is as important as playing with your toy truck LOL ! You just remember that !

[M1tch]

Great stuff Sean! glad you got the parts so quickly.

[Crawling Calvin]

The kicker is I used first class mail I think... only cost like $6 to ship it vs $36 for the "5-7" day stuff... maybe it was just luck but hey any time I can save $ and get it there faster, were all happy I was a little worried when Google maps didn't like your address but I had a feeling you gave me the right one since you wanted your stuff

Go get those on your rig and go crawl ill get the axle things I forgot to send in the mail shortly... my knee is kicking my butt on getting things done but i will struggle though

[desertrat55]

Looks awesome so far sean At the rate im goin your gonna have video poted b4 me . Keep up the good work

[West Cork Basher]

I'll be up and running this weekend.
Got my OD gears fitted..
fecked up with the link lenghts that Calvin sent me.
I'll try and sort that out, with the dermel over the weekend..

Upper links 86mm front and rear (thanks to Calvin)
with axial rod ends (AX80005#2).

Lower stock lenght links 98mm with spacers added
2mm front ,
5mm rear
axial rod ends (Ax80005#4)

I was having clearance trouble with my side mounted steering servo,
so refitted it above the axle










Even made a tow hitch...













High risers fitted ,to help with the clearance..


Made a trailer the other weekend to tow my daughters drifter car..





Theres abit of body trimming to do ,

I'll also have to relocate the battery and ESC so I can the remove the shock risers and lower the CG

but for now all I wanna do is get out and play..

Sean
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[Crawling Calvin]

Trim the body later... just go play

I should have care package #2 done by Tuesday...

[West Cork Basher]

Originally Posted by Crawling Calvin

Trim the body later... just go play

I should have care package #2 done by Tuesday...

Thanks Calvin...

I'm very happy with it, the test run will let me know where to trim and what else need to be done to finish it off...

Sean

[Crawling Calvin]

Originally Posted by West Cork Basher

Thanks Calvin...

I'm very happy with it, the test run will let me know where to trim and what else need to be done to finish it off...

Sean

If you need anything else in package #2 let me know... i'd be more than willing to throw it in

[DRV KRAWLER]

Looking Good Sean, Good luck this weekend on the "Shake Down" of the Rig. I think you are going to be pleasently suprised.

[West Cork Basher]

Originally Posted by DRV KRAWLER

Looking Good Sean, Good luck this weekend on the "Shake Down" of the Rig. I think you are going to be pleasently suprised.

Thanks Daniel.....

[West Cork Basher]

Up-Date..

The day started with mist and rain.. So I thought no test run ..
Off to my mancave away from the wife and kids , I spent a few hours getting the links to how I wanted ,

Front Upper 86mm Axial Rod ends , Lower 100mm Axial Rod end.
Rear Upper 91mm Axial Rod ends , Lower 106mm Traxxas Rod ends.


Relocated the Li-Po and raised the ESC , removed the shocks from the high risers to lower the CG , sorted out the clearance by fitting spacers here and there , fitted the extra braces that Calvin had made aswell...



















Then around 4pm the skys cleared .

Off to the beach for a test run and to exercise the dog


Axial SCX FOFFer. - YouTube


Sean.
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[M1tch]

nice one at 2:05

about the c-hub, but we have all been there

train the dog to turn the truck back on its wheels

at least you got a run, and you can decide what needs doing to improve it. looks a bit top heavy to me, maybe some wideners would help.

edit. maybe more weight on the front or change the rear diff to stock or underdrive

[West Cork Basher]

Originally Posted by M1tch

nice one at 2:05

about the c-hub, but we have all been there

train the dog to turn the truck back on its wheels

at least you got a run, and you can decide what needs doing to improve it. looks a bit top heavy to me, maybe some wideners would help.

edit. maybe more weight on the front or change the rear diff to stock or underdrive

Thanks Mitch..
Yeah,seems to roll over very easy, the sand was not that soft because of the rain earlyer... few more runs and I know one way or the other..
Lucky for me I've two spare hubs to brake while ,I get alloy ones sorted.

Im very happy with my first test run...

As for my dog(tiny) she chases every RC I've got
from the Losi micro DT right up too the hpi Baja and
even jumps up trying to catch my gliders

[stelerzman]

Nice video, loved that the dog had fun too.
Glad to see you finally got the HK order.