Axial AX10 a.k.a Toxoplasma Condii

[desertdude]

Nice rig buddy

[Zarizi Tech]

Originally Posted by desertdude

Nice rig buddy

Thanks!

Last sunday I got this rig out for a testdrive.


Servo seemed to be superfast. Now let's see the hill cababilites.


It goes up and then it comes back down. Exactly the same performance as last year!


Overall balance is ok, I just might have to fine tune the front suspension a bit.


Rig felt lighter.


And it had all the power in the world!


Rescue mission!


These always end badly. And this time was no examption...


The rig rolled on it's roof and I tried to drive it back on it's wheels. Managed to do that, but my steering was gone?


Servo was hot and smell burned.

NOTE TO YOURSELF: Don't use helicopter servos on a car.

I'll add a little bit better servo and try again on sunday.

[Zarizi Tech]

After the test gone wrong in sunday, it was time to install a new servo.


The best you can buy.


Shouldn't be scared of a little roll overs this. 39kg torque at six volts.


Shorter wiring to save weight and room.


It's always such a pleasure to work with a clean rig...


New servo is a bit heavier, but otherwise the same size.


Testdrive done. YES, it turns.


Tomorrow we are heading for the gravel pit to test our foff rigs. Should be fun day out.

[Zarizi Tech]

Got the rig outdoors yesterday with the new servo on it.


Let's test that servo.


Servo felt really good. Really light to drive and pretty fast as well.


Because of the new links, I had to mock up my front suspension a little, to get similiar setup as last year.


This thing currently drives amazingly. At this point it needs no changes.


After good testing day with both of my rigs, it's time to start preparing them for next weekends comp.

[Zarizi Tech]

Everything is now ready for the season opener in sand!


Rig felt really good at practise session, so I'm gonna stick with it for now.


Only thing that I have changed is the position of the front shocks.


I'm really looking forward what is the level of competition on saturday. Hopefully high, but you never know when it's the first one of the year.


It's time to have some late Easter Fun!

My objective is on top. Nuff said.

[Zarizi Tech]

First Foff Cup comp is now behind. I'm reliefed to have a huge smile on my face.


Total of thirteen rigs in modified class meant a tough competition.


There has never been so many rigs at Easter Fun.


First course!


Just trying to make a calm performance.


As slow as possible, so I would have more time to choose the lines.


That was working well!


The new servo felt extremely good and fast!


The next photos are from the most difficult course of the day. Course five.


Choosing the line before the run.


Off we go!


The ground clearance in SuDu One is a good friend in spots like this.


Slowly watching not to hit a marker.


Every single thing in the rig worked flawless through the whole day.


But that alone isn't enough in a comp like this. I had a pretty darn good performances as well. I'm happy about my driving.


No changes are required for the next competition.


Going for the finishing line!


Victory! And triple victory for SuDu chassis!


Here is a video from third course. Full house points and only one to make it to the top.


And finally here are the results. Really good day for me and the rig. My opponents are coming really closely behind, so the next comp after two weeks will already be interesting.

But now I will get back to crawling for one week.

[Zarizi Tech]

Time to get set for tomorrows comp!


No changes what so ever. Gonna stick with this setup, cause it gives me the confidence that I had last year.


Total of fourteen rigs on the line tomorrow. Nothing comes free on those hills, that's for sure. No matter what, I'm still aiming for the top.

[Zarizi Tech]

Time for update of last weekends comp.


Beautiful spring morning rises in southern Finland.


Total of twelve rigs on the line for glory.


Plenty of tires to choose from.


After terrible mistake on first course, I had to start driving like a maniac.


This course started much better.


Little drop from the cliff.


This was a tricky one. Steep sidehill gate where all except me took the red one.


Bouncing towards the finish gate.


Line to there has to be exact.


There it is!!


Before course five I was sitting in second position 30 points behind the leader.


And in this course I managed to make the move.


I'm still pretty pleased by the performance of this thing. It goes nearly everywhere I want it to.


Tactical straddle and towards the finish line.


There we go!


Here's course two in video. Perfect score and back to the game!


Results. As you can see it is really tight compared to previous season.


Really happy about managing to fight my way back to the top in the comp.

Next one will be after two weeks in the north! Until that, I'll check the screws and it is ready for another battle.

[Zarizi Tech]

Comp time on sunday! Time for update.


New transmission housings came. Threading from the old housing began to be poor.


Now assembled.


Ten rigs on the line on sunday. Should be another day to fight for the victory!


We'll see if it's as hot in Suonenjoki as it was last year. Pics and vids will follow for sure!

[Zarizi Tech]

Time for update after the third competition of Foff Cup 2015.


13 starters for the competition.


Ready to go clean!


Rig is working excellent again.


Going to the next gate with a different approach.


Two more gates to go.


Time to give it some beans!!


It went all the way up. This shot is from the last course.


I broke my axle in the end of the timed course. It literally went in half. Luckily I had spare axle and was able to keep going.


Carefully downhill.


Up we go again! Full house score from this course as well.


Here is a video from fifth course. Just after the axle went in pieces. Really happy about this performance!


First spot again! Feels good to be on the mood in this class.


Four out of six full house scores. That's a decent day for me.


Artistic point of view!

Next comp will be after a month, so now it's time to rest and get ready for some crawling comps.

[89redranger]

Lookin good as always! Where are the destruction pics? Don't leave us hanging here. We all love a few carnage shots now and then...

[Zarizi Tech]

Originally Posted by 89redranger

Lookin good as always! Where are the destruction pics? Don't leave us hanging here. We all love a few carnage shots now and then...

Sorry to say that I don't have any yet. I'll grab a few shots of the damage, when I go to the garage next time.

[rustneversleeps]

hey looking good great pics too what the size of battery your using i was thinking of a 2 of 2 cell lipos which would make it 4 cell is this to much..
Plus i need a place for my Foff build....
cheers from Canada...

[robn69]

Originally Posted by Zarizi Tech

Hi again. Back in business:


New tires and wheels are here!


Both tires have been made by V Productions. This new on the left is basically Proline Hammer shaved and 2.2 Panther paddles glued on it. It really works with a soft memoryfoam!


Let's see about the weight. This is the old tire.


And this is the new one. It's mounted on Nordic Crawler Design beadlock cf wheel. The car should get lighter already from the new wheels and tires.


Here are my new shocks. Traxxas Big Bore 3,5" to the front and 3,75" to rear. Hope they are better than the SCX10's.


Building, building.


I also changed the bent rear lower links to straight ones and made a little bit longer ones.


It's beginning to look like a car again!


Then I tested how much it'll flex... Waaaaay too much...


As I put the longer rear links, the GC dropped a little. It's still too high IMO, but let's try it first like this.


Iput a stoppers to the shocks to limit the suspension.


Might have to test it soon...


WB grew a little when I changed the links. Not so much, that I would've hope, but let see...


Weight before the testings. Cool, it's under two kilos!


Just before I was leaving to test it, I noticed that I have blue Mini-T rear springs I could use.


Luckily we don't have too much snow in this winter and I can go and test it out!


The looks of this thing is starting to be good. Still have to lower it down though.


Size comperation to my old Modified Wraith rig. It's still on the shade.


First test of the tires were promising. It has plenty of traction even in this test ground with hard sand. I'm eager to test these out at soft snow!

In the tests the two flauds still showed up. Jamming of the steering, and high GC. Luckily I had some ideas for both, back to the garage:


From NCD I got this servo plate with electronics tray, ment for AX10. Luckily it seems to be working with AR60 axle as well. Now I can get more stuff on top of the front axle.


I wanted to get the car lower. So I did 15mm longer front lower links and put them inside of the lower end of the axle. At the same I dropped the shock down to the lower as well.


Electronics tray to there?


Yes sir. Now I can have all my electronics down at front, which is good.


Steering is now working without jamming.


You really can see, that it's much longer now!


I went out to test it once more. It is really stable now and won't roll over so easily! And with 3S LiPo and 5700kv motor it has some BOOST! It has now 340mm of wheelbase and front axle from tire edge to tire edge is 300mm and the rear is 280mm. Feels good. Maybe I'll go for 290mm rear end in the futere. Maybe. I have 60mm on ground clearance at the moment. It's plenty enough for this use. The links I had were screwed just after two roll overs, so I ordered 5mm titan links to the lowers and 4mm uppers. Should do well. I'll contoniue and finish it when the links arrive, it's a little hurry because we are having the first comp just after two weeks!

Are those the rc4wd paddles on the wraith?

[Zarizi Tech]

Originally Posted by rustneversleeps

hey looking good great pics too what the size of battery your using i was thinking of a 2 of 2 cell lipos which would make it 4 cell is this to much..
Plus i need a place for my Foff build....
cheers from Canada...

Depends of the rig. Mine has plenty enough power on 3S.

Originally Posted by robn69

Are those the rc4wd paddles on the wraith?

Nope. Paddles are from panther tires. The body of the tire is shaved proline hammer.

Sorry for the late answer guys...

Tomorrow we are heading for the fourth comp of this season's Foff Cup.


Here you can see the carnage from last comp.


It's now ready for the comp. Switched the gears to underdrive on rear, where in front there are stock gearing. Seemed to improve the handling on steep uphills.


Again good amount of rigs will be tomorrow on the starting line. Can't wait to get foffin again! Might still look inside my shocks, cause I noticed some leaking in the last comp. Hoping of course to get my fourth victory and securing the title. Not yet possible, but with fourth victory it would be really close.

[Zarizi Tech]

Little bit late with updates, but here we go again. The fourth comp of Foff Cup 2015 is behind with an excellent result.


Saturday morning opened cloudy.


I came to this weekend straight from work and had all of my crawler and foff gear with me.


Here are the participants of modified class.


Comp has started well. No bigger mistakes, just good driving from course to course. Like it should be!


Course five on the way here.


Almost rolled over here, but managed to save it.


One more gate to go!


All the way up. Really good day in terms of driving for me!


Here is that same course five on video. Cool course!


Pulled of another first. In the next comp I can already close the championship for me.


Good gap to the second. I wish all of the comps would be like this!

As I told, next comp will be just after two weeks. After that, there is only week before the Finnish Nationals. I gotta fill my shocks before that, otherwise it's ready to go I think.

[Zarizi Tech]

Time for some tech and training!


Shock tech on the way. Gotta change the oil and remove one limiter off from the left rear shock.


Dunno why there were such thing, but it felt annoying to drive like that. Now they are even though.


Time for a little practice. It's been ages since I have done foff practicing last time.


Maybe too hard course?


Rig is working really well. It's beginning to look like Nationals setup for me.

Now it's just waiting for another two weeks before the next comp.

[Zarizi Tech]

Had time to tighten up the screws and get this rig ready for tomorrows comp.


All set and I'm aiming for another victory. This time it'll be wet race for sure. The weather forecast looks terrible for tomorrow. Made few adjustments for the suspension, let's see how that turns out.

[Zarizi Tech]

Another comp of Foff Cup 2015 series is behind!


We had proper comp village build for the comp.


Cause of the rain...


Fortunately it stopped for one course and I managed to take some pics.


Challenging first course!


I was the last one to go. One guy had clear the course before me.


Going for the first big drop, that claimed almost all of the victims.


I also got too far down and touched the course limiting line.


Here is Toxoplasma Condii on the fifth course.


Jump to the vertical final gate. Broke the transmission on that jump. Also broke another one on the next course.


Here is that fifth couse!


Fifth victory in the 2015 Foff Cup series means, that Toxoplasma Condii will be crowned as the champion! One more comp to go on October, but the title is already secured!


Here are the results. Nothing to complain on the rig. Just loving driving it at the moment.

Tomorrow I'll get to the garage and see what's the carnage on those transmissions. Gotta get it ready for saturdays Finnish Nationals!

[cabron]

too much fun