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07-18-2010, 03:38 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: _________
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|  Malin's new Gmade R1 Rock Buggy
Well since it was my daughters 5th birthday today I got to work on her new crawler that I have been promising her for a while now. We all know the R1 by now.....   The electronics will consist of a Tekin FX-R w/Tekin 35T, 3S LiPo, CC BEC, 2 x Hitec HS-7954SH High Voltage. All run by her Futaba 3PK. Shocks is Losi's 4" crawler set   Some bling-bling from Junfac....  Ripper7Racing Delrin Skid, High Clearance links and battery/servo plates.  Choice of tire is the all-round favorite Rover White  Bent |
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07-18-2010, 03:49 PM
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Assembled front axle (same as rear):  7 Degree C-Hub carrier :nice:  The cage:   Transmission mounted on the delrin skid plate with mounts for inboarding the lower links:   Bent |
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07-18-2010, 04:28 PM
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Put the chassis in the "jig" to fabricate links and make adjustments:  Set at 12.5":  Shocks almost done. I'll change to Traxxas rod ends in the front as well  Bent Last edited by BentKa; 07-19-2010 at 07:14 AM. Reason: Spelling |
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07-18-2010, 08:16 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2009 Location: Anchorage
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|  Sic dual stearing, my RF has dual stearing also. looks nice cant wait for more pics.
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07-18-2010, 09:12 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: jacksonville
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looks like very high quality parts...
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07-18-2010, 09:57 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UAE in the GCC
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i see you ordered the junfac adjustable upper link mount as well as rippers delrin axle plates ....... im thinking you only need one or the other right? nice build and awesome choice of upgrades by the way |
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07-18-2010, 11:44 PM
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| Tossin' Salad Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Petaluma
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Very nice build! I like the detailed pics. Casey |
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07-19-2010, 06:50 AM
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Just thought that it might be easier for her to start out using 4WS instead of a dig system.....we'll se  Quote:
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The quality of the Gmade kit and option parts does look and feel like high quality parts. Exited to see how it performs and hold up. Only thing I'm missing is hex head hardware.....other than that no complaints so far Quote:
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07-19-2010, 03:07 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somewhere deep within the barn doors
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It took me 3 years of sleeve tugging just to get my parents to buy me a hornet... If your ever looking to adopt a quite little american boy; I dont talk back, 99% potty trained  , and I promise not to play with the udders around the family  Seriously though awesome to see the family involved with your hobby, always makes it that much more fun! Great looking build and pics, I love the look of the R1's Heath |
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07-19-2010, 04:00 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: _________
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 This fetish just can't be healthy  Yep the R1 is really growing on me.....can't wait to try it on the rocks to break it in (if I'm allowed that is). Bent | |
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07-19-2010, 04:30 PM
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Here she is with her loaner (my Honcho). As you can see she is REALLY concentrated when she is driving. She follows the car and looks at the lines before negotiating the gates. And when I tell her how good she is she just says; "That's how you do it dad"    Here she is driving the same course as my nephew (13 years old). On her first attempt she managed to get through 10 gates with only 1 reverse penalty ! It took him 5 attempts to accomplish the same  Quote:
 Just got to savour the moments while she still wants to hang out with "Old" dad. So if she wants a real crawler like dad......she gets one Bent Last edited by BentKa; 07-21-2010 at 03:34 PM. Reason: Spelling | |
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07-19-2010, 04:43 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somewhere deep within the barn doors
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That is good stuff right there my friend, I would be proud too Something tells me Daddy will have some competition in a few years Heath |
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07-19-2010, 04:58 PM
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07-19-2010, 05:58 PM
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Got a little bit more work done today. Soldered the electronics and routed all the cables. Modified the front shocks and put on Traxxas rod ends. Put 3 mm cone washers on all fixing points for the shocks as well as on the mounting points of the upper links on the axle plates. It is now super smmmooooth Also made some braces from 1/4" delrin rods for the shock towers to stiffen them up.   Tekin FX-R and CC BEC ended up on the plate above and in front of the motor......  while the receiver ended up under the battery plate in the rear.  Links and mounts in the front.  Same image of the rear links.  3S battery mounted on the front axel plate.  Only thing left to do is to hook it up to the PC through the Castle Link and Tekin Hotwire for final adjustments, and paint up some panels. Bent |
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07-19-2010, 10:35 PM
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| Tossin' Salad Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Petaluma
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So, with the portals, how is the scrub radius, and how does it effect the turning with so little weight?  |
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07-19-2010, 11:02 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UAE in the GCC
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lookin really good ...... the 3pk does look a little heavy for your lovely daughter though? hehe |
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07-20-2010, 12:30 AM
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Not sure what you mean by "so little weight" though ? Quote:
As soon as Futaba releases something better than my 4PK she will definitely be in for an upgrade Bent | ||
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07-20-2010, 12:32 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: belgium
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nice build so far cant waith to see the color on the panels i think youre daughter is very happy with the Gmade |
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07-20-2010, 02:50 PM
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 I'm debating hard on what to do with the panels. She wants them pink with Hello Kitty......I'm just not sure that I have that in me......being a guy and all Either way I think she will be thrilled to get her very own crawler....."just like dad" Bent | |
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07-21-2010, 01:59 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: belgium
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if you dont want kitty on the crawler i found this   |
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