kreepy labs exposed!!! w.k. test runs

[kreepykrawler]

heres some pics of me and spydermunkee testing out a couple new products from KREEPY KRAWLER DESIGNS. we are both running w.k. based trucks, but munkee is frontin' a droop set-up & i'm running a traditional sprung.
i'll mention the new goods. a new set of CRAWLER-SPECIFIC tire inserts and the other is the WHEELY KING SPECIFIC chassis. it mounts the tranny in the stock orientation.
please check the vendor section tomorrow for details , pics and prices of the new inserts.

thanks!!!!
kreepykrawler

[rn38]

nice riggs!!! keep up the good work

[slvrf150fx4]

Nice Kreepy they both look great.

[kurt]

not a big fan of the steering but they don't look bad at all

[kreepykrawler]

thanks for the props , slvrf150, the stickers will be here any day now. i'll send you them as soon as their in my grubby hands.
steering is still in progress. looking to have more clearance and maybe tuck it in a bit.
i cant wait to show off the chassis, but a couple more details to work out and get the fianl version done.

[Lumpmister]

Those are very cool rigs. The steering on the Baja Bug looks crazy. How is that working out for you??

[kreepykrawler]

the strreing on spydermunkees rig is also still in the development stages. we're looking at running it UP instead of DOWN as it is in the pics. also, we shortened the bolt thru it so it would stop catching on the rocks!!

[kurt]

slap a stinger+skid on the front and it would protect that steering

[freetimecrawler]

Originally Posted by kurt

slap a stinger+skid on the front and it would protect that steering

Yeah, at a loss of breakover.

[kurt]

Originally Posted by freetimecrawler

Yeah, at a loss of breakover.

i am talking about a front only skid. nothing underneath. It could be made from 1/16 aluminum with 1/4" ss tubing for the stinger.

[freetimecrawler]

Originally Posted by kurt

i am talking about a front only skid. nothing underneath. It could be made from 1/16 aluminum with 1/4" ss tubing for the stinger.

Anything up front, would still mess with your breakover angle.

[kurt]

Originally Posted by freetimecrawler

Anything up front, would still mess with your breakover angle.

maybe we are talking about two different things. i am talking about the front hoop with a skid mounted to that hoop. like a pre-runner.

nothing below the axle.

[freetimecrawler]

Originally Posted by kurt

maybe we are talking about two different things. i am talking about the front hoop with a skid mounted to that hoop. like a pre-runner.

nothing below the axle.

It doesn't have to be below the axle. What happens when you pull up to a steep climb, and your "stinger" hits the rock first?
Is this a pre-runner? or crawler?

[kurt]

that would be approach angle then, not breakover.

that stinger will slide up easier than the spear will.

[eric113]

Originally Posted by kreepykrawler

heres some pics of me and spydermunkee testing out a couple new products from KREEPY KRAWLER DESIGNS. we are both running w.k. based trucks, but munkee is frontin' a droop set-up & i'm running a traditional sprung.
i'll mention the new goods. a new set of CRAWLER-SPECIFIC tire inserts and the other is the WHEELY KING SPECIFIC chassis. it mounts the tranny in the stock orientation.
please check the vendor section tomorrow for details , pics and prices of the new inserts.

thanks!!!!
kreepykrawler

First great that you coming out wk specific products, about the chassis, why have it designed around stock config? When most people are ditching that setup ? What I mean is the stand up trans... Yeah it may work some people, but also isn't going to work for some people, I had a bulu 2 chassis which is a stand up chassis, I though it would work great here, but soon found out, I was getting my *** handed to me, switch over to laydown chassis and now can keep up the group. I also look into doing a bta steering.

[kreepykrawler]

i personally(via xperience w/ this truck)think that IN MY OPINION there is no need to lower the motor. even though it is the heaviest, highest part of the drivetrain. there is WAY MORE weight below it. most everything that is plastic has been replaced w/ metal. even the amount of weight in the wheels is more than the motor weighs. i'm sure that for some the laydown is the way to go, but not everyone wants to go thru all of the time, expense or hassle to do something like that. i'm lucky that i have $15,000 worth of metal fabricating tools. it would be easy to build pretty much anything i want. ahhh, variety is the spice of life. thats why we dont all drive the same car, wear the same clothes, etc...

i think that lowering the c.g. is maybe a little overblown of a subject, especially for the majority of the people who crawl as a hobby. not everyone is gonna compete, and besides, my chassis is just plain cool!!!
i tell you what, i'll take some video of its sidehill abilities and you can decide for yourself if 40-45 degrees of angle would be acceptable. i think it is.

[eric113]

Originally Posted by kreepykrawler

i personally(via xperience w/ this truck)think that IN MY OPINION there is no need to lower the motor. even though it is the heaviest, highest part of the drivetrain. there is WAY MORE weight below it. most everything that is plastic has been replaced w/ metal. even the amount of weight in the wheels is more than the motor weighs. i'm sure that for some the laydown is the way to go, but not everyone wants to go thru all of the time, expense or hassle to do something like that. i'm lucky that i have $15,000 worth of metal fabricating tools. it would be easy to build pretty much anything i want. ahhh, variety is the spice of life. thats why we dont all drive the same car, wear the same clothes, etc...

i think that lowering the c.g. is maybe a little overblown of a subject, especially for the majority of the people who crawl as a hobby. not everyone is gonna compete, and besides, my chassis is just plain cool!!!
i tell you what, i'll take some video of its sidehill abilities and you can decide for yourself if 40-45 degrees of angle would be acceptable. i think it is.

Yeah post up some video of your truck going up a near verical climb and side hill abilites. Any shots of the chassis ? Though you going to show it off in a vender forum ?

[kreepykrawler]

yeah, the pics and details of the chassis will be on the vendor forum as soon as i address a couple manufacturing issues. i'm being pretty tight right now w/ pics of it. protecting myself and all... i'll get some videos posted today or tomorrow of how the truck side-hills and climbs.
as far as the steering issue is going, i picked up a servo horn w/ the two arms on it so i can run the individual steering arms up higher. hopefully it'll cure any hang up issues.
b.t.w. i'm not saying i have, or that the w.k. chassis is the best out there, just a good solid platform to get started with. lets face it, if your DEEP into crawling, you'll come up w/ your own designs, parts, ect... but for the average joe who wants to upgrade from the stock chassis to a "custom" deal, i think i have a good solution for it that doesnt require a ton of other custom mods. not everyone has as much time to burn on thinking about/working on these things. plus there is a couple other benifits of it that will be revealed soon.
i'll defend my c.g. argument with this comparison, in 1:1 crawling, and i'm talking 95% of the the rigs out there, there is no consideration for lowering the drivers seating to lower the c.g. not to mention all of the additional gear that they carry(have you ever picked up a real hi-lift jack?) almost all of the rigs still have the ability to be driven on the street. they dont all roll over, and there is a whole lot of weight above the c.g. line. i know this is a loose comparison, but really, we're not talking about a real rig, we're talking about a toy. i think sometimes we allow ourselves (me too) to get wrapped up in something that is going to have little effect for the majority of r/c drivers. newer, bigger, better. thats what we all want, but if we all spent more time actually crawling, instead of bench crawling, we'd all be a hell of alot better drivers and all of this other stuff would'nt come into play (or even matter) for the majority of us kooky truck freaks (me too)!!!

[SpyderMonkee]

HEY KREEP!

If I had known we were postin' the pic's, I'd of hit the powder room first so I could look pretty for the camera!

As regards the w.k.-

1. New front servo mount is longer than original and the links still need to be trimmed so the axle is clocked properly.

2. B.T.A. steering won't work with my current battery mount configuration. Raising the steering links is in the works, but at a certain point you gotta drop the rubber to the stone and get ROLLIN'!!! Back to the bench on that problem later...

3. Didn't we mention there is a "NO SKID PLATES ALLOWED!" sign on the Kreepy Lab Door. In all seriousness, some sort of skid plate will be incorporated into the rig, of what nature and when, only god knows. Actually, now that I think about it, god might not even know. I work in mysterious ways.

4. Just picked up my Mamba Max. YEEEEEEE-FRIGGGIN-HAAAAAAA!!!

5. The chasis is dope. Period. End of conversation. Motor up to high my chimp rear end. Spend less time determining COG and more time with a controller in your hand and you'll quickly have a more capable crawler at the other end of your transmitter's signal. This allow's the averaga fella (me) to quickly slip out of the ugly and ungainly stock w.k. chasis, and slip into something a little more sexy and sleek.

Peace and Thanks,
Da Chimp

[kurt]

Originally Posted by kreepykrawler

yeah, the pics and details of the chassis will be on the vendor forum as soon as i address a couple manufacturing issues. i'm being pretty tight right now w/ pics of it. protecting myself and all... i'll get some videos posted today or tomorrow of how the truck side-hills and climbs.
as far as the steering issue is going, i picked up a servo horn w/ the two arms on it so i can run the individual steering arms up higher. hopefully it'll cure any hang up issues.
b.t.w. i'm not saying i have, or that the w.k. chassis is the best out there, just a good solid platform to get started with. lets face it, if your DEEP into crawling, you'll come up w/ your own designs, parts, ect... but for the average joe who wants to upgrade from the stock chassis to a "custom" deal, i think i have a good solution for it that doesnt require a ton of other custom mods. not everyone has as much time to burn on thinking about/working on these things. plus there is a couple other benifits of it that will be revealed soon.
i'll defend my c.g. argument with this comparison, in 1:1 crawling, and i'm talking 95% of the the rigs out there, there is no consideration for lowering the drivers seating to lower the c.g. not to mention all of the additional gear that they carry(have you ever picked up a real hi-lift jack?) almost all of the rigs still have the ability to be driven on the street. they dont all roll over, and there is a whole lot of weight above the c.g. line. i know this is a loose comparison, but really, we're not talking about a real rig, we're talking about a toy. i think sometimes we allow ourselves (me too) to get wrapped up in something that is going to have little effect for the majority of r/c drivers. newer, bigger, better. thats what we all want, but if we all spent more time actually crawling, instead of bench crawling, we'd all be a hell of alot better drivers and all of this other stuff would'nt come into play (or even matter) for the majority of us kooky truck freaks (me too)!!!

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