!!! The super shafty back yard basher !!!

[simon170]

What motor and ESC are you using dude?

[buggy]

Originally Posted by mjderstine

wow man. lots of power. that thing might just need a bit more engagement on the shafts. i had some issues with these shafts on my SC truck. they hold up fine for crawling speeds, but as soon as the things get a 1/8 power of full speed they can melt pretty quick.

i converted mine to steel buggy cvd's for drive shafts. holds up fine now.

hows the chassis holdin up?!

it is doing fine for now, but i havent had a chance to really launch it yet to see how it will hold up in a bad crash.

Originally Posted by simon170

What motor and ESC are you using dude?

http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...r-Combo-2000kV

[simon170]

That looks like a sick motor, how does it do for crawling? I'm building a large scale with Summit trans, and need something that can crawl and give big top end speed.

[buggy]

check this out, it's all the video i have right now.
M&M fab crawler on tekin t8/rx8 combo

[simon170]

Thanks mate! My stupid (and very old) phone wont play the vids! But will look when I get home after work. Did look at a Castle set up but have seen a few videos of them cogging real bad.

[buggy]

Originally Posted by simon170

Thanks mate! My stupid (and very old) phone wont play the vids! But will look when I get home after work. Did look at a Castle set up but have seen a few videos of them cogging real bad.

this set up has zero cogging. now i have not ran a castle esc and the t8 together, but it seams that a lot of folks on here do. i know that's not what your talking about but i figured i'd bring it up anyways. the t8 combo cost around $330 and the castle esc and t8 motor would only cost around $275. that's some good savings, but i have been crawling too many times and something happen and i've had to switch stuff around for what ever reason and my castle sidewinder esc loose it's settings. now without a computer or a laptop on hand, or trying to count beeps your out of luck. or if you just want to make some adjustments it's not happening on a rock out by the lake. now one thing i do like about the cc esc is the sidewinder had auto lipo and it did not need to be preset to run 2s or3s. im assuming the castle mmp has this also and it would be handy switching from 3s to 6s. now the tekin fxr's i have ran could be set up the same way the tekin rx8 esc is set up. two buttons and some initials for what your setting up and values. i have never been left stranded on a day of crawling with a tekin, but do wish my rx8 had auto lipo detect. so the t8 combo does cost a little more, but you wont ever be stuck out somewhere and not have full reverse instant reverse or something stupid like that. hope this helps you with your decision.

one more thing, the cc combo's are not sensored setups and the tekin's are. it was explained to me like this. top fuel, high end stupid speed vehicles are usually carbureted where as fuel injection on a car might not run as fast, but are more tunable and can be used in more applications. meaning the castle motors are like a top fuel drag car, mash it and it's just insane power, and the tekin "sensored" motors are constantly hooked up to a wire being made run smooth all the time. that may be a bit of a corny way to put it but it made sense to me.

[simon170]

I've been looking round the net for a while now to decide what to get, but that made the most sense of anything I've read so far! Thanks!

[simon170]

Just seen all the videos... decision made on motor and ESC!

[buggy]

proud i could help man.

[SnoopMaxx]

Any updates ?


Morten

[buggy]

Waiting on longer out puts from rick, other than that, its ready

[Reflection]

Originally Posted by buggy

Waiting on longer out puts from rick, other than that, its ready

Get it ready, yunz should come over...... ETRC Laid Back Comp and Cookout

[Krakker]

I"m diggin' the super shafty design. The mods look pretty easy.

[buggy]

ready to take the fleet to dixie run!

im gonna be letting folks test out the back yard basher

[joeyf]

cool, have fun need to report back karnage or you didnt have any.

[mjderstine]

make some movies for us to watch late at night....

errrr

i mean...

man. sorry guys.

[Cordwood]

Looks like a happy family of rigs

[v84x4]

Very Cool...........

Cant wait to see some Action Shots....

Have fun at Dixie

Best Regards Rick

[buggy]

i took it to the beach! i was just about to get a video and the 10t puller finally gave up the ghost but it had a good life considering all the crawlers i've had it in and all the supers steve had it in!

[mjderstine]

sorry to hear that man. can you get it rebuilt? or time for a new one?