The Scud

[vonclod]

this thing drives great, turns real good for such a long wb looking real good

[menotyou]

Heres a teaser vid
Marks 8x8, Teaser.... - YouTube

[menotyou]

I just ordered a rc4wd killer transfer case because the wheele king tranny cant handle the emaxx tranny output power but the killer will.next vid with a launch

[701 Technique]

Can't wait to see this thing blastoff, try and aim for North Korea or Iran please!

[menotyou]

Well while waitting for a few parts i started to do the tear down and rebuild to get to the areas that were binding on the chassis and to clean up the axle casings,And other crap that didnt get done.
First off i have to cut down all of these leaf spring mounts i made to give me at least another 1/4 inch of flex
before







After

Now i have to do it all over again

[menotyou]

Originally Posted by 701 Technique

Can't wait to see this thing blastoff, try and aim for North Korea or Iran please!

Cant go that far but if i take it to White Rock i could hit the States

[701 Technique]

Originally Posted by menotyou

Cant go that far but if i take it to White Rock i could hit the States

Well then we would miss out on your great builds while your in jail

[menotyou]

Originally Posted by 701 Technique

Well then we would miss out on your great builds while your in jail

Well you asked i just cant go as far as you want for now lets say im launchin a weather device not a ICBM

[701 Technique]

Originally Posted by menotyou

Well you asked i just cant go as far as you want for now lets say im launchin a weather device not a ICBM

Yeah your just trying to launch a weather satellite, that's all

[menotyou]

Got some goodies so here i go again
Im gonna use this nice new holms 20t

I got my transfer case

A little home fabbing and its mounted

Remade the motor mount to make it a little lower and i didnt like the carbon fiber it had a bit of flex

Now i have to hide all the wires and and and and and and .........

[menotyou]

A test of the launch switch before i mount the body
http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/a...419_170110.mp4

[menotyou]

Well looks like both high toque servos i tried will lift the launch rod but not with a rocket on it,Any ideas at this point to get this thing lifting a rocket will be greatly appreciated
Thanks

[701 Technique]

Originally Posted by menotyou

Well looks like both high toque servos i tried will lift the launch rod but not with a rocket on it,Any ideas at this point to get this thing lifting a rocket will be greatly appreciated
Thanks

What HT servos are you running? Hard to believe they wouldn't lift a rocket. What's the weight of the rocket?

[theloudone]

i have to see this

[menotyou]

The first way i tried was a reciver and batt powering the servo 1st i tried was a hitec 645 then i tried a xp ds1050 both with the same results then i tried using a esc bec and the reciver to power the servo and same shat.The rocket is maybe a pound and a half ill get some detailed pics up tomorrow

[Koldham]

what if you hooked a servo to a large gear, the made a geared mechanism to raise and lower the arm. you could do a worm gear setup. that means you could use a cheapo servo and the gearing would hold up to the pressure when the rocket is fired. it would take a sec for the rocket to raise to firing position but i think that would add to the scale look your going for

[701 Technique]

I'm building a 6x6 with a boom winch right now and I am thinking of using an axial tranny with a very high turn motor (maybe 85turn) as the winch. Haven't gotten it all worked out but I want mine to be able to recover a truck without any issues. It would only work if you had the room though, and running a seperate radio would be a pain. Just a thought...

[menotyou]

i was already using 2 transmiters but 1 is just for the launch rod and the fire servo but that tranny idea has giving me a idea .I dont want to use a winch because of the fire so i was looking around online and found there L16 Linear Actuators & Servos but while im waitting i have to keep building

[701 Technique]

Originally Posted by menotyou

i was already using 2 transmiters but 1 is just for the launch rod and the fire servo but that tranny idea has giving me a idea .I dont want to use a winch because of the fire so i was looking around online and found there L16 Linear Actuators & Servos but while im waitting i have to keep building

Winch Torque... Is this too much?

Here is where I got the idea for the tranny winch This guy dead lifts his 8lb rig with a losi mini crawler tranny

[SlownSteady]

That's a great idea for a winch. You have plenty of room in this vehicle. Great work ans attention to detail.