Super 1/8 Buggy Crawler, 4ws, 2wd,DIG,4wd 6watt mp3 Stereo
 

April 2011 Update: Custom Rock Rings, LINK pg 12

Dec update page 11-12, BTA front steering, shortened WB to 16"

Nov 2010 Update, Page 11 NEW PROLINE Super Swamper TSL 2.2 Tires on DE Racing Short course wheels. Narrowed Axles to 11.5 track

June 2009 Update Crawler practically finished, Pics on PAGE 8 , Video of Engine sound and more on Page 9

Scale Super at Pacific Grove CA. VIDEO

Crawling and broke Spur gear at Fordyce trail CA

In dash MP3 PLayer

PROJECT FULL THROTTLE SCALE SUPER Comp Buggy
Custom Super Rock Buggy 1 seater with MP3 player and 6 Watt Stereo, rock lights, DIG ! :-P

This build uses drivetrain from Axial tranny ,Revo drive shafts to Losi 8 Aftershock diff to Losi Hyper 8 shafts to XTM Mad force steering knuckles, ,


The build Begins ! 6ch Mini scale Super Rock buggy Crawler:
Something for the trails when I'm not Crawling in my Scale Toyota :-P
( in other words when others are broke :roll: :lol:

Big thanks "thumbsup" to :
RCcrawler You guys ! for tech mods and feedback
Yotachump- Chromoly Axial tranny outputs
Robinson racing ax10 internal gears
RCP -Beadlocks
RPP - ESC MambaMax
Holmes Hobbies, CC BEC
FinishLine RC _Delrin Links
TCS Crawler store , Motor BM16 Brushless
BowTie-- for scale stickers
Tower Hobbies, Wild Willy Driver, stickers,
RC /Unlimited (LHS) for helping me find axle shafts that fit together
Ebay for DX6 & non crawler hard to find parts Like the V8 Corvette Die cast motor I will try to Stuff under the Hood :shock:
Think I bought something from Unimoger..?

Hardware Suplliers:
Olander- for Metric Hex head screws 3mm
MMS - Standard Small Hex head bolts, 8-32
MSC for the Rod ends--NOT using. CHANGE to Losi 1/8 buggy rod ends with HPI 6.8 steel Balls
Slinky Sam-- 1/4 D.O.M Tubing for Chassis
McCaster- for 3/16 steel tube,

Chassis- 1/4 DOM Tube rock buggy frame.- similar to SNIPER Picture below

4 link Suspension
7/16 Delrin lower
3/8 Delrin upper links
Shocks Max Big bores. Switched to HPI Hellfire in 2010. Page 12, More travel

Team Losi Aftershock Diffs.
scratch built steel locker,

Axles - scratch built 5/8 Stainless Angled Solid Axles & knuckles . 12" wide
wheel width 14.2"
axle build in progress April 1st :-P

Axle shafts- 1/8 Losi truggy Hyper 8. 5" shafts

Knuckles - XTM

Drive shafts- modified Revo . and Cen nemesis shaft for DIG

Tranny- Axial with Robison Aluminum gears and Chromoly main output from Yotachump. 32pitch Kimbrough-66/14= 55.2:1

Motor- 55 Turn->overheats, Now Using BM16 Brushless 1000kv

ESC - MAMBA MAX.

Battery- Dec 2008-Upgrading to 3S lipo 2250 30c. The Old batt. in pics is Cheap battery packs.com , custom split 4 pack 8 cell 4500. Lasts 1.1 hours "thumbsup"
With 5 servos & lights,

Radio - 6 Channel Spectrum DX6, ebay "thumbsup" Later switched to a DX6I and then Modded into a Pistol Grip-> See signature below for Link

Servos: HITEC 7955tg

Ch#1 ESC
Ch#2 Front Steering - 5955 .
Ch#3 Rear steer - 7995 or Mini Actuator
Ch#4 Rear DIG HS 225 servo-> sucks not strong enough. Going to Mini actuator
Ch#5 Lights =10mm and SDM LED's not yet installed
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ROD ENDS
Losi buggy with HPi 6.8 heat treated steel balls


18" wheel base
14" wide.
Weight- loaded 11 lbs

Tires- Proline Moab XL's . In 2010 Page 12 I Switched to Proline TSL SX 2.2 tire on Shortcourse DE Racing wheels
Rims- Axial 40 series Narrowed to 2 1/8
Beadlocks -scale Hex bolts Custom machined Rock Rings Not yet installed .

Foam, custom cut with rolling ground weight

Scale Features -
ROCk Lights: Super 100,000 mcd 10mm LED's X7, two headlights, one rear, 4 under chassis Rock lights
1/10 scale Recaro seat

SONY MP3 Stereo with Altec Lansing portable sound unit. 6 watts

PICTURES BELOW:
1- New Axle assembly, Team losi aftershock Diff
2- Steel Locker
3- 8 cell split battery, Elite 4500. Drive time 1.5 hour ! "thumbsup" Switched to 3S 2250 Lipo
4 Narrowed Axial with beadlocks & Moab XL

Last pic top view of frame

Crawler Buggy STATS

Ratio 6.79:1
Total 58.35:1
motor speed 10955 RPM
max speed 4 MPH
KV 987
motor Torque .48
Axle Torque 27.9 ft-lbs
motor Power 743.7 watts 1 Horse Power
Thunder Power 3s Lipo 2250
Aprox Weight 10 lbs



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lookin good so far, those axles are going to be hot.. cant wait to see the final build.

Very unique idea on using the Losi Aftershock diffs!! It looks great so far!! Keep up the great work!!"thumbsup"

looks like its gonna be sick, got a ? tho, wats the hydro. suspension? and adjustable height servo?? just some fancy words to say that you'll be able to lift and lowerl the truck at a touch of a button??:lol:

Hey thanks guys !
Can't wait to have a tube buggy

Yep ! you got it. it will help with steep hill climbs and the COG


Finished mocking up and Spot welding the rear axle yesterday :-P
Interesting part of attaching the axles to the Diff in a Clean scale manner, hmmm
rear axle 0* caster

thats gonna be sweet, them axles are beeef! and they look killer too. what kind of design you gunna go with on the tube frame.?

Cool thanks !:-P I like scale looking rock buggies and there's a lot out there. So I'll be searching Pirate4x4 and my picture archives

I like Detail & unique so I'll find something then tweak it a bit

here's a few I like,
Sniper & well I'm really just liking Sniper, but if I were to build a 2.2 then it would be like the new single seat competition crawlers

http://www.avalancheengineering.com/design.html
http://www.avalancheengineering.com/sniperchassis2.htm

Interesting idea on the Wheel weight. I'd like to hear an update after you get to run this thing. It's looken really good so far.

Like the axle build....those will look great.

Keep the pics coming.

Jay

the R2 s speed is shifted by a servo? i thought it was automatic......

Wow this is a pretty killer build. I love those axles.

Killer axel set up. I thought of going with SS but was worried of the weight. Looks good !

What I have learned from 4 wheeling and my current RC super is that you want low weight. So the Axles are a great place to have heavy weight.
I think aluminum is to soft.
Keeping the weight at axle height and lower will give you great COG results

Thanks for the axle props, I may have rushed the build on these though
I was building them thinking I would just attached them with plates like all the other emaxx tube axles guys do. But I want something "Cleaner" than that. So back to design board,

Question? :
What do you guys think about attaching the Large 1" short tube to the Diff with Brazing or JB weld and then Insert the 2nd tube ring inside and fastening toghether with 3 small short button head screws ?
so that the axle are removable. I cannot remove axle shafts from the outside ends because the dogbone end pin is slightly to large.

I doubt the OFNA Jammin universals will break so I could Braze or JB weld the whole axle together ?

Idea
Drawing is with screws
Left First Tube is 1" with smaller middle tube snug fit inside 1st tube
Diff housing is ALUMINUM
Tubes are steel
Now that I think about it, I cannot Braze Aluminum with Steel. I would need to use a Metal bonder like JB weld for this joint

I was looking at the second picture say to myself that looks familiar then it click it was my axle picture. I still have a lot to do to mine. I sracpped the tubber chassis in favor of a stick like chassis.

Yep , it was the best picture I could find.
I have yet to see a real stick chassis on a max driveline
Very cool though

Build update: Wheel Locks

RC4Wd has a disconnect tranny to disconnect rear driveline so you can steer tighter.
but right now it's only single speed, if they come out with a 2 speed version then I'll use it and add a Line lock for the rear brakes.

If Not, then PLan B:

Adding a driveshaft Brake for the Rear Driveshaft.
and use the mechanics like the gas powered rc's use for brakes, like an old RC10Gt

Thanks to the Maxx sticky thread http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/general-crawlers/5371-ive-seen-lots-posts-asking-about-revo-shafts.html
I'll be using 5457 yoke for the rotor brake
and the 5453 for the 5mm tranny shaft
and the 5458 for the 8mm Losi Pinion shaft

Humm... I ran out of radio channels LOL:lol:
Servos:
Ch#1 Throttle
Ch#2 Front Steering - 5955 servo .
Ch#3 Rear steer - either a 5955 or a 5995
Ch#4 Suspension- adjustable height servo 5955
Ch#5 Front Dig/ rear shaft lock, servo #?
Ch#6 Tranny shift servo. stock servo

UPDATE:

Well this build will be much slower than I had hoped.
My spending is out of hand, The last 4 months I have SPENT $3400.oo in RC Hobbies, My Toyota crawler, 2nd 4runner , and Tooling.
But the plans on the axles are almost finalized.

Build progress change:
Change in Design on front axles

Braze Aluminum sleeve on Diff cover and use bolts to connect stainless axle housing

also this wheel width is looking like 16" + so I'm most likely going to use OFNA Hyper 8 Axle shafts that are only 5" long each
wheel width should be around 14"
Wheel base around 16.5 or 17"



Another Mod:
6 LED Rock Lights , 2 flood offroad front lights & 1 interior light, :idea:


New Parts:
RC4WD 2 Speed tranny & Revo shafts for drive shafts
1/10 scale recaro seats

damn, those axles look killer.

Lookig into Rod ends
Thanks to :

Originally Posted by peej410 http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/image...s/viewpost.gif
http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT...49458&PMT4NO=0

These are looking pretty cool
10/32 thread @ $2.86

them rod ends are ridiculous!!

Update:

NEW PARTS
DX6 Radio
RC4WD 2 speed tranny
but I don't like that the shift rod has no flat spot or hole to help connect a shift link to for the servo. ( emailed RC4WD, But no reply yet :roll: )
But it is spring loaded so it's stays in one gear until it is pushed inward.

REVo shafts ebay, 4 @$25.

Found my 3/4" Speakers so I can have TOONS when Crawling 8)
I'll plug these into my IPOD shuffle under the hood .

It may be awhile for this build, we just bought a house :-P and so have to Pack up , move in July-Aug and set up my new Garage :-P

Here's some pics

Wow thats going to be sick

So here's the 5" hyper 8 Shafts

This puts the Outside wheel stance at 14.5"
Center of wheels at 12.5

Is this to narrow, What do you think ?:?:

looking good.

14.5 would be just about right;-) "thumbsup"

Not that I am really interested in Maxx crawlers, but this build is pretty sweet so far! I love all the custom touches everywhere.

Hey thank you

although it's not really a maxx, guess I could have stuck it in a different thread ?
the only traxxas parts used are the revo drive shafts.


Found me some Rock lights and head lights :-P

after searching electronic stores with no success I went to ebay and spent $24. on a pack of 20 Blue LED's and and $20. on a pack of 50 White (non wired).
I have lots of these for sale

dangit! i wanted to be the first to put a radio in an rc! i got some headphones at the dollor store and used a little speaker out of a computer speaker. build is looking good!

hows this thing coming along?

I'm anxious to work on it,
I hope to run a shaft from tranny input to the front where the Engine is in real life and mount the motor in front,
Start on Frame next !

We just bought our first house and just moved in last week, Remodel still not Finished . Waiting on new garage door Too !
Garage is full of box's and house parts , it's chios !

It will be slow going Because I have a Modified Twin Stick to start mass Producing and get it out to all the guys waiting on it

I <3 It

:?: huh

In nerd, internet speak, that means "I love it"

Can you give us some info on the speakers? How are you going to wire them into a headphone jack? And where did you get them?

EDIT JUNE 2009, I used Altec Lansing Apple IPOD speaker system

Speakers from an old friend, no idea where they came from. But they have those Rc rappin trucks at Toy r us with the big wheels and radio, so you could part it out. If they Do not sound good then I'll buy Ipod portable speakers :)

Just bought These Bad boy Rod Ends "thumbsup"

Steel for the lowers and the light thermoplastic for the uppers

MSC http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT...49458&PMT4NO=0 and will have some by tomarrow others by monday

I'll post my feedback when I get them

3/16
10/32 thread is 3/4 long
outside diameter 5/8
1" 9/16 total long

steel Rod End zink plated $4.36 static load 1200
the black one is thermoplastic self aligning $2.86 static load capacity 225

These will most likely not break if it takes a tumble 8)

Now I just need to finalize on some strong links, any suggestions??
maybe 3/8 delrin for the uppers

PS I have lots of the SUPER Bright LEDS if you need some

NEXT DAY Delivery!!
and will get the rest today

These are impressive !! :shock:"thumbsup":-P

I will do the same for my steering links

Sneak picture :lol:

I happend to have a 3/8 Delrin link handy, size is good, but this Delrin seems to flex, so I have some testing to do

2nd Pic is comparison to my current max 1/4 links and stock rod ends

Those are huge!

Need some help here
the Site MSC where I bought the thermo plastic rod ends does not identify them as LEFT thread, so I need a left thread hex nut.

:?:Any sources where I can find a 10/32 left thread nut :?:

already tried Mc Caster, Olander and MSC

thanks

Found them ! $.47 each

Awesome site for small Hex head bolts
M4 , 6-32, 4-40 , 6-32 , 8-32 ,10-24

It's like Christmas :-P