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02-06-2010, 06:30 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Osaka, Japan
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|  My Losi Micro
Thought I'd drop in and share my Losi with you guys. The overall info goes like this: Total weight with battery and body - 246g No battery or body - 221g Front wheels - 29g each Rear wheels - 21g each It's still at the stock wheelbase but I put some bent lower rear links on it. The shock mounts are some stock aluminum from a hardware store. And I removed all the excess from the chassis that I didn't need. I think I might be running it a little heavy. The run-time seems to have been affected pretty badly by the extra weight in the wheels. Might try some BWD Vertex wheels when they are released. Okay, on to the pictures and video...   And the video: |
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02-06-2010, 07:30 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The Netherlands
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Nice built mate!  Can make better pictures of your nice shockmounts?  |
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02-06-2010, 10:11 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: houston
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Great video, the rig looks like it works really well!!
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02-06-2010, 12:40 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oakley
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Thank you for the shock mount idea. Off to Ace Hardware................. |
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02-07-2010, 05:54 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Osaka, Japan
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Here's some closer shots of the different mods. The shock mount and relocated upper link:  Rear shocks with fuel tubing spacers and Mini-Z roll shock springs:  The aluminum stock the I made the shock mounts from:  Flipped Front upper links for steering clearance:  Hair tie battery mount:  |
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02-07-2010, 06:26 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The Netherlands
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Thanks for the pictures! I had the same idea about the shockmount, but couldn't find the hardware. I see you 've flipped the tranny, performance is now better?
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02-07-2010, 06:38 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Osaka, Japan
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I like the motor being mounted toward the front personally. It puts just a little bit extra weight up front and also allowed me to slide the receiver/esc farther forward.
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02-07-2010, 09:00 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Long Island
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Where do you get aluminum stock in(like, what section in a place like Home Depot, Lowes or any Ace Hardware shop?) The shock mount for my scaler looks really sloppy and I want to re-do it so this may be easier possibly? Looks great though, very smart idea! The song in the video sounds great too  |
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02-07-2010, 09:31 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sandy Oregon
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LOL....at 246g you are not heavy! We have 5 crawlers in my group and all of us run between 320g and 350g, but we are running lipo also, the extra weight really helps on the slab rock we run on. We run a combination of internal lead wraps with lead shot (no foam) and external wheel weights. Approx. 50G front and 35g rear. You guys can also make inboard shock mounts from styrene strip available at your Hobby Shop Evergreen Scale Models part #189 .125X.250, cut to length between the frame plates, drill each end for the mounting screw and the shock mount holes in the middle  |
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02-07-2010, 03:08 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Osaka, Japan
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It's been about 5 years since I last lived in the US, so my memory of the sections in Home Depot, etc isn't so great. Here in Japan we have a hardware store called Conan and in there is a DIY section where they sell wood for building your own shelves and tables, stock plastic pieces for hobbies, and various small pieces of metal like what I used. I looked at the Home Depot website but couldn't find any metal stock. I did find something similar to what I used on a sheet metal online shop though. http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant...003&top_cat=60 The metal can be a little expensive though, so I think Dogbreath has a great point about using styrene instead. |
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