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Y-Towns Mini Beetlejuice..Crawler-dad..STYLE Well Finally its been CREATED..I received a bag with white delrin pieces and this COOL looking skid.. I have already had a MRC BJ that i made from a V3 chassis..but this new Mini Beetlejuice chassis is a work of art!! Parts I am building with and link lengths for those who are interested.. MMmini ESC HiTec 5955 servo Associated Stump puller alluminum gears in trans locked frt and rear axles Etriex 1.9 white delrin wheels w/ HB rovers custom shrink wrapped reciever and 2s 800 and 3s 450 Hyperion batteries Losi CVDs straight axles in rear I redrilled the skid so I could do the trans flip ----------------------------------------------------------------------- front upper links are stock MRC lower links- 3 3/8 eye to eye front lower 1/4 delrin 3 1/4 eye to eye rear upper stock MRC lower links 3 1/2 eye to eye rear lower 1/4 delrin 3 5/16 eye to eye I bent the lower links to my liking...but measurements are still what is posted I still need to finish panels and cross braces.. rear of skid 2 1/4 frt skid 2 inch ground clearence rear links are spaced 3mm at the axle plate for clearence I used a T looking bracket on top of the Y-Town frt servo mount and rear 4 link mount for batter and electronics mounting.. NOW TO THE PICS.. http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/001-4.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/013-1.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...er-dad/007.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/024-1.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/023-2.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/022-1.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/021-1.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/020-1.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/019-1.jpg I ran a pack thru it this afternoon and just like all Y-Town chassis's they are so dialed.. but everyone has different driving styles so some tweeking will be needed.. This chassis is fricken NICE,,and the skid is just a SWEET piece of ART.. I have been waiting for along time for this Y-Town mini chassis..its been worth the wait"thumbsup""thumbsup""thumbsup""thumbsup" Jeremy and Doug...thank you!!! |
Sorry for the blurry pics, but this is the only camera I have..also take a good look at the first photo..LOOK AT THE PARTS..very nice work on the design of this chassis and parts... |
i have the bjv3 for my lcc moa and it is just amazing, i can imagine the mrc version will be just as good. looks like im gonna have to build a beetlejuice mrc:roll: |
Looks sick Marc, Very cool can't wait to build mine! "thumbsup" |
looking good marc i was having fun with you and jeremy and doug yesterday comparing the prototype with the kamikaze until that last tumble it took i can't wait to comp against you guys at the end of the month unless the doc cuts my other hand open before then |
lookin good marc. 8) all these mini builds are making me want one again...kinda. :) |
Very nice. Who sells the Mini Beetlejuice chassis? |
Very nice Marc I need to come by and check it out |
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Good looking build Marc! 8) |
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Brian I would like to meet you on some ROCKS in the VERY near future..we have some MINI adjustments to do..my new rig is close to the V3 model but it seems to be more nimble....Soooooooooo when and where..Brian:mrgreen: |
One mean mini Well Marc you did it again,if I may say so that is one sweeeeeet mini.once I get mine done we need to do some crawlin.Just stopped by to pay respect to the master mini builder."thumbsup" |
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marc she's lookin great. you can make your rear lowers slightly shorter to get your rear pinion angle up a bit. it will take some of the bind out of the mip's and then you can take the spacer off the rear uppers. keep us posted "thumbsup" |
Finished PICS.. check out the shadow"thumbsup" http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/001-5.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/002-5.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/003-3.jpg Ok kinda cheesy,but made the hood OPEN..:lmao: http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/005-2.jpg MADE THE REAR OF EACH SIDE PLATE TO ACCESS THE REAR LINK POSITION FOR TUNING!! |
looks good! |
You suck:flipoff: Wanna ship me a spare chassis? |
I need to get to know the people you know to get all of Homey Hook ups on these chassis's :flipoff: You going to sell me those wheels or what! |
Drove the Mini BEETLEJUICE at its first comp...WOWWEEWOW !!! this thing is set up and working like no other..It climbed with EASE,traversed side hills and ran through crevasse's with little effort..it settled with small jumps and simply handled PERFECT !!!!!! this thing is dialed and I will be getting a new motor combo soon,this should be the last piece to the complete package..."thumbsup""thumbsup""thumbsup""thumbsup" Thanks to Jeremy and the Y-TOWN CREW.. http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/020-2.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/019-2.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/017-2.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/002-6.jpg |
opened the mail box and there it was..the two packages I was waiting for First was Contraband 16 turn Crawler Mafia motor 10 tooth pinion 60 spur..this is wayyyy GOOD Next was the new Vertex 1.9 wheels from BWD..white delrin.. the pictures will show what these wheels do for the HB 1.9 rover..I like it 10.4 oz each frt wheel rear wheel is at 3.2 oz each and TALL Ok to the pictures now..there is a comparison to my Eritex wheels.. http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/010-2.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/013-2.jpg Eritex wheels with rovers http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/006-3.jpg BWD wheels with rovers http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/005-3.jpg frt and rear Eritex http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/002-7.jpg frt and rear BWD wheelshttp://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/003-4.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/016-2.jpg http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...-dad/014-1.jpg make shift weight system for now..ugly but effective..will work on a better looking weight system Thanks Don@BWD Thanks Paul@Crawler Mafia |
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