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10-13-2010, 08:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Humble
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Well I decided to finally jump into the world of 1.9 Comp Crawlers. The Pro Roller just proved to be to tempting, let's just hope that it's also durable. First things first, I prefer bodiless, so a new chassis is needed. The stock chassis is really nice but the body does get in the way and well I just prefer bodiless. I wanted a bit more realistic chassis, but it needed to still perform well. The Chassis is a proto-type and I have a few tweaks for the final design. I hope to have a final design cut by this weekend for one of the local drivers to test at the Galveston Comp at the end of the month.   I'm waiting on my batts to come in, than I'll get some real action pics. |
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10-13-2010, 08:25 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Lafayette
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Ahhh, that's cool man! That's what a moonbuggy should look like.  Wiring is nice and squared away too. edit- Well, more squared away than mine, it's a damn rat's nest with nowhere to hide. Last edited by shelljeep; 10-13-2010 at 11:31 PM. |
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10-13-2010, 11:08 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Houston
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Sick! You work fast. |
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10-14-2010, 01:23 AM
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| dnf  Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Under a big fkn rock.
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looks pretty good |
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10-14-2010, 04:13 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: douglasville
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I like it. |
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10-14-2010, 07:31 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Altos, California
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Looks awesome man! I'm digging that prototype |
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10-14-2010, 08:21 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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As always, looking good Lance! Garrett better get some wheeltime on this thing before our next comp!  |
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10-14-2010, 08:44 AM
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| Moderator Rule Breaker   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Austin, Tx
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Any panels off pics ?
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10-14-2010, 09:14 AM
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Agreed, but Garretts a good driver, you all just need to build doable 1.9 courses until shelby invents the Anti-Gravity device he thinks he has....  Quote:
I'll get some of this one if I can, if not I'll get some tomorrow when I cut the final version for Garrett, along with the measurements. | ||
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10-14-2010, 09:20 AM
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| Ultimate RC Decals  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Antonio
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i'm digging the lines on it. will it come with a skid or is it a chassis that uses the stock stuff?
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10-14-2010, 09:35 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Castle Rock, WA
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Good looking rig. You make some good looking parts too.
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10-14-2010, 10:30 AM
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10-14-2010, 10:47 AM
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10-14-2010, 10:58 AM
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OK, Ok, Ok, but IMO gate one should be doable as the photographer I can only take so many pics of rigs stuck at gate one.... | |
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10-14-2010, 11:00 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Houston
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Hey now nothing wrong with being a little ambitious.... |
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10-16-2010, 10:59 AM
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Finally, got busy with the Baby, the oldest brought home a nasty cold so the Baby boy has a been a real bear for the last week or so. Well Here is Goobs test platform. I'm working on a price model now, trying to keep it as reasonable as possible. The whole point for me getting the Pro Roller was it seemed like a good budget way into the 1.9 Comps so it wouldn't serve much purpose to design a pricey chassis for it. I'd like to find a source for the spacers, making stays is one thing but making .25" spacers is a pain, it's not hard but making them look not handmade when they are annoys me, I know they work the same but they don't look great. I didn't take pics of the lexan because it's out on the machine and pics of clear lexan aren't that impressive, I sitll need to work out how much extra to add to the lexan so it bends properly.   I hope to have the first production model ready early next week, just need to check my hardware inventory. Here's a little video of me testing the proto-type out back, nothing to hard, none of the screws were loc-tited so I kept it easy and short. |
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10-16-2010, 02:04 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Great video, I love the look of this chassis and it seems really capable. It's good to have another choice of bodyless chassis |
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10-16-2010, 02:29 PM
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| Moderator Rule Breaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Austin, Tx
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Any pics of the bottom the skid plate. I like to see how narrow it is. Also any videos of rollovers ? |
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10-16-2010, 03:19 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SW Missouri
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Nice video, and the chassis looks sharp, should have a hit on your hands! |
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