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06-06-2011, 09:47 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest City
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|  Kyle's Mini Pro-ject
Like many others, I couldn't pass up the price drop on the Mini Pro Roller. Figured I would get one and build it as "loaner" for my friends to crawl with me since they are 100% nitro or build it for my fiancee since she actually likes this one since it's smaller. It's going to be a slooooow build since I'm focused on my 2.2 and my course I'm building but you gotta start somewhere right   The Mini Pro-ject and the new COWRC mini mat! |
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06-07-2011, 10:34 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2011 Location: Rathdrum,ID
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what motor and esc are you using?
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06-07-2011, 12:16 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest City
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Right now...nothing. Just finished some big upgrades on my 2.2 so I'm waiting for my credit card to recover lol I'm not sure what route I want to take on the motor/esc. I see many great reviews on the Holmes and Crawler Mafia motors. Also I really like the size of the Tekin B1R esc. I keep looking at the plug-n-play convenience of the prewired Xcelorin motor/esc combo though. Only time will tell... |
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09-20-2011, 04:20 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest City
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Well, after a few months of waiting I've gotten just about everything I need to complete my build. Here's the list of goodies being installed: YTC Minijuice chassis DLUX Titanium upper/lower links w/revo ends Novak Mongoose esc/motor Hitec HS-5645MG servo Crawler Innovations servo guard HB 1.9 Rovers Crawler Innovations foam (soft/medium) Fly Sky GT3B transmitter/receiver Traxxas overdrive gear Gens-Ace 450mAh batteries Deans plugs Still waiting on the BWD 1.9 Vertex wheels to be back in stock but time to start building. First things first...tear it all apart.  The pile of parts...  Last edited by bluice; 09-20-2011 at 04:23 PM. |
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09-20-2011, 07:08 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alburtis
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Nice pile of parts. Wes |
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09-21-2011, 10:49 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest City
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Made some progress tonight...I got the chassis assembled, motor/skid mounted, and the lower links built/installed.  Plan on starting the front axle tomorrow...let me know if you see anything your would change. These tiny screws are wearing me out and hopefully I won't have to back track on anything lol |
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09-22-2011, 10:20 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest City
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Overdrive gear and servo installed, and greased both axles. Running the stock servo plate in the front until I can get some new servo posts and find the time to fab a new steering/drag link. Running the YTC plate on the rear though to use longer/raised upper links.  I did finish building the upper links...using DLUX rear upper links with revo ends and the stock lowers for the front uppers with revo ends on the chassis side. Heading to the hardware store tomorrow so I can mount the upper links and the shocks. |
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09-22-2011, 10:26 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Deus est mortuus, logica obtinet.
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i'll be watching this  where is the cheapest place to get one of these? i don't even have a crawler yet, but i might pick one of these up to build up slowly for my son even though he's only 10 months old right now LOL
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09-23-2011, 03:24 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Nice build, always liked the look of the Mini Juice |
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09-23-2011, 07:42 AM
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I got mine from RPPHobby right when the price dropped. Right now they have them for $70 but the guys on here might know a cheaper place.
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09-23-2011, 07:48 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Deus est mortuus, logica obtinet.
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awesome, i will bookmark that for later reference! thanks!
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09-23-2011, 03:49 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Rocky Place
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I just bought one from Ultimate Hobbies for $65 plus shipping (I think it's 72 for just the crawler, but I ordered some other stuff too). BTW ohh EPiC FAiL, that's for the Pro Roller. |
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09-23-2011, 05:43 PM
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09-24-2011, 12:44 PM
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 Right now I'm building/mounting the body panels and switching out the stock tires for the Rovers. Hopefully I'll get it done before the football game. | |
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09-26-2011, 09:04 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest City
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Well, I finally finished the build. I got the panels mounted, tires installed, and ready to hit the rocks. I ran it around the living room just to make sure everything was in order before I packed it away to watch some football. When I turned it off, it glitched forward and back, then all of the sudden it looked like the ESC had a light on inside. I then smelled the all too familiar smell of burned electronics and ran outside with it realizing the "light" was a fire. After a big puff of smoke it was all over. Luckily it was just the ESC and nothing else was damaged. Time to contact Novak and see about a replacement. Any ideas as to what might have happened??? Last edited by bluice; 09-26-2011 at 09:07 AM. |
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09-26-2011, 09:48 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alburtis
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Sorry to hear that. Hopefully they take care of you. Wes |
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12-01-2011, 10:13 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest City
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A leg/knee injury and the holidays finally gave me time to sit down and work on my mini again. I did get a replacement ESC from Novak and the motor I sent checked out fine. I was also able to find some "new to me" BWD wheels while I was waiting fo the ESC, THANKS ROCK HARD! On to the pics... When I got the wheels the inner lips and hubs were painted (2 blue and 2 purple). I hand sanded them and repainted them satin black. I was also shocked when I opened the package and saw the inner beadlock rings were copper. I moved them to the outside just to create a different 2-tone look   And here is the finished Pro-ject! I made sure to take pics before I tested the electonics, just in case another incident happened  I used clear panels because I like seeing all the internals and the "hood" is actually functional to access the battery on the upper links. I did do a quick electronics test (next to the fireplace) and everything worked fine. Hopefully the weather will stay nice and I will get it on the rocks this weekend to post some actions shots! |
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12-01-2011, 10:40 AM
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| E.Y. Designs Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Springfield, OR
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Oh nice that looks awesome. Love it.
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12-01-2011, 10:58 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dallas
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Great lookin build.
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12-02-2011, 03:06 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Very nice looking rig - love the 2 tone BWD wheels.
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