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Gerry · 07-07-2011, 12:34 PM

Hi guys!

Here is my entry to the 1.9er comp world - my little Thunder-Worm with LCC axles

Here a little review from beginning to yet:

The tranny is made by myself:

Also the wheels are homemade:

The knuckles are a mix of Felsenfest AX10 knuckles and a little bit homemade:

At least i´ve shorten the axle to fit it for the 1.9 class:

At the moment i´m waiting that the postman bring my MiniJuice chassis to me...

to be continued...

With best regards from austria,
Gerry

ClassicGMJunkie · 07-07-2011, 12:49 PM

if you can come up with a successful steering link for that kind of degree, that will be dangerous as hell!

Getrag · 07-07-2011, 12:50 PM

Very cool! now this is a true build thread

I'm keeping my eye on this

JeremyH · 07-07-2011, 12:52 PM

Looking good Gerry! I will get those measurements for you this evening when I get home from work!

Gerry · 07-07-2011, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClassicGMJunkie

if you can come up with a successful steering link for that kind of degree, that will be dangerous as hell!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Getrag

Very cool! now this is a true build thread

I'm keeping my eye on this

Yeah - thank you

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeremyH

Looking good Gerry! I will get those measurements for you this evening when I get home from work!

That sounds great Jeremy !

papabash · 07-07-2011, 01:49 PM

TOTALLY impressed! This has the potential to be great!

CrawlrKing · 07-07-2011, 02:13 PM

Hi

Your build is looking good and I'm jealous of your homemade parts...

For sure, I'll follow your thread hoping you'll be luckier than me. I also wanted to go that route with the Y-Town minijuice but my order got lost on the way to my house

(Still waiting for Jeremy to get some refund from USPS - 75€ -

) and I had to change my plan

. Maybe I'll reorder one or choose another bodyless chassis when I'll get tired of the bug I have now...

Have fun dude

,

Emmanuel

Gerry · 07-07-2011, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by papabash

TOTALLY impressed! This has the potential to be great!

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrawlrKing

Hi

Your build is looking good and I'm jealous of your homemade parts...

For sure, I'll follow your thread hoping you'll be luckier than me. I also wanted to go that route with the Y-Town minijuice but my order got lost on the way to my house

(Still waiting for Jeremy to get some refund from USPS - 75€ -

) and I had to change my plan

. Maybe I'll reorder one or choose another bodyless chassis when I'll get tired of the bug I have now...

Have fun dude

,

Emmanuel

Oh, i think you bad luck, i´d never problems with the guys from y-town and there stuff. Jeremy is in holiday at the momemt, i think so...
I´ll hope you´ll have luck and all went perfect

I can´t wait to get this great chassis to continue my build

With best regards from austria,
Gerry

98sahara · 07-07-2011, 07:31 PM

How much did you cut out of the LCC axles. Maybe some pics if we could???

Gerry · 07-08-2011, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 98sahara

How much did you cut out of the LCC axles. Maybe some pics if we could???

It´s easy, on the rear axle i´ve cut 8mm each side, in the front 6mm each side.

I´ll take some photos of the things to do if you want shorten the axle and post them here.

Gerry

98sahara · 07-08-2011, 01:04 AM

That would be great thanks

Gerry · 07-08-2011, 01:52 AM

Let´s start us shorten axles

At the front axle you only have to cut the axle each side about 6mm:

IMG_3877.jpg

IMG_3878.jpg

Then cut the CVD´s, welding or braze them to the right length and your job is done!

IMG_3879.jpg

On the last pic you also can see that i have exchanged the LCC CVD Joint to an Axial CVD Joint - so i had a real cool steering angle...

Now let´s do it on the rear axle - it´s a real bit more tricky:

Here you don´t have to cut anything on the axle!

IMG_3880.jpg

IMG_3881.jpg

You have to shorten the "end caps" from the axle:

IMG_3882.jpg

When you have cut these round about 7mm each side (or more if you want) you have to mill out the caps that you can mount it again:

IMG_3883.jpg

I do that with the Dremel...

Than you shorten the driveshaft:

IMG_3884.jpg

Mount the longer distance and the other stuff, mount all and you are finished!

IMG_3885.jpg

IMG_3886.jpg

With best regards,
Gerry

Gerry · 07-08-2011, 01:56 AM

Ummmm.... Something is going wrong with the pics....

JeremyH · 07-08-2011, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerry

Ummmm.... Something is going wrong with the pics....

They show up fine, however, when you attach them to the post (as opposed to linking them), they will all appear at the bottom of the post...

Jslick · 07-08-2011, 07:27 AM

Looks great Gerry, If you ever have any questions about the LCC to MRC shoot DLUX a PM he did something like this also. I would like to see yours up and running. Subscribed

RickM · 07-08-2011, 08:29 AM

Gerry-

Have you run this rig yet or is this your axle work in progress? I know Dlux had some issues getting the tranny to work right and give him the wheel speed he wanted due to the gearing of the work and such. I would love to know if you have had any issues on your end.

RickM

Gerry · 07-08-2011, 09:12 AM

Hey Rick,

At the moment i've been waiting at the chassis, but i want test today evening this setup with the components i've here.

We will see how it works, i would take an video of the testrun...

Gerry

Gerry · 07-08-2011, 01:03 PM

Today i´ve started the first test with the homemade tranny and the LCC axles.

This are the components:

2S LiPo
30T handwound motor from RCBM-Scaleparts with this specs:
14025rpm / 7.2V / 77W / 95Nmm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cze66gXopU

Tomorrow i will test it on 3S - and my feeling said - that looks good

Gerry

RickM · 07-08-2011, 09:25 PM

With the home made tranny, you might be able to get around any tranny related wheel speed issues. I certainly will be watching this build as the durability of the mrc is always concerning.

Gerry · 07-10-2011, 08:46 AM

I´ve decided to continue the build with an homemade chassis like my old RollerCoaster Chassis for the AX10:

So i´ve room enough for tons of steering and more ground clearance

More pictures and infos comes later...

07-07-2011, 12:34 PM	#1
Gerry Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Austria Posts: 340	Thunder-Worm with LCC Axles... Hi guys! Here is my entry to the 1.9er comp world - my little Thunder-Worm with LCC axles Here a little review from beginning to yet: The tranny is made by myself: Also the wheels are homemade: The knuckles are a mix of Felsenfest AX10 knuckles and a little bit homemade: At least i´ve shorten the axle to fit it for the 1.9 class: At the moment i´m waiting that the postman bring my MiniJuice chassis to me... to be continued... With best regards from austria, Gerry

07-07-2011, 02:13 PM	#7
CrawlrKing Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Martinique Posts: 660	Hi Your build is looking good and I'm jealous of your homemade parts... For sure, I'll follow your thread hoping you'll be luckier than me. I also wanted to go that route with the Y-Town minijuice but my order got lost on the way to my house (Still waiting for Jeremy to get some refund from USPS - 75€ -) and I had to change my plan . Maybe I'll reorder one or choose another bodyless chassis when I'll get tired of the bug I have now... Have fun dude , Emmanuel

07-08-2011, 01:52 AM	#12
Gerry Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Austria Posts: 340	Let´s start us shorten axles At the front axle you only have to cut the axle each side about 6mm: IMG_3877.jpg IMG_3878.jpg Then cut the CVD´s, welding or braze them to the right length and your job is done! IMG_3879.jpg On the last pic you also can see that i have exchanged the LCC CVD Joint to an Axial CVD Joint - so i had a real cool steering angle... Now let´s do it on the rear axle - it´s a real bit more tricky: Here you don´t have to cut anything on the axle! IMG_3880.jpg IMG_3881.jpg You have to shorten the "end caps" from the axle: IMG_3882.jpg When you have cut these round about 7mm each side (or more if you want) you have to mill out the caps that you can mount it again: IMG_3883.jpg I do that with the Dremel... Than you shorten the driveshaft: IMG_3884.jpg Mount the longer distance and the other stuff, mount all and you are finished! IMG_3885.jpg IMG_3886.jpg With best regards, Gerry Attached Images

07-07-2011, 12:49 PM	#2
ClassicGMJunkie Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wheeling Posts: 454	if you can come up with a successful steering link for that kind of degree, that will be dangerous as hell!

07-07-2011, 12:50 PM	#3
Getrag Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SLC UT Posts: 133	Very cool! now this is a true build thread I'm keeping my eye on this

07-07-2011, 12:52 PM	#4
JeremyH I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 16,952	Looking good Gerry! I will get those measurements for you this evening when I get home from work!

07-07-2011, 01:49 PM	#6
papabash I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SW Missouri Posts: 2,175	TOTALLY impressed! This has the potential to be great!

07-07-2011, 07:31 PM	#9
98sahara Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: nunya dambidness Posts: 150	How much did you cut out of the LCC axles. Maybe some pics if we could???

07-08-2011, 01:04 AM	#11
98sahara Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: nunya dambidness Posts: 150	That would be great thanks

07-08-2011, 01:56 AM	#13
Gerry Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Austria Posts: 340	Ummmm.... Something is going wrong with the pics....

07-08-2011, 07:27 AM	#15
Jslick I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2010 Location: Stowe Posts: 3,987	Looks great Gerry, If you ever have any questions about the LCC to MRC shoot DLUX a PM he did something like this also. I would like to see yours up and running. Subscribed

07-08-2011, 08:29 AM	#16
RickM RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dallas Posts: 1,848	Gerry- Have you run this rig yet or is this your axle work in progress? I know Dlux had some issues getting the tranny to work right and give him the wheel speed he wanted due to the gearing of the work and such. I would love to know if you have had any issues on your end. RickM

07-08-2011, 09:12 AM	#17
Gerry Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Austria Posts: 340	Hey Rick, At the moment i've been waiting at the chassis, but i want test today evening this setup with the components i've here. We will see how it works, i would take an video of the testrun... Gerry

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07-08-2011, 01:03 PM	#18
Gerry Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Austria Posts: 340	Today i´ve started the first test with the homemade tranny and the LCC axles. This are the components: 2S LiPo 30T handwound motor from RCBM-Scaleparts with this specs: 14025rpm / 7.2V / 77W / 95Nmm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cze66gXopU Tomorrow i will test it on 3S - and my feeling said - that looks good Gerry

07-08-2011, 09:25 PM	#19
RickM RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dallas Posts: 1,848	With the home made tranny, you might be able to get around any tranny related wheel speed issues. I certainly will be watching this build as the durability of the mrc is always concerning.

07-10-2011, 08:46 AM	#20
Gerry Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Austria Posts: 340	I´ve decided to continue the build with an homemade chassis like my old RollerCoaster Chassis for the AX10: So i´ve room enough for tons of steering and more ground clearance More pictures and infos comes later...

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